Tom Aspinall leaves visitor speechless with professional breakdown of Jon Jones battle

Tom Aspinall left Joleon Lescott speechless together with his breakdown of Jon Jones’ victory at UFC 309.

Jones beat 42-year-old Stipe Miocic inside three rounds throughout UFC 309’s most important occasion at Madison Sq. Backyard, New York Metropolis, in November.

Each males are arguably the 2 finest heavyweights of all time, but it surely was Aspinall’s title that was mentioned most within the buildup to the bout.

The 31-year-old Briton is the present UFC interim heavyweight champion and has been calling for a battle with Jones to unify the division for months now to no avail.

The latter continues to snub the Manchester native and has been insistent on the truth that he would like a legacy-defining battle with UFC mild heavyweight champion Alex Pereira as a substitute.

Aspinall places his evaluation cap on for Tom Aspinall’s Combat Lab, a present on TNT Sports activities that previews numerous UFC occasions with friends.

He has checked out occasions like UFC 301 with former world champion boxer Carl Frampton and UFC 302 with ex-Leicester Tigers star Ben Kay.

However a clip circulated on Monday of Aspinall trying into Jones’s win at UFC 309, which he was entrance row for, alongside former Man Metropolis defender Joleon Lescott and Adam Catterall.

“Watch this hand,” Aspinall tells each Lescott and Catterall as he highlights Jones’ proper hand on the stand-up with Miocic.

“He continually distracts you with the lead hand, so he is protecting you busy with this, earlier than he begins to show and begins to do these kicks.

“This comes first, it is the entrance hand—look. Watch how he simply pulls it out earlier than he does something. 

“And he does that each time. He occupies the entrance hand after which works his assault off it, which is excessive degree battle IQ stuff from Jon Jones, however he’s one of many smartest fighters ever.”

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Apsinall is referring to Jones’ fixed faints that he does throughout fights so as to distract his opponents with one shot earlier than following up with a special strike.

Jones expertly achieved this at UFC 309 by teasing Miocic with a proper hand earlier than delivering a brutal spinning again kick that finally completed his American counterpart.

Aspinall’s evaluation was so on level that it left Lescott speechless to the purpose of laughing at how correct it was.

MMA followers had been fast to the scene and reacted to Aspinall’s evaluation on the platform X.

One fan mentioned: “Aspinall can also be one of many smartest fighters ever.”

Whereas one other added: “Tom has achieved numerous finding out of Jon and him and his staff have in all probability developed a very good sport plan to attempt to beat Jones.

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“Too dangerous we received’t see the execution of his sport plan vs Jon as a result of Jon appears to be adamant that he’s not combating him.

“I hope Jon is trolling about ducking Tom.”

A 3rd responded: “He’s the neatest fighter ever. You possibly can’t title a single fighter with greater IQ than Jones within the cage.”

MMA followers are eagerly ready for UFC President Dana White to announce Jones’ and Aspinall’s subsequent fights.

White mentioned on the UFC 309 press convention that the winner of Jones vs Miocic ought to “completely” battle Aspinall, so it’s clear the place he stands on the matter.

Nevertheless, Jones stays constant together with his snubbing of Aspinall, and even went on a viral social media rant in November to say that he was “not ducking” the Brit.

Tom Aspinall’s Combat Lab with Lescott and Catterall comes out in full on noon Tuesday on TNT Sports activities.