Tom Aspinall made his thoughts on Jon Jones clear as UFC champ retires and hands over world title

UFC Heavyweight champion Tom Aspinall made his feelings clear about Jon Jones as the legend officially retired last week.

Dana White announced the news of Jones' retirement in an official press conference after UFC Fight Night in Azerbaijan.

He also confirmed that Aspinall would be the heavyweight champion, after having held the interim title for months trying to set up a fight with Jones.

However, the 37-year-old kept pushing back on Aspinall's demands of a fight and as it seemed a date was about to be set, Jones announced his retirement.

After being crowned the champion a video has appeared where Aspinall ranks Jones in an esteemed list of UFC fighters.

Aspinall puts Jones in the legend category

As part of the video, the British fighter was asked to rank UFC legends in four different categories.

Good, Great, Legend and GOAT were the categories presented to him.

Aspinall put his former rival Jones in the legend category, while he placed himself in the great section with Connor McGregor and Islam Makhachev.

Alexander Volkanovski, Khabib Nurmagomedov, Daniel Cormier and Jones were the four that made the legendary list of Aspinall.

Georges St-Pierre was the only fighter the 32-year-old placed in the GOAT category.

Jon Jones retires

Aspinall had been waiting for the fight with Jones, since he last fought almost a year ago against Curtis Blaydes.

However, Jones said that Aspinall had not done enough to earn a fight against him. After being crowned as the official champion, the British fighter send out a video message.

He said: "I'm going to keep this thing [the championship belt] as active as possible. I want to be the best heavyweight ever to walk the face of the earth, I'm going to defend this thing as many times as I possibly can.

"I'm going to keep you guys entertained and I'm going to really give back to everybody that has shown me support over the last year, over the last five years, over the last ten years, really appreciate the love and support from everybody and we're gonna see an active, defending UFC heavyweight undisputed champion going forward."

Aspinall became the first Brit to hold the heavyweight title and as promised is expected to fight soon against Ciryl Gane, who is the number one contender.

White heaped praise on Aspinall and said that the British fighter was understanding throughout the process although he lost money.

But the UFC President also promised to make up for the wait when he announced Aspinall as the heavyweight champion.