Midnight Mania! Jon Jones reveals return date, laughs off Aspinall vs. Blaydes booking: ‘Official number one contender spot’

Welcome to Midnight Mania!

The Heavyweight division took an enormous step ahead earlier on Thursday (Might 16, 2024) when interim champion Tom Aspinall booked the primary protection of his title reverse wrestling ace Curtis Blaydes. The 2 are booked because the co-main occasion of UFC 304, scheduled for July 27 from Manchester, England.

Official kingpin Jon Jones isn’t frightened.

Regardless of resistance from the fan base, Jones and UFC CEO Dana White have made it abundantly clear that the subsequent match up for the undisputed belt — which, once more, is at the moment disputed by Aspinall — shall be Jones vs. Stipe Miocic, regardless of Miocic’s extraordinarily lengthy layoff since his knockout loss to Francis Ngannou.

In a collection of Tweets, Jones reacted to the interim title reserving and labeled it the “official primary contender spot,” dismissing any little bit of the bout’s credibility as a championship battle.

As well as, Jones revealed November ninth as his deliberate return date, which hasn’t but been introduced by UFC. Jones rebuked the web critics and laughed off the Blaydes vs. Aspinall match up once more, stating that the duo are the co-main occasion to a Welterweight title battle, which might by no means occur with an undisputed Heavyweight title battle.

Jones’ tweets truly supply a number of readability as to how the Heavyweight division will transfer ahead. If each bouts undergo as deliberate, the victor of Jones vs. Miocic and Aspinall vs. Blaydes might search to unify the titles within the first half of 2025. It’s not excellent to have each champions preventing different contenders only a couple months aside, however a minimum of there’s a sport plan transferring ahead.

… Until Jones retires with a victory.

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What might probably be in these plastic luggage that’s value getting gored by a bull?

Midnight Music: Rock, 1971

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