I don't think Stipe will either, as DC was saying, last time Jones got injured Stipe pulled out too and Gane fought Volkov instead. He'll fight somebody but not those two!
Not gonna lie I don’t blame him. Tom is really a problem. I don’t think he is Goat by any means yet but probably faster and a lot of light light heavyweight’s and I literally don’t see anybody in heavyweight division I see beating him at moment
If Jones wins against Stipe, there is NO WAY he's going to retire that night. He will sit on the belt for another year or two while saying he's going to fight Aspinal, but never fight him. He'll sit on that belt until Dana takes it off him.
He will find a way out of the ufc before his ego let's him lose. Idk what's gonna happen but I don't see a guy like Jon retiring from the reason he's rich and famous. My best guess is something with chaulk and baby oil
@@XII.XXI.LXXXIV. Stipe will actually fight Tom tho, even tho he likely loses to him. As for Jon, who will NEVER fight Tom because he doesn't want to catch the L.
The fact that Tom had a nightmare short notice camp for Pavlovich and was awake for 24hrs for the Curtis fight and still finished them both in 1 round is actually crazy
@@digg_7A boxer could come over and stay with him on the feet, but tom would just blast double him and play with him on the ground, hes too well rounded for anyone right now, its gonna take an aspinall V2 to rise up but there aren't any coming up at HW right now to make it before he retires.
Tom Aspinall is a truly once in a generation athlete, the speed and skill level he possess is completely unmatched at heavyweight. Really hope we get the Jon Jones vs Tom Aspinall match up in 2025. 👏👏👏👏
15:17 I genuinely don't understand Ariel or Leon using the time as an excuse. The fight was on American time. Normal time for Vegas fights. So why is it absolutely no issue for Leon to fight on American time when he's in Las Vegas, but fighting at the exact same time at home is somehow more difficult. He's going through the exact same time adjustment, whether he's at home or in Las Vegs, because he's still fighting on Vegas time, which isn't new to him. If anything, you'd think it would be easier for him at home, rather than acclimating while in Las Vegas. The bottom line is, Leon has fought at the exact same time, multiple times. So to use it as an excuse now, just because of difference between his location, is a bit silly.
@@jackpace6845 He´s waiting for your boyfriend Jones to either move aside and give him the belt, or fight him. Defending an interim is unheard of, he´s not doing it twice for some guy on UA-cam.
@@sharkymcsharkface What shame. There's literally no one else except Ngannou ( if he ever returns) that poses a genuine threat to Tom....and so we wait.
@@sharkymcsharkfaceIf Jon also pulls out, then he will lose his belt. He would be stripped because of inactivity. He has no choice. He must fight Tom or he will lose his belt.
@@sachinbk1347 Jones got me watching UFC he's an OG but I think if he can get past stipe he should fight tom I think if poaton can get past ankaliav he should also fight tom big matches I think poaton sleeps both of them 😆 poaton at heavyweight would be powerful
Can’t be so sure Tom would sleep Jon I thought the best match up for Tom would have been Cyril gane someone who can evade them shots with footwork, yes takedown defense and jitz ain’t the best but I think it would have been good to see Tom get tested.
One positive that has come from Aspinall having to wait to be crowned the hw champion by the UFC, is he has shown himself to be very mature and has allowed his personality to shine through even more. I think though it’s unfair it will help him immensely more once he is crowned as all of the attention surrounding the topic has drawn his popularity up tenfold!
Subbed then unsubbed immediately when that nose started to try to diminish Belals win, blaming the time for Leon losing, when all of the other english fighters won. Respect to Tom Aspinal for not backing him and speaking the truth.
i am english n belal smashed leon.. its not leon was shyte, belal just shut him down... leon shoulda stayed humble, but he totally underestimated and dismissed belal as a fool. which gave belal fuel to his fire
Only in mma let’s get one thing straight. Jon is a two time champion, in one weight & 1 in heavy weight, it’s how many belts you’ve won. A defense is something totally different. Bunch of fools
I’ve been subscribed to your channel for years, I was wondering why I haven’t seen any of your videos in my feed. It looks like unsubscribed to me. I’m glad to be back.
Well ariel us uk fans usually wait till the next morning (the smart ones) quite easy to watch it on a Sunday morning before you see any spoilers and then can listen to breakdowns/recap shows etc right after the fights are over
34:30 American ruggers know what it's like. Test match kick offs at 0200 hrs are brutal! Grateful to be able to watch MMA at a reasonable time, but it's pretty unfair to my European brethren
As much as I'm a fan of Tom...I don't like the narrative that another ufc fighter is "scared" to fight him. Especially not jon jones. Ufc fighters are in the ufc for a reason, and its not cuz any of them are scared lol. However tho, Jon has his sights on stipe and ONLY stipe to somehow "solidify" his legacy as the great. The problem is that the fight should have happened years ago before stipe turned 60 and Tom rapidly climbed his way to the top at the same time. We all know stipe and jon NEVER fight backups, so that is out of the question. But the winner of the 2 (jon ofc) HAVE to fight tom asap. But i have a bad feeling that both jon and stipe will retire
Some reporter needs to ask both Jones and Stiepe , point blank , will they accept Aspinal as a backup ? It should be a condition on their fight contract...
Aspinal is extremely skilled and deserves all the praise he gets. However, there’s no way anyone convinced me that Ariel would consider Aspinal the real champ if DC was in Jones’ position 😂
DC was like 37 when he fought Jones, while giving up a foot of reach and 6 inches of height. Nobody with IQ ever thought DC was going to beat Jones. Tom is different. He's younger, bigger, faster, stronger, more powerful, more athletic than Jon. He can also wrestle you, submit you and knock you out clean. Totally different animals.
@JayDee-k8m: DC was 35 yrs old when he and Jones first fought and didn’t have nearly the amount of mileage or injuries Jones has had. Jones has been in the UFC since 08, in title fights since 2011 and beat more champs than anyone in UFC history. Could a 31 yr old in his prime Aspinal beat an out of prime 37 yr old Jones? Sure, however, u gotta be a casual to act like Jones needs to fight Aspinal to not diminish his legacy.
@connorfuhrman6986: U mean how GSP ducked the Whittaker fight yet didn’t get nearly the amount of backlash Jones is getting. Fact is Stipe n Jones are both out of their prime n Stipe’s resume is far superior to Aspinal’s. Aspinal is elite and extremely skilled but he’s in the weakest division in the UFC as far as the men’s divisions are concerned and it ain’t even close.
It doesn’t matter if Aspinall is the backup neither Stipe or Jones will fight him if the other gets hurt. The belt doesn’t matter it’s actually just a lifetime achievement award for them anyway 🤦🏿
The idea of Leon losing because he was fighting at 5 in the morning is BS! Leon is a decision merchant whit no killer instinct whatsoever, he always fights like that.
thing is like some of us older guys really don't care for Tom aspinal and that wasn't the fight we've been waiting for and we could care less if that fight happens. honestly she hasn't even made enough of a name for himself and my eyes that I've even watched any of his fights. so if Stipe or Jones can't fight it's better for the fighter to back out. like fighting Tom Aspen on does what? like if John loses like exactly he shouldn't have took that fight then if he wins he remains champion nothing really changes. if he fights steep Bay who is considered a legendary fighter and one of the top fighters and has proven that oh yeah that would be a legendary fight between two legendary guys
Jones has had 1 fight at heavyweight.... no sht. Your profile is based around a 1987 video game Punch out? 😂 Cringe...nerdy...soy...yet here you are, talking about fighting.
Not much controversial in what he said. He's just prefacing hes not trying to minimise what Belal did He could have phrased it as Belal deserved to win, Leons performance could have been negatively impacted by the time and his point would be the same
@pd66546 he can preface all he wants, but he is minimizing Belal's win by making excuses for Leon despite that he claims he is not. No one's arguing that Belal had to travel and acclimate, that Leon had the home crowd advantage, that he hired a sleep therapist for his prep, or that the other UK based fighters won that night. There's no need to mention excuses for either side.
Yeah because Belal won and fought excellently why would people be naming things that might have affected his performance negatively. Think things through It's hardly controversial to say fighting at 4 or 5 in the morning *might* make you perform a bit worse
@pd66546 happens all the time. When the winner mentions inhibiting factors after the fight (ex Pereira's injury going into his last fight) it's considered more acceptable since he won. When fighters (or coaches, media etc) do the same for someone who lost, it's considered making excuses and disrespecting the winner. Ariel knows he can't get interviews with any of Ali's fighters so he takes the liberty of being biased towards their opponents (Leon in this case). I'm glad Aspinall didn't take the bait in his response.
@pd66546 Ariel said a lot more than just the time might have affected the performance by a bit, he literally said he doubts the fight would not have gone the same way if it wasn't for the start time.
Please correct me , if Tom is an official backup fighter for Jones vs Steipe , then they must have agreed to that before hand ? It would be crazy to give either fighter the ability to back out due to the others injury... Hope its a great fight... It would be more interesting if Steipe won , even if he retired afterwards... If he one and then fought Aspinal , thats great...if he retires , then Aspinal and someone fights for belt . Someone mentioned that Jones winning , he may not retire right away and will sit on the belt...then fight or not... He could have followed Jiri and Jamal's example when he got hurt and relinquish the belt . It would not have affected his record . He doesn't give a shit about anyone else , the fans , fighters , or the company...
Jones doesn’t fight back-up fighters. And he definitely isn’t breaking that rule for Aspinall.
I don't think Stipe will either, as DC was saying, last time Jones got injured Stipe pulled out too and Gane fought Volkov instead. He'll fight somebody but not those two!
@@ShinyShinyIsAlwaysBeingSerious completely agree with you
If they’re offering $15M to fight Jones, why would Stipe take a $500k fight against Aspinal
Not gonna lie I don’t blame him. Tom is really a problem. I don’t think he is Goat by any means yet but probably faster and a lot of light light heavyweight’s and I literally don’t see anybody in heavyweight division I see beating him at moment
Jones don’t want to fight aspinall
If Jones wins against Stipe, there is NO WAY he's going to retire that night. He will sit on the belt for another year or two while saying he's going to fight Aspinal, but never fight him. He'll sit on that belt until Dana takes it off him.
No one is talking about this possibility... You're totally fucking right
I bet Stipe does the same thing😂😂
He will find a way out of the ufc before his ego let's him lose. Idk what's gonna happen but I don't see a guy like Jon retiring from the reason he's rich and famous. My best guess is something with chaulk and baby oil
@@XII.XXI.LXXXIV. Stipe will actually fight Tom tho, even tho he likely loses to him. As for Jon, who will NEVER fight Tom because he doesn't want to catch the L.
@XII.XXI.LXXXIV. i think of Stipe wins, he'll fight Aspinal. He's a real fighter whos not afraid to lose and no ego
The difference in emotional maturity between Aspinall and Jones is vast.
Very much - Tom is such a humble geezer
@@2020Decoder boring
@@Lalo14ishortest fight time in ufc, finished 6 of the top 10 in the first round… aka the most exciting fighter on the planet Tommy aspinall
@@AidanH720 personality wise
@@Lalo14inope he’s actually hilarious you’re just a moron
The fact that Tom had a nightmare short notice camp for Pavlovich and was awake for 24hrs for the Curtis fight and still finished them both in 1 round is actually crazy
The aspinall era continues Strap in kids it’ll be a while
Yeah i dont see anyone beating him? Whos gonna beat him? The taffa brothers?😂
@@Liu-wn2ib genuinely, I dont see anyone in the current top 15 coming close, it's scary how far ahead in skill he is
@@digg_7A boxer could come over and stay with him on the feet, but tom would just blast double him and play with him on the ground, hes too well rounded for anyone right now, its gonna take an aspinall V2 to rise up but there aren't any coming up at HW right now to make it before he retires.
@@Liu-wn2ib Francis going to knock the f out aspinal.
Yes sir
Tom Aspinall is a truly once in a generation athlete, the speed and skill level he possess is completely unmatched at heavyweight. Really hope we get the Jon Jones vs Tom Aspinall match up in 2025. 👏👏👏👏
It's a free pay check to make weight. Good deal for Tom
Tom doesnt have to make weight tho he's a heavy XD
@@Kaaashhhhhhh heavyweights weigh in too bruv
@@funonvancouverisland yeah but you know what I mean it’s not the same as asking Chandler or Belal or Kayla to be a backup
Such a great dude Tom is, you would never think he is literally one of, if not, the toughest man on planet. He has zero ego.
Neither Jones nor Miotic accept the backup fight.
Everyone needs to stop acting like gullible children.
Moicic probably not, but jones took multiple backup fighters lmaoo except for chael that 1 time
@@the600squad6why would Jon fight backup Aspinal if he declined to fight Chael?
I think it's just funny how much of a fraud Jon is
@@ps9501 he wanted to fight but his team pleaded him to not take it so he didn’t, he took multiple short notice fights it’s all on record lmao
@@the600squad6 like who did he fight short notice in what timeline exactly?
He must know that neither Jones nor Stipe would fight him last minute
Stipe should honestly he is not the champ, UFC shouldn't entertain Stipe this long, they need to force Stipe to fight Aspinall.
imagine both of them get "injured" before fight 😂
15:17 I genuinely don't understand Ariel or Leon using the time as an excuse. The fight was on American time. Normal time for Vegas fights. So why is it absolutely no issue for Leon to fight on American time when he's in Las Vegas, but fighting at the exact same time at home is somehow more difficult. He's going through the exact same time adjustment, whether he's at home or in Las Vegs, because he's still fighting on Vegas time, which isn't new to him. If anything, you'd think it would be easier for him at home, rather than acclimating while in Las Vegas. The bottom line is, Leon has fought at the exact same time, multiple times. So to use it as an excuse now, just because of difference between his location, is a bit silly.
I have never seen another fighter use the time of the fight as an excuse.
21:28 Basically jon retires and tom fights periera
I also thinks so, aspinall pereira December 2025
Aspinall pereira december 2025
You're doing good work
Perera will retire aspinal if he has a good ground game.
Tom should fight a couple more opponents the same size and age
Been a fan of TommyBoy since right before the UFC. Guy is a real one. The talent is out of this world. Let's goo TOMMY ASPINALL
9 fights in 4 years...1 of those his knee gave in 15 seconds into the fight. So 8 fights in 4 years.... thats almost as inactive as jones...
@@jackpace6845He had to take a year off due to a knee injury. You're also acting as if that's a bad amount of fights
@@jackpace6845 He´s waiting for your boyfriend Jones to either move aside and give him the belt, or fight him. Defending an interim is unheard of, he´s not doing it twice for some guy on UA-cam.
@@jackpace6845Jack mate you’re bent
Pls God, let Miocic get injured in training and Aspinwall steps in the cage! 🙏🏻🙏🏻😁
@Chevyno10 if Stipe pulls out, Jones will too. Aspinal will end up fighting Gane whos on a similar schedule
@@sharkymcsharkface What shame. There's literally no one else except Ngannou ( if he ever returns) that poses a genuine threat to Tom....and so we wait.
@@sharkymcsharkfaceIf Jon also pulls out, then he will lose his belt. He would be stripped because of inactivity. He has no choice. He must fight Tom or he will lose his belt.
@Flash-Man819 lets hope you are right. But he could fake an injury and we all know how much Dana loves Jon
Tom would step in Jones would step out . Won’t happen. .
Imagine the interim champ being the backup because the actual champ doesn't want to fight him. 😂😂
@@rubenjaimes1194 🤪🤣🤣
He could turn around in his post fight ring interview and say “TOM, YOIRE NEXT 🫵🏼!”
Fucking imagine that 🥹
@@treddah yeah he won't. He will retire.
I fricken love this guys attitude man, so relatable
Jon “steroids multi cheat 2x eye poking cheat” Jones. I accidentally ended up here. Never again
Makes me like him more tbh 😅
All the best athletes use peds. Get over it
@user-ey4rn1zf2w should just legalise it for everyone
Its USADA approved :D
Just legalise it for all. Just replace drug testing with medical testing (to prevent use becoming abuse)
17:11 the level of gratification off this champ is next level. 🙏❤
Such a class act👌🏻 And lovable Champion
Tom sleeps jones
Tom would sleep Jones*
True true
Tom sleeps Jones and Jones would want to sleep with Tom, iykyk
@@sachinbk1347 Jones got me watching UFC he's an OG but I think if he can get past stipe he should fight tom I think if poaton can get past ankaliav he should also fight tom big matches I think poaton sleeps both of them 😆 poaton at heavyweight would be powerful
Can’t be so sure Tom would sleep Jon I thought the best match up for Tom would have been Cyril gane someone who can evade them shots with footwork, yes takedown defense and jitz ain’t the best but I think it would have been good to see Tom get tested.
I don’t watch MMA much anymore but i’m happy to see Ariel doing his own show in a new studio . Blessings brother🙏
As jon jones fan, i really hope miocic pull back and aspinal in for the jon jones last fight before retiring. Amen
He is no ordinary man doing extraordinary things now with the fake teeth
His chin is now weakened. Till is proof of that
Till never had a strong chin
He beat Popovich, which no one wanted to fight and he was on a complete tear.
S/O to Ariel and crew for having the show back 🔥
Awesome to hear that Tom fiinally found football 💯💯
Good lord, these interview intros are so long, over a minute for each fighter? Hopefully it's just for the first show back.
I assume you are an intelligent adult. Do you understand how LIVE shows work?
Aspinal with the new🦷
You can tell he's struggling to speak articulately with them lmao
The Till curse will kick in
Tom is such a humble guy, I really like him.
And turned out to be fighting Periera for intern title in November😂
That boxing experience is translating over greatly
I don’t want Tom to be given the undisputed even though he’s the most deserving of it I want to see him fight for it
Fight who 😂
@@boogieman6529 either against jones or stipe or if they both retire another top contender like the winner of gane vs volkov 2 for the vacant title
i reckon if they retire, it will be tom v alex
That would be major disrespect. Aspinal has already defended the interim belt.
The Duck wont fight him 100% 😂
So glad to have you back
Tom’s a legend!
in his own mind
Mythical fighter unlocked: Turkey teeth Tom
Ariel, Congratulations!
We need timestamps
One positive that has come from Aspinall having to wait to be crowned the hw champion by the UFC, is he has shown himself to be very mature and has allowed his personality to shine through even more. I think though it’s unfair it will help him immensely more once he is crowned as all of the attention surrounding the topic has drawn his popularity up tenfold!
Personality of a postman
Kind of like all the fighters over in Russia
Neither of them will fight him so good on Tom for taking an easy pay day to stand on a scale 😂
Subbed then unsubbed immediately when that nose started to try to diminish Belals win, blaming the time for Leon losing, when all of the other english fighters won.
Respect to Tom Aspinal for not backing him and speaking the truth.
i am english n belal smashed leon.. its not leon was shyte, belal just shut him down... leon shoulda stayed humble, but he totally underestimated and dismissed belal as a fool. which gave belal fuel to his fire
The UFC should make another co main event. Neither Jon or Stipe would fight Aspinall and just keep on taking the belt as a hostage...
I just missed that Ariel and the Boys are back. Is there a whole Video and Not just the seperated Parts!
I really hope Stipe gets the ol Nancy Kerrigan treatment now lol
Only in mma let’s get one thing straight. Jon is a two time champion, in one weight & 1 in heavy weight, it’s how many belts you’ve won. A defense is something totally different. Bunch of fools
Need that shirt tbh
I’ve been subscribed to your channel for years, I was wondering why I haven’t seen any of your videos in my feed. It looks like unsubscribed to me. I’m glad to be back.
All three guys great fighters
5 am thing, much respect tom what a legend you are
Well ariel us uk fans usually wait till the next morning (the smart ones) quite easy to watch it on a Sunday morning before you see any spoilers and then can listen to breakdowns/recap shows etc right after the fights are over
34:30 American ruggers know what it's like. Test match kick offs at 0200 hrs are brutal! Grateful to be able to watch MMA at a reasonable time, but it's pretty unfair to my European brethren
“I’ll be ready to fight on a 5 min notice” Aspinall
Alot of good questions here good job ariel n good on tom for the direct answers
Imagine Jones not fighting Aspinal as backup and ruining MSG. Actually, it's very easy to imagine.
Being the backup don't mean shit last time they had pavlovich and that's how we ended up with him vs tom cause no one wanted to fight a backup
Tom Aspinall is a natural heavyweight. Look at his massive neck. He would absolutely destroy Alex Pereira.
Tom knows he got almost all the fans behind him, screw the belt
As much as I'm a fan of Tom...I don't like the narrative that another ufc fighter is "scared" to fight him. Especially not jon jones. Ufc fighters are in the ufc for a reason, and its not cuz any of them are scared lol.
However tho, Jon has his sights on stipe and ONLY stipe to somehow "solidify" his legacy as the great.
The problem is that the fight should have happened years ago before stipe turned 60 and Tom rapidly climbed his way to the top at the same time.
We all know stipe and jon NEVER fight backups, so that is out of the question. But the winner of the 2 (jon ofc) HAVE to fight tom asap. But i have a bad feeling that both jon and stipe will retire
Aspinall is the best the meanest fighter on the planet love Aspinall this is history right here the man is class .
Some reporter needs to ask both Jones and Stiepe , point blank , will they accept Aspinal as a backup ? It should be a condition on their fight contract...
I like the one that says hello jon
Possible nicknames for Tom Aspinall:
The Cat 🐈⬛
The Dodo 🦤
The Penguin 🐧
Who the fook else would be the back up fighter. How they are doing Aspinall is wild
15:30 I have doubts that the fight would have gone the same way NOT goes the same way
Ariel at Voz studio the sound was clearer please Ariel we need same sound quality
Aspinal is extremely skilled and deserves all the praise he gets. However, there’s no way anyone convinced me that Ariel would consider Aspinal the real champ if DC was in Jones’ position 😂
I don't think it's to due with it being Jon, it's to due with the fact that Jon is blantaly trying to avoid fighting the clear number one contender
DC was like 37 when he fought Jones, while giving up a foot of reach and 6 inches of height. Nobody with IQ ever thought DC was going to beat Jones.
Tom is different. He's younger, bigger, faster, stronger, more powerful, more athletic than Jon. He can also wrestle you, submit you and knock you out clean.
Totally different animals.
@JayDee-k8m: DC was 35 yrs old when he and Jones first fought and didn’t have nearly the amount of mileage or injuries Jones has had. Jones has been in the UFC since 08, in title fights since 2011 and beat more champs than anyone in UFC history.
Could a 31 yr old in his prime Aspinal beat an out of prime 37 yr old Jones? Sure, however, u gotta be a casual to act like Jones needs to fight Aspinal to not diminish his legacy.
@connorfuhrman6986: U mean how GSP ducked the Whittaker fight yet didn’t get nearly the amount of backlash Jones is getting. Fact is Stipe n Jones are both out of their prime n Stipe’s resume is far superior to Aspinal’s. Aspinal is elite and extremely skilled but he’s in the weakest division in the UFC as far as the men’s divisions are concerned and it ain’t even close.
@@xavicastorena4739that would be male flyweight, the weakest
Sounds like Aspinall vs Piera for title if Jones and Stipe retire.
yeah i reckon thats the plan
That sucks, aspinal already said he is gonna wrestle from the first minute
Ive never liked oasis n it baffles me that people like liam gallaghers voice, imo.
Tom should of said "I've already won more Heavyweight titles than Jon, and have no interest in breaking is record at Light Heavy Weight."
It doesn’t matter if Aspinall is the backup neither Stipe or Jones will fight him if the other gets hurt. The belt doesn’t matter it’s actually just a lifetime achievement award for them anyway 🤦🏿
They will probably call Alex on short notice to fight Aspinal for the belt.
The only way this show truly starts is when you Represent the Diaz Army
This is the undisputed champ in our eyes
So all ya gotta do is go bust out a Miocic knee cap a week before?!?! Hahaha
If Jones wins I wish he would say "I hear a warrior wants to go up a weight class. You know who you are. Come to take this throne" 🔥🔥🔥
So you want Jon to avoid the interim champ twice?
Ngannou's opponent Ferrira has knocked out the guy in PFL that finished Aspinall, his only true loss.
he is the absolute man, what's happening with the belts is a travasty, and has gone one way too long!
Alright I like this guy!!
Lets do a go fund me to buy out Stipe and let Aspinal fight
The idea of Leon losing because he was fighting at 5 in the morning is BS! Leon is a decision merchant whit no killer instinct whatsoever, he always fights like that.
I dont know anyone who thinks jones is the champion now his fights a gimmick fight they should put it on the jake paul mike tyson card or something
Jones is afraid
Ariel Helwani just found out today what Dana White said back on September 17th LOL. Great start Ariel, really. LOL.
Go get em Tommy!
Be careful, you’ll get hurt by them force on your seat 😂
Aspinall is the real heavy weight champ
Getting out healthy smart man
I got a blumpkin to this
Kudos to u both❤
thing is like some of us older guys really don't care for Tom aspinal and that wasn't the fight we've been waiting for and we could care less if that fight happens. honestly she hasn't even made enough of a name for himself and my eyes that I've even watched any of his fights. so if Stipe or Jones can't fight it's better for the fighter to back out. like fighting Tom Aspen on does what? like if John loses like exactly he shouldn't have took that fight then if he wins he remains champion nothing really changes. if he fights steep Bay who is considered a legendary fighter and one of the top fighters and has proven that oh yeah that would be a legendary fight between two legendary guys
Wow… wait a second… I thought Ariel was Team John Jones. He just said tom was the real heavyweight champion.
Jones has had 1 fight at heavyweight.... no sht. Your profile is based around a 1987 video game Punch out? 😂 Cringe...nerdy...soy...yet here you are, talking about fighting.
No way Jones will fight Aspinall if Stipe can’t fight . I think stipe would fight him if Jones was injured .
15:11 what a contradiction Ariel is, he says "I'm not taking anything away from...(but) Leon lost in part because of the time."
Not much controversial in what he said. He's just prefacing hes not trying to minimise what Belal did
He could have phrased it as Belal deserved to win, Leons performance could have been negatively impacted by the time and his point would be the same
@pd66546 he can preface all he wants, but he is minimizing Belal's win by making excuses for Leon despite that he claims he is not. No one's arguing that Belal had to travel and acclimate, that Leon had the home crowd advantage, that he hired a sleep therapist for his prep, or that the other UK based fighters won that night. There's no need to mention excuses for either side.
Yeah because Belal won and fought excellently why would people be naming things that might have affected his performance negatively. Think things through
It's hardly controversial to say fighting at 4 or 5 in the morning *might* make you perform a bit worse
@pd66546 happens all the time. When the winner mentions inhibiting factors after the fight (ex Pereira's injury going into his last fight) it's considered more acceptable since he won. When fighters (or coaches, media etc) do the same for someone who lost, it's considered making excuses and disrespecting the winner. Ariel knows he can't get interviews with any of Ali's fighters so he takes the liberty of being biased towards their opponents (Leon in this case). I'm glad Aspinall didn't take the bait in his response.
@pd66546 Ariel said a lot more than just the time might have affected the performance by a bit, he literally said he doubts the fight would not have gone the same way if it wasn't for the start time.
Aspinall’s the fuckin man!
TOMS GOT THE DOMINOS WITH NO DOTS IN HIS MOUTH
its a great idea to have ya teeth filed down and replaced with turkey teeth..
Stipe would fight Aspinall if he wins 100% Stipe is a gangsta
If both stipe and jones retire
The UFC will do Tom vs Alex for Heavyweight Undisputed.
Calling it now
Renan KO Stuart Austin in 1 min and Stuart finished Tom with a heel hook 😂😂😂
Man those teeth look so un natural. 😂
Don't really understand veneers - they never seem to look so good on anyone imo.
they should just give aspinall the belt and have their mickey mouse legacy fight
Please correct me , if Tom is an official backup fighter for Jones vs Steipe , then they must have agreed to that before hand ? It would be crazy to give either fighter the ability to back out due to the others injury... Hope its a great fight... It would be more interesting if Steipe won , even if he retired afterwards... If he one and then fought Aspinal , thats great...if he retires , then Aspinal and someone fights for belt . Someone mentioned that Jones winning , he may not retire right away and will sit on the belt...then fight or not... He could have followed Jiri and Jamal's example when he got hurt and relinquish the belt . It would not have affected his record . He doesn't give a shit about anyone else , the fans , fighters , or the company...
Ariel only has 177k subscriber? That's odd.