Jon Jones scoffs at claim he’s slowed down UFC rival Tom Aspinall’s career: ‘Cry more’

Polarizing UFC heavyweight champion, Jon Jones seems less than concerned about claims he is preventing the career of Tom Aspinall rolling forward, urging upset fans to “cry more” as he remains sidelined from the Octagon.

Jones, who has been out of action since November of last year, most recently headlined UFC 309 in a reworked title fight with the retiring, Stipe Miocic.

And successfully defending his crown against the Ohio veteran, Jones scored a dominant third round knockout win over the former two-time champion.

On that same night to boot at Madison Square Garden, Rochester native, Jon Jones played down a potential fight with current interim champion, Aspinall — claiming he would require “f*ck you” money to make another walk to action.

“He’s annoying to me. He’s annoying to me and that’s my own personal—he annoys me. I get it you guys find it entertaining, but I find him annoying. I just don’t like him and at the end of the day, if I give him the opportunity to fight me, I want to be so compensated-I want to say it, I want that ‘f–k you’ money, honestly. That’s just what it is. Or else my life is perfect without him. I don’t need him at all and he needs me and that’s a good place to be in a negotiation.”

And in the time since, the rumor mill has run on regarding a potential fight with Jon Jones and Tom Aspinall later this year.

Jon Jones pokes fun at fans upset over Tom Aspinall fight

Despite claims from UFC CEO, Dana White, that he is more than “confident” of booking the grudge title unification clash this annum, Jones has been accused of ducking a fight with the British champion.

And on social media this week, currently in Thailand amid a tour of Asia, Jones claimed fans who were upset about the lack of traction on a title clash with Aspinall should “cry more”.