Tom Aspinall Praises Jon Jones’ MMA Knowledge, Ability to Vary Attacks

👀Tom Aspinall breaks down Jon Jones’ fighting style.

“You can’t deny that Jon Jones is one of the best MMA fighters ever.”

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Tom Aspinall gave Jon Jones his due respect while recently breaking down his fighting style.

Jones puts his heavyweight title on the line against Stipe Miocic in the main event at UFC 309 on Saturday at Madison Square Garden in New York. They were originally scheduled to fight at UFC 295 in November 2023, but Jones was forced out with an injury. Aspinall went on defeat Sergei Pavlovich in a short-notice interim title fight on the same card.

Despite Aspinall having defended his title against Curtis Blaydes since then, Jones remains adamant on facing Miocic, who hasn’t fought since a brutal knockout loss against Francis Ngannou in 2021. Aspinall might never get the chance to unify the title, as both Jones and Miocic have hinted at retirement while speaking of their future after UFC 309.

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This has led to Aspinall taking constant digs at Jones, who maintains that he has nothing left to prove. However, “Honey Badger” gave Jones his due respect while breaking down the former light heavyweight champ’s fighting style. The Brit, who is also the backup for the UFC 309 headliner, acknowledged Jones as one of the most knowledgeable fighters to ever do it. In addition to Jones’ well-rounded skillset, Aspinall also specifically emphasized the grip strength on “Bones” once he gets his hands locked for a double-leg takedown.

“His knowledge in MMA is some of the best to ever do it,” Aspinall told TNT Sports. “I’ve got to say that, I’ve got to give him that… His attacks are very varied, he’ll go [teep] on the front leg, he’ll bring the head kicks up, he’ll fake the takedowns, come in with the spinning elbows… A lot of the times what Jones does really really well is once he gets his hands together on a double leg, it’s so difficult to break that… Once his hands are locked and he starts to pull his opponent away, he almost always finishes the takedown… His ground-and-pound is some of the best that I have ever seen. Some of the best elbows in MMA, period.”