UfC analyst and industry insider Chael Sonnen recently reported that a fight between heavyweight champion Jon Jones and interim titleholder Tom Aspinall was signed, sealed and delivered but has backtracked on those comments.
“I might have said that. I also did believe that to be true,” Sonnen said on his YouTube channel
Hearing from a historically reliable source, Sonnen believes Jones will watch as Aspinall will face former interim titleholder Ciryl Gane in his next fight for the interim championship. He expects the match to take place during International Fight Week.
“The current plan, right now, Tom Aspinall versus Ciryl Gane – Are you ready? For the interim championship,” Sonnen said.
“I’m here to tell you, according to a remarkably good source, Jon Jones is going to be afforded the ability to wait 180 days which is equal to six months which is what he asked for,” Sonnen said.
“Tom Aspinall is going to fight with Ciryl Gane, which was in fact on the table many months ago,” Sonnen continued. “And then Ciryl was gifted a decision in a fight that he lost against [Alexander] Volkov. That’s the way the story happened. And now we’re going to defend an interim champion with the existence of an undisputed champion.”
