{"id":106083,"date":"2025-08-29T19:26:06","date_gmt":"2025-08-29T19:26:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/106083\/"},"modified":"2025-08-29T19:26:06","modified_gmt":"2025-08-29T19:26:06","slug":"ufc-321s-tom-aspinall-destroys-punching-bag-jon-jones-fans-reacts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/106083\/","title":{"rendered":"UFC 321\u2019s Tom Aspinall destroys punching bag, Jon Jones fans reacts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">\u201cExactly why Jon Jones didn\u2019t want that smoke,\u201d one fan remarked in Aspinall\u2019s comment section, while another added, \u201cJon was scared of exactly that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">\u201cI have to assume this is a nerve-racking spot for Tom Aspinall because he talked himself into a position, and we\u2019ve all talked him into a position, where he\u2019s the best guy,\u201d former UFC lightweight and current MMA analyst, Din Thomas, told <a href=\"https:\/\/mmajunkie.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/ufc\/2025\/07\/30\/ufc-tom-aspinall-vs-ciryl-gane-din-thomas-tough-spot\/85435210007\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">MMA Junkie<\/a>. \u201cJon dismissed him and dismissed him and dismissed him. Then Jon dispatched of Ciryl Gane.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">\u201cAnything less than a first-round finish is going to be almost a disappointment for Tom Aspinall,\u201d Thomas continued. \u201cEven a close win is going to be like, \u2018See, I told you, I beat that guy in seconds.\u2019 This is actually a pretty tough spot for Tom. If this fight had happened earlier it might be different, but this is a tough spot for Tom.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">To see who else is fighting at UFC 321 in Abu Dhabi click <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmamania.com\/2025\/7\/24\/24473849\/ufc-321-fight-card-start-time-date-location-aspinall-vs-gane-jones-abu-dhabi-mma\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u201cExactly why Jon Jones didn\u2019t want that smoke,\u201d one fan remarked in Aspinall\u2019s comment section, while another added,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":106084,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[444],"tags":[49,48,641,33601,638,82,702,9468,4454],"class_list":["post-106083","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mma","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-fighting","tag-latest-ufc-mma-news","tag-mma","tag-sports","tag-ufc-news","tag-ufc-videos","tag-upcoming-ufc-events"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/106083","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=106083"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/106083\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/106084"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=106083"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=106083"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=106083"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}