UFC 309: Tom Aspinall told he told he could not attend Jon Jones-Stipe Miocic news conference
Followers roared the Briton’s name despite the occasion promoting the heavyweight title battle between champion Jon Jones and Stipe Miocic.
Aspinall is the intervening time title holder but Jones has refused to battle him, getting an increasing number of irked by questions from the media pertaining to to the 31-year-dilapidated.
Earlier this week the American, 37, old an expletive to listing Aspinall, sooner than telling followers to “knock it off” as they chanted “Tommy, Tommy” on the news convention.
“I requested to be on the clicking convention and I used to be told no. I used to be attempting to head but I bought blacklisted,” Aspinall told the UFC’s weigh-in demonstrate.
UFC president Dana White talked about the winner of Saturday’s most predominant occasion at Madison Square Garden also can peaceable face Aspinall, but Jones claims a bout with him “does nothing for my legacy”.
Aspinall stepped in at 17 days’ gaze to beat Russia’s Sergei Pavlovich for the intervening time title 365 days in the past after harm compelled Jones out of his fashioned bout with Miocic.
But in pickle of agenda a unification title bout, Jones used to be rebooked against 42-year-dilapidated Miocic.
Aspinall, the attend-up fighter to the principle occasion, has poked stress-free at Jones in an strive and entice him into an undisputed battle, equivalent to procuring his canines a toy rubber duck after followers claimed Jones used to be “ducking” him.
While Jones smiled on stage and joked with a vocal crowd on the news convention, the unending focus on of Aspinall has aggravated the 2-weight UFC champion.
He walked out of an interview with TNT Sports activities sooner than it started, concerned he would need to field more questions about Aspinall with the British broadcaster.
Aspinall later told TNT Sports activities on Friday that he has requested to face off with the winner of Jones and Miocic in the octagon, but has yet to hear attend from the UFC.
