UFC commentator Daniel Cormier has questioned Jon Jones‘ criticism of Tom Aspinall following his UFC 321 no contest.
As we all know, Jon Jones is a reasonably divisive determine – and that a lot is an understatement. He has been concerned in so many controversies through the years that we’ve misplaced rely, and there’s no assure that there received’t be extra to come back.
He additionally wasn’t an enormous fan of the concept of preventing Tom Aspinall, with many believing that he actively ducked him for over a yr. No matter whether or not or not you imagine that, there’s no denying that the timing of him now desirous to tackle Alex Pereira at UFC White Home subsequent summer time is unusual.
After Jones advised that Aspinall is a quitter, his former rival Daniel Cormier had a couple of issues to say.
Daniel Cormier questions Jon Jones
“When Jon Jones is getting known as a duck, when Jon Jones is getting advised that Tom Aspinall is the man to beat him, he’s sitting again hoping that one thing occurs to provide him a purpose to go and downplay that,” Cormier stated on his YouTube channel. “We spoke about it previous to the battle; I advised you guys that if Ciryl Gane received, Jon would continually go, ‘That’s the man you thought would beat me?’
“Guys, that was a four-minute spherical of a battle. They didn’t battle a protracted [enough] battle to essentially kind an opinion. You couldn’t actually kind an opinion as strongly as so many have. I feel the explanation they’ve fashioned an opinion within the sturdy method that they did is that they’ve by no means seen Tom wrestle in any respect.”
“Is Jon Jones being a little bit bit too harsh?” Cormier requested. “Can we actually kind that sturdy an opinion based mostly on 4 minutes? Does Tom Aspinall not deserve a little bit grace? And are we reacting solely on this method as a result of we’ve by no means seen him wrestle in any respect? And likewise, how a lot are you able to wrestle in 4 minutes? He had a bloody nostril, and I feel as a result of he had that bloody nostril, it made individuals really feel, ‘Oh my god, this dude’s in bother.’ Once more, nonetheless 21 minutes left within the battle.
“I watched Khabib Nurmagomedov lose a spherical to Justin Gaethje, and find yourself submitting him afterward and overtaking the battle. Loads can change between minute 4 and minute 7, 9, 15, 21, all the way in which to 25.”
Quotes by way of MMA Combating
