Jon Jones is officially the worst UFC heavyweight champion of all time. It's time for UFC fans to call this out and Dana White owes Francis Ngannou an apology. This man is now calling out LHW Champ Alex Pereria for a fight over Tom Aspinall. Criticizing Jones riles up his massive fan base, but the truth is true. Jones’ title reign has completely depreciated in merit and his legacy as a heavyweight is utter rubbish. I used not to mind him wanting a legacy fight versus Stipe Miocic, but now I am completely uninterested because of the inactivity of both men. It's terrible that Aspinall is wasting his prime and risking his #1 contender status, yet the “undisputed” champion is conducting himself as a champion in the Octagon. We’re used to seeing Jones not conduct himself as a champion OUTSIDE the Octagon but not in it.
He recently advertised Alex Pereria as a legitimate option for a title fight, citing legacy as Pereria could win a title across the top three heaviest divisions in the sport and great marketing to generate money. A true legacy fight that would have been a marketing explosion for the HW division would have been Jones facing Francis Ngannou. You know the same Ngannou who became the lineal champion the right way? Facing Miocic who was still active at that point, instead of waiting three years to set that up like Jones is doing. Of course, Jones only joined the division once Ngannou left the company. It is ironic that the guy who constantly claimed his arch-rival Daniel Cormier was never truly the LHW champ because he never beat Jon, yet Jon is bragging about being the HW champ without beating Ngannou.
Tom Aspinall has a fight scheduled and if he wins, he should not risk himself any further. Another reason Jones strung up to avoid Aspinall is that he feels Aspinall is only a household name in England and that Pereria is more global. If we are going to tell the truth as UFC fans, the real reason “Bones” wants Pereira is because he sees the same deficiencies as Ciryl Gane. Kickboxers with little to no prowess in wrestling, grappling, and submission, except Pereria, is much smaller but have exponentially more knockout power.
Now, he is going on Twitter (or X) rants, saying that it's risky because Aspinall is a hot commodity and may not even be around in the next three years. How rich coming from a dude who took three years off, to fight another guy who hasn’t competed in three years, and openly contemplating retirement afterward. On the other hand, Aspinall fought his way to an interim HW title after tearing his ACL in a fight one calendar year earlier. Not to mention, he won it on short notice, after the Jones-Miocic fight was postponed because of Jones’ injury. He’s also claiming its “selfish” that Aspinall is sitting back waiting for the winner between him and Miocic. Jones is so out of touch that he doesn’t even know Aspinall has a fight in England scheduled in the summer, unlike the “champion” bragging about being an undefeated heavyweight but being inactive for 14 months after one fight.
Jon Jones may have the greatest résumé of all the fighters in the sport, but I am speaking about him as a heavyweight. Not Jon Jones from 2010-20 in the 205-pound division, solely about his heavyweight career. His tenure in the heavyweight division has been disappointing and nothing more or less than a complete waste of time.
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