Aspinall earned the interim UFC heavyweight title by knocking out Sergei Pavlovich last year at UFC 295. Jones was supposed to headline the card against Miocic before withdrawing due to injury, resulting in the last-second scramble to book the Aspinall vs. Pavlovich interim title bout.

Heading into UFC 309, heavyweight champion Jon Jones was hesitant to commit to competing beyond his title fight with Stipe Miocic. Coming out of UFC 309, Jones has sung a different tune, and that has UFC play-by-play commentator Jon Anik feeling

Tom Aspinall did not have to utter a single word to become the talk of UFC 309 fight week. Traveling with his father and lifelong coach, U.K. martial arts pioneer Andy Aspinall, the duo presented themselves in New York to fulfill the interim champion’s obligation as backup fighter to Jon Jones vs.

The former UFC heavyweight champion Francis Ngannou has waded into the ongoing Jon Jones and Tom Aspinall debate, by declaring whose side he appears to be on. Jones is the current UFC king, having won the title when he walloped Ciryl Gane in the very first round of his heavyweight debut in 2023,

Of Tom Aspinall's three professional defeats, only one can be counted as entirely legitimate. The British heavyweight phenom suffered a knee injury TKO against