Jon Jones Trolls Tom Aspinall
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Monday Morning Hangover: Tom Aspinall retains title, but loses Jon Jones fight after disastrous UFC 321 event
UFC 321 went down last Saturday (Oct. 25, 2025) inside Etihad Arena in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, leaving several fighters feeling the post-fight blues. Among them was Aleksandar Rakic, who suffered his fourth straight loss after he was knocked out by Azamat Murzakanov in the very first round (see it again here).
Heavyweight champion Tom Aspinall's title defense at UFC 321 ended abruptly due to a double eye-poke from Ciryl Gane, resulting in a no-contest. Rival Jon Jones immediately mocked Aspinall by changing his social media avatar to a duck with a UFC belt,
Seemingly a keen viewer of last weekend’s ill-fated headliner at UFC 321, former two-weight champion Jon Jones wasted no time in his pursuit of goading long-time foe Tom Aspinall. Mocking the Atherton star’s ‘No Contest’ with Ciryl Gane due to a double eye poke, Jones took to social media with a subtle dig.
Jon Jones was quick to troll bitter rival Tom Aspinall after his fight with Ciryl Gane was ended by a horror eye poke. Aspinall was making a first defence of his undisputed UFC heavyweight title
Alex Pereira suggested they ‘make the heavyweight division great again’ after an abrupt end to the title fight between Tom Aspinall and Ciryl Gane
One fighter that was always going to comment on the unsatisfying outcome was the last man to successfully defend the heavyweight title. Following the months of back and forth between the two men that didn’t result in them sharing the Octagon with one another, Jon Jones will have been watching Tom Aspinall’s next fight closely.
Jones accepted Pereira's proposed White House fight after 'Poatan' offered to rejuvenate the heavyweight division after UFC 321
Britain’s Aspinall makes his first defence of the undisputed heavyweight title, having been elevated from interim champion upon Jon Jones’s retirement