Tom Aspinall claims he never wanted to wait for Jon Jones.<\/p>\n
Aspinall was the interim heavyweight champion for over a year as he was waiting to face Jones, and even had to defend his belt once. Yet, the Jones fight never happened<\/a> as \u2018Bones\u2019 retired and Aspinall was promoted to the undisputed champion.<\/p>\n Although Tom Aspinall is now putting his focus<\/a> on Ciryl Gane, the heavyweight champ admits he never wanted to wait to fight Jones.<\/p>\n \u201cI mean, that isn\u2019t entirely accurate,\u201d Aspinall said to TNT Sports<\/a>. \u201cNow this is an exclusive coming live on TNT Sports. But there were a lot of times when the UFC would tell me, right, \u2018The Jon Jones fight is happening in three months\u2019 for example. So we\u2019d start the training camp, the intensity would up and then the date would get moved.<\/p>\n \u201cThat happened like three or four times and then eventually he retired. So it wasn\u2019t like I was literally sat waiting for the full year. I did think that the fight was going to come,\u201d Aspinall added. \u201cEveryone was saying, \u2018Why are you waiting?\u2019 I wasn\u2019t waiting. I was getting told that the fight was happening, so there was nothing I could really do. My hands were completely tied by the UFC.\u201d<\/p>\n It\u2019s an intriguing comment from Tom Aspinall, who makes it clear he wanted to be active and didn\u2019t care to fight Jon Jones as many thought he did.<\/p>\n Tom Aspinall vows to get rid of Ciryl Gane from the title picture<\/p>\n Aspinall is set to take on Gane in the main event<\/a> of UFC 321 on October 25 in Abu Dhabi.<\/p>\n Aspinall enters the bout as a sizable betting favorite. He\u2019s confident he will beat Gane and remove him from the title picture.<\/p>\n