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 fairly divisive determine – and that a lot is an understatement. He has been concerned in so many controversies through the years that we’ve misplaced depend, and there’s no assure that there received’t be extra to return.
He additionally wasn’t an enormous fan of the concept of combating Tom Aspinall, with many believing that he actively ducked him for over a 12 months. No matter whether or not or not you imagine that, there’s no denying that the timing of him now eager to tackle Alex Pereira at UFC White Home subsequent summer time is unusual.
After Jones steered that Aspinall is a quitter, his former rival Daniel Cormier had a number of issues to say.
Daniel Cormier questions Jon Jones
“When Jon Jones is getting referred to as a duck, when Jon Jones is getting informed that Tom Aspinall is the man to beat him, he’s sitting again hoping that one thing occurs to offer him a purpose to go and downplay that,” Cormier mentioned on his YouTube channel. “We spoke about it previous to the battle; I informed 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 an extended [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 robust means 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 robust an opinion primarily based on 4 minutes? Does Tom Aspinall not deserve a little bit grace? And are we reacting solely on this means as a result of we’ve by no means seen him wrestle in any respect? And in addition, 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 folks really feel, ‘Oh my god, this dude’s in hassle.’ 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. Rather a lot can change between minute 4 and minute 7, 9, 15, 21, all the best way to 25.”
Quotes through MMA Combating
