Jon Jones vs Aspinall or Pereira? 

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My guess is that Jon just wanted to make sure Chael is retired, he doesn't want another loss in his record and to the same guy

Jones has 1 loss and he would have two, but got lucky because the ref didnt see that Chael had already destroyed Jon's toe. That shouldve been a doctor stoppage.

Just ready for him to fight so the division can move forward.

I want Tom vs Jon for sure

Aspinall deserves that fight. People like to talk about Poton and how he has accomplished two titles. He wouldn’t have won any if he wasn’t given a chance. Aspinall will fight absolutely anyone. He deserves the same push

Jones vs. Aspinall is the only fight that matters in their division right now and it needs to happen

Aspinal all day. A lot tougher fight for Jon. I love Alex but his grappling against Jon makes me real nervous. So yes. Tom Aspinal.

Jones keeps ducking Pantoja 😤

Anyone fighting for the HW belt needs to be fighting for it against Tom.

Alex Pee-Air-Uh

Jones checks under his bed for Tom.

I thought making an interim champion fight means the winner fights the champion when he comes back.

He needs to fight the interim champ of the division, how is this even a question?

Regardless of whether or not it's Periera or Aspinall, the real overarching point here is that nobody cares about Jones vs. Stipe. Nobody.

Will Jon be able to fight with MMA GURU allegations, Chael we’re missing that important mental challenge Jon has to overcome

The problem with Alex Pereria is he can take Jon jones goat status and that’s a huge problem

I love that uncle Chael calls out the heavyweights for ‘not saying boo, if they had a mouth full of it’

If Jon wants to solidify himself as goat then he needs to beat the interim champ (Aspinall) to unify the belts. Then, if Jon wins, Jon fights Potato. Winner goes down as the undisputed goat. Jon for never officially losing a match (despite losing to Reyes at UFC 247) and being a long reigning champ who eventually claimed gold in two weight classes. Or Potato, a two division kickboxing champion who would move over to mma to claim gold in three weight classes in the most prestigious fighting organization ever.

For the first time in a long time, I’d be interested in a Cyril gane fight. Against pereira. He’s not particularly good at wrestling nor is he known for knock out power. But as a former interim champ, he’s the perfect next opponent for pereira when he moves up. Same as Jan blachowicz was for his lhw debut. A good test to see if his power carries into the heavier weight class and I think a very winnable fight for him to set him up for jones or Tom later for undisputed

Jon Jones vs Alex Pee-Era

Imagine Pereria fights Aspinall, wins, and then Jon Jones has to talk about how beating Stipe, who hasn't done anything since he got knocked out cold 4 years ago, makes Jones the GOAT or means anything in Modern MMA.

Jon beating Pereira wouldn't do anything for his legacy, but Pereira pulling off a minor miracle would cement him as the 🐐 and he would've fulfilled all of Izzy's aspirations.

There’s no way anyone on this planet believes Alex is the goat if he were to somehow get a fight sanctioned (despite a legal obligation to book the healthy & unscheduled interim champion) for the HW belt and win.

Yess!! We Need!! 235LB Champion!!! Jones vs Alex for Belt 236LBs!!! Then WinneR, Cjampion vs Stipe at 235s!!!

Alex doesn’t have much to loose if he fights Jon, most likely he would get choked out so won’t take Aton of damage if he looses but has everything to gain

Before 300 I would have said Aspinal just for continuity…. But now! Damn Chael, all I can think about is whether or not Alex can make something happen against jon and avenge another loss for his mentor. The story is there, the buzz is there, it’a really a no brainer. We are starting to see that Silva esque aura come through in its entirety with Alex and Aspinal is the equivalent of fish and chips in terms of how people see him right now.

I could write a 10 paragraph essay on why he should fight aspinal rather than alex. 1) aspinal is IC(obvious point) 2) Jones vs Pereira would be a repeat of the cereal gane fight 3) Aspinal is a better MMA fighter than Alex, he would not knock out Pavlovich in the first round like Tom. 4) Alex is small for the HW class, he would have to spend time bulking to actually make a competitive fight like Jon. We dont have 3 more years for either fighter they will both be 39 years of age 5) The only reason Jon is publicly riducluing aspinal is to mentally strain him so he has an advantage for when they do fight, unless he retires after stipe which everyone will be pissed about 6) Jones is wanting the easiest fights he can get so his record is unblemished, he has been HW champ for 470+ days with 0 defenses. Tom is the toughest fight in the division. 7) Tom is bigger, stronger, and faster than Jon Jones. I'd also argue he's smarter 8) Jon has a weak chin, Tom would crack his jaw and the fight would end similar to the sergei fight, just not as fast. Check out he gets rocked by Lyotos counter shots, those weren't very heavy shots Tom knocks him out there. 9) Tom is strong enough and skilled enough in wrestling to beat jon in the clinch where he does most his damage(beside his eye pokes and push kicks to the knee) 10) Tom is a better striker than Jon Jones, he would have to put Tom on his back wich would be an extremly difficult feat. We've yet to see anyone do it. 11) Jon would have a lot o f trouble getting his hands on Tom despite a 6 inch reach advantage, we saw how slow he is at HW in the cereal fight. How Jon Jones beats Tom Aspinall: Push kick to the knee, shoot for take downs in a good position where Tom cant reverse them, fake a take down and throw overhand to crack tom so he can put him on his back, win VIA TKO by G&P. I don't think there's any other way Jon wins How Tom beats Jon Jones: 1) Box him, we saw him have trouble with reyes and gustofsson, tom is knocking him out in those situations. 2) Use his size advantage to put Jon on his back, he has never been there and would be uncomfortable and overwealmed with the power, unusual situation, and sheer shock of reality of being taken down. it would mentally break Jon Jones if he gets put on his back. 3) Submission How Alex beats Jon Jones: He can't win unless he catches his coming in the takedown with a flying knee, switch knee, or a left hook. No other path to victory. Jon Jones is my second favorite fighter, Demitrious Might Mouse Johnson is #1 for me. It's irritating as a fan of a fighter to see him duck someone so blatantly(He never ducked Ngannou, he was bulking to fight him. You cant gain 50+ pounds in less than 3 years unless you're on major sterioids. 50 pounds in 3 years is honestly already suspisous of sterioid usage. He never tested positive and doesn't look like a super hero so I doubt he took much of anything to bulk.) Jon Jones vs Tom Aspinall is the obvious fight, don't try and say it's not chael. This is why you get 75% of your fight predictions wrong.

Great episode Chael

if Jones is limited on his time and fights. It should be Pereira. The amount of titles he has gained. Compare to an interim that Aspinall has. His Goat status goes up to the man that can become the first triple champ in the MODERN era. It’s a fascinating fight. Because it’s also that Light heavyweight championship that Jones held that gave him goat status. It would be also as if, he never left the light heavyweight class he would still be champion there as well.

Tom would whoop Jones. If he fights stipe, he should grab the mic and say im afraid and this will be my last fight. Use the frankkie fear from Rocky?

1) Jones keeps talking about legacy and beating Alex when it's clear he's asking Alex to fight him in a weight class he wasn't prepared to fight in for 3 years because he wanted to put the weight on the right way... Also knowing there is a massive grappling & wrestling deficit....

I'm with Jon on this one. I'd be interested in fighting Stipe, over Aspinall or Pereira The real answer here is have Jones fight Stipe, and have Aspinall fight Pereira Then the winners fight. That's the answer. The 2 heavyweight champions fight. The 2 new jacks fight. That's not happening, but......that's the correct answer.

Everyone has doubled down on Jon fighting Tom since he bought up Alex. Fans have also completely written off Stipe to win and don’t want to see it because Stipe had retired for 31/2 years after a KO.

Id actually love for Jon to fight Alex cuz I think he’d drop some weight

Chael ridiculing heavyweights is one of my favorite bits of his. 🤣

Chael, Alex Pereira is almost exactly 2 weeks older than Jon Jones. I’m not sure how that fits into the mix but I’m sure you can spin that little bit of info into a new video

I dont think alex is an easy fight as people think, jones wont be able to just take him down and sub him in a min, alex is not clueless on the ground like that.

That rule about interim champion goes both ways. By the same rule, Jon HAS to fight Tom as a champion to become undisputed. Since the UFC allowed their to be an interim champion, then it maintains until they resolve the dispute . Jon, equally when he comes back, should be stripped as per rules of UFC he is taking on another opponet when his championship remains disputed.

We might as well put Dominic Cruz against Jones. He's trying to fight Stipe who's 73 years old and then Alex Pereira, former Middleweight. As he is accusing Aspinal of "arriving yesterday on the scene" and in the same breath called out Alex,who arrived a day before that. It's ridiculous. These tricks should be beneath him.

Do we know who Aspinall is fighting in Manchester yet??? He's in a fight camp right now but I haven't seen who he's fighting yet

He fights who's next in line or vacates the belt period or Alex waits for him it's not Rocket science Alex isn't in the line what so ever

Bros interacting with the audience like it’s Dora the explora

@chaelsonnen who is Tom aspinal ? Is that a actor ? We want pereira stupid question

POATAN is in it no matter wat, CHAMA

So what about Sergei pavlovich who will he fight

The winner between Alex and Jon could never be called the goat so long as chael p Sonnen is walking this earth

Jones vs alex is a bigger match the build up would be crazy

Uncle Chael…. It’s interim vs undisputed champion. That’s what we do when both are healthy. It’s that simple!!!

Tom may be the guy Bisping is blowing all the smoke about. But we really don't know. He beat Sir Jay, Volkov, and like 15 years post prime Arlovski. Alex is right in the middle of this double champxdouble sport run. He's supposed to have nonexistent ground game, yet all he fights are champions and miraculously!(lmao) he never gets taken down and submitted. Not only do I want Alex vs. Jon. I think Alex wins.

Chael is the goat, that's obvious

I would prefer to see him fight Alex after Stipe just to see if Alex could go for a triple crown. Sucks for Tom but Alex would be the bigger fight for PPV. Jon Jones , The Man, The Myth, The Legend. GOAT!

Does anyone remember that dog named Dug from the Pixar movie Up? (Squirrel!) Jones brought up Pereira (squirrel!) to distract you guys because.. 1. He wants to take the focus off of his newly exposed homosexuality. 2. He wants to distance himself from a potential Aspinall fight. Don’t be a Dug…

If Jon wants to fight Pereira, then put Pereira against Aspinal. If Aspinal beats Pereira then Jon will never mention him again. Aspinal should step in and say "you think beating this guy will cement your history? Then, let me take that away from you, because you're starting to piss me off."

The ONLY reason that Chael even retired is to let Jon have the LIMELIGHT while he pulls the strings from the GANGSTA CAVE. ❤ I LOVE YOU CHAEL! YOU'RE MY LIL BUDDY! 🎉🎉🎉

Stipe could save heavyweight if he 'is injured' at the right time. Tom can step in on short notice and we can be done with it

Anybody except Aspinal at this point

The winner of Pereira vs Aspinall, vs the winner of Jones vs Stipe.

What the heck about Stipe!?! Did u mention his name?

The HW GOAT is definitely Fedor. His resume at heavyweight can not even be compared Stipe, Cain, Werdum and Ngannou didnt really get close

My order of preference would be Jon vs Tom Tom vs Pereira Jon vs Pereira

Well... Stipe deserves a title shot. Aspinal vs. Pereira

Jon Jones vs Tom

We want to see Tom vs Aspinal

I know Chael is supposed to sell the promotion and all, he's an unapologetic company man. HE could have summed all this up by saying, Alex moving up is going to be the only exciting thing you can see right now. AT least outside of this Jones vs Aspinal pitter pattering online. Once that's gone, you've got Blades vs Aspinal.... yay?!?

Aspinall

THANK YOU, CHAEL. Good way of putting it, to as that question to show people aren’t set on Tom. I feel like I’m the only person that’s not afraid to say I’d rather see Jones vs. Periera even though Tom is holding the interim belt and deserves a chance to win the undisputed title. I think Jones and GOAT status is much more coveted than the heavyweight belt right now and I think Alex has had a more impressive time in the UFC that Aspinall, if I have to argue it that way

can you make a video about 306 being in the sphere

Costa VS Cannonier!!! Bruiser BRody!!! Uriah Hall VS Adesanye!!! Interim Belt!! CLash of 2 Dif Styles!! Kyushin vs KB Izzy

POATAN king of the OCTAGON CHAMA

Why not to do all the above?

“Heavyweight has always sucked.” That’s one way of describing it. I didn’t say it. Bold, good stuff Chael.

Slightly wonky MMA maths here, but I think if Tom fights Alex he'll try fighting stand up and get clipped and lose. If Jon fights Alex he'll win by mixing up takedowns/wrestling/striking. If Jon fights Tom, Jon will lose to the younger, faster fighter as I reckon Tom might clip him and get a TKO.

Ironic that someone with the nickname "The Bad Guy" would shill so hard for a company. You're telling me Jon has only had ONE fight at Heavyweight (which we all waited 3 years for) is now going back down to fight yet ANOTHER Cyril Gane, and you'd rather see that? As opposed to him fighting the actual Heavyweight champ who can give Jon a run for his money?

Tom should fight Alex so Jon can’t

Jones vs both same night 😂

If Jobes beats Alex, it proves nothing. Alex is a great fighter, and I personally find him so much fun to watch… but he’s been boosted so hard in his time with the UFC (literally streamlined to the Championship in 6 fights) that quite honestly if Jones beats him it proves nothing. I will say that if Alex wins, that would ADD not solidify, but add to the possibility of him being considered “A” goat, not THE goat.

The first thought that popped into my mind when Pierra knocked out Jamahal Hill was, "I want to see him fight Jones."

Who's Alex Pierra????

Nobody wants Jones vs pereira because 1. We don’t perceive it to be competitive, so there’d be no anticipation. 2. Justice is clearly important to many fans

If Jon doesnt fight Tom. The Interim belt is dead. No one ranked in the division will be pushing for it when champs are inactive because it wont guarantee the title shot.

“Jones is in an impossible spot.” Lol what? He wants to fight Stipe, so let him. But the belt should have been vacated. It’s not like Stipe earned number one contendership because he himself hasn’t fought since his loss. Vacate the belt. Fight and likely beat Stipe. Then they can both retire. Tom can focus on defending the HW belt.

Het Kyle you ever heard of jungle fight Brasil

Stipe.... I wouldn't be surprised if stipe got the upset of the century. He slept verdum with that tight check hook. Not discrediting Jones one bit, he's the goat.

I think Jon should continue fighting Middle Weights who move up.

Needs to be the interm belt holder first. Tom Aspinal

Unify unify unify. It’s no different than when Ilia or O’Malley were calling out fighting other champs. I recall hearing Dana say to clear out your division before worrying about stuff like that, and they don’t even have interim champs in those classes. Jones should do the same. He’s literally only beaten Gane, as far as heavyweight goes, which is what we’re talking about.

I vote for Money Moicano as back up for Conor vs Chandler

How about Tom vs. Alex?

Aspinall 💯

Most sense!!! ELite Izzy vs Alex... ELite Alex vs Jones!!!

Jon is a hundred percent hiding from Tom. Jon doesn't really care about fighting anymore. He wants to cement his legacy. He doesn't realize everyone sees through his cheap crap. Jon needs to fight Tom or he will be remembered as the goat that ran.

Jon jones vs pereira makes NO sense, pereira has no chance and he doesnt deserve it

Fedor laughs at the Jon jones goat talk

Chael does beating Stipe at his age mean anything? No.

Alex Pereira running from Ankalaev and Jon Jones dodging Tom Aspinall, they don’t want nothing to do with the bogeymen in their division so they gonna fight each other instead. UFC has peaked

Literally no one wants Jon vs Stipe lol if they want to fight it’s fine but it shouldn’t be for a title

If Alex beat Jon I’m not sure he’d be the greatest of all time in my estimation. The question would be could Alex have beat Jon 8-10 years ago. I’m not even sure Alex beats DC.

If Tom beat them both folks would say Jon's over the hill and Alex is just a kickboxer.

Aspinal the first heavyweight that doesn’t suck