Former UFC interim heavyweight title challenger Curtis Blaydes, who is about to face Rizvan Kuniev at UFC on ABC: Hill vs. Rountree Jr., just lately spoke out in assist of the concept of Jon Jones being stripped of his UFC Heavyweight title for not dealing with interim heavyweight champion Tom Aspinall.
“Should you take a look at the supply of fellows, there wasn’t anybody else for me to combat. I haven’t fought since final July, and I need to make some cash this yr. Jon Jones holding the belt and never combating is making the division stagnant. If he doesn’t combat, I feel he must be stripped. All of us get it—he’s a GOAT, he’s nice. However in case you’re not going to be lively, what are you doing holding the belt? He enjoys his title being talked about, however I’m over it already. It’s been lengthy sufficient since he beat Stipe. Should you’re an actual fan, you perceive yearly he waits, he will get somewhat slower, somewhat weaker, and loses hype. However the casuals will all the time be hyped for him.”
The tides have turned towards Jon Jones’ favor in the case of the courtroom of public opinion, as just about everybody however essentially the most staunch Jon Jones fanatics agrees to the concept of stripping Jon Jones and elevating Tom Aspinall to the undisputed champion to maintain the division transferring, as Curtis Blaydes says.
Curtis Blaydes is just not alone in his criticism of Jon Jones.
With many others calling for the stripping of Jon Jones’ title for a plethora of causes. Reminiscent of persevering with the movement within the heavyweight division, and for the sake of the legitimacy and meritocracy of the game, that if eliminated, relegates MMA and the UFC to glorified shoot wrestling matches.
