Tom
Aspinall isn’t the one one annoyed by the proceedings — or
lack thereof — on the high of the heavyweight division.
Russian heavyweight Alexander
Volkov can be feeling the results of the delay within the reserving
of the heavyweight title unification bout between Jon Jones and
Aspinall. This previous week, Jones solid doubt that the struggle will ever
occur in a sequence of posts on social media. First, “Bones”
claimed that he knowledgeable the
UFC of his plans “a very long time in the past,” and later, he gave a
lower than encouraging evaluation of his profession
standing.
Volkov, a 36-year-old former Bellator
MMA and M-1 World
champion, is effectively conscious that his time as a high contender has a
shelf life. “Drago” had a four-bout profitable streak snapped in his
final outing, a contentious split-decision loss to Ciryl Gane
at UFC 310.
“As a fighter, after all, I’ve a unfavourable opinion of the delay in
the Jones-Aspinall struggle, since my possibilities to struggle for the
championship title are getting smaller, and time is operating out,”
Volkov instructed Russian outlet championat.com (by way of Google Translate). “In
different weight classes, there’s a actual conveyor belt of fights.
That is why I’m sad. So I’d have had an opportunity to check
myself in a title struggle a very long time in the past, if it weren’t for Jon
Jones.”
Nonetheless, Volkov doesn’t essentially blame Jones for the best way the
state of affairs has unfolded. As a substitute, he believes it’s on the promotion
to power his hand and maintain the division shifting ahead.
“However I can perceive him. If I have been in Jones’ place, together with his
place, the purpose of incomes the utmost amount of cash and the
need to struggle when it’s handy for him, then, after all, I
would proceed to do that,” Volkov stated. “It’s apparent that he
does what is useful for himself at the start. And Jon has
the correct to take action. And the query right here just isn’t a lot about
Jon
Jones, however about the truth that the UFC permits him to behave
this manner and exhibits extreme loyalty to him. In consequence, everybody
is ready.”
