When UFC heavyweight champions Jon Jones and Tom Aspinall crossed paths earlier this month, chances are one of them was scared in the moment. It was probably Aspinall. Aspinall, owner of an interim UFC heavyweight title belt, has made no bones about his desire to face Jones in a title unifier ever since he put the champ’s reign in dispute by claiming gold with a knockout of Sergei Pavlovich last November at UFC 295. And now, just a couple of weeks after his brief encounter with Jones at a sporting convention in Birmingham, England, Aspinall has no qualms admitting that he fears the man many consider the greatest UFC fighter of all time – but’s certain that’s not a bad thing. “Do I fear him? Absolutely,” Aspinall said of Jones on his YouTube channel .
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Tom Aspinall on Jon Jones: ‘Absolutely I fear him, but that fuels me’ – MMA Junkie