Jon Jones issues savage putdown to Tom Aspinall after British fighter said he 'doesn't care' about fighting UFC legend

The wait for concrete news about a title unification fight between Jon Jones and Tom Aspinall goes on and UFC fans are growing tired of its tedious twists and turns.

Jones has held the UFC heavyweight title belt for more than two years but has defended it only once in that time, beating veteran Stipe Miocic last November.

English fighter Aspinall defeated Sergei Pavlovich a year earlier to claim the interim title and successfully defended it against Curtis Blaydes at UFC 304 last year.

Aspinall holds the record as the longest-serving interim heavyweight champion in UFC history.

If he defends it again, he will become only the second fighter in the history of UFC to defend an interim title twice before a unification fight. Typically a fighter who wins an interim belt will enter the octagon for their next fight against the champion.

The elusive champion has been in Thailand spending time training in between issuing mysterious updates on social media.

Jones blamed UFC for delaying the unification bout against an eager Aspinall but later claimed – again – to be retired from the sport after months of behind-the-scenes negotiations over what what be a massively anticipated superfight.

It would certainly be a bigger draw than the touted alternative between Aspinall and Ciryl Gane, from whom Jones won the heavyweight belt in the first place.

"I'm done," said 'Bones' on camera.

If the 37-year-old is done, it will have been news to UFC president and CEO Dana White, who recently said on a livestream that he remains confident that a Jones vs Aspinall unification blockbuster bout will happen in 2025.

UFC interim champion Tom Aspinall has been outspoken about his desire to fight Jon Jones and unify the belts (Image: Getty)

Aspinall, who claims to be a "bad match-up" for Jones, has unsurprisingly had enough. In an interview with Mighty, he said: "I've been inactive for nearly a year. And I'm just being told to wait. I don't care about fighting Jon Jones, I just want to be the undisputed champion."

The heavyweight champion was quicker to accept a scrap on social media than he is in the octagon, replying: "Shut your mouth and do as you're told."

At the time of writing, he remains retired.