3 Ways Jon Jones Has Diminished in The UFC, Per UFC Heavyweight
Jon Jones is no longer the fighter he once was, and is perhaps fearful of whether he can handle Tom Aspinall when he’s six years older than the British slugger.
That appears to be the opinion of rival heavyweight Curtis Blaydes, who spoke of the UFC heavyweight champion’s “diminished” aura and abilities of his performances in the modern era, when compared to the ways in which he was able to breeze past the opposition he had at light heavyweight, maintaining a level of dominance rarely, if ever, in the UFC.
A bout between Jones and Aspinall, in a UFC heavyweight title unification fight, is one of the most meaningful matches that MMA’s fight-makers could arrange, yet it is one that has so far proved to be elusive. And Blaydes believes the blame for that lies solely on Jones.
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Jon Jones & Tom Aspinall’s professional MMA records (as of 02/04/25) |
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Jon Jones |
Tom Aspinall |
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Fights |
30 |
18 |
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Wins |
28 |
15 |
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Losses |
1 |
3 |
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No contests |
1 |
0 |
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3 Ways in Which Jon Jones Has Diminished
UFC heavyweight Curtis Blaydes lists the ways Jones is no longer the same as he once was
“This is all on Jon,” Blaydes said, on Home of Fight. “He’s the hold up.”
Blaydes continued by listing three ways in which he believes he’s diminished, compared to previous years: “I’m not saying he’s scared because he’s Jon Jones like what does he have to be scared of? I do believe, even though it’s not fear, I think he’s accepting that he’s older, a little slower, it’s harder to heal from little bumps and bruises and that stuff.”
Blaydes points to the Jones vs Dominick Reyes fight from UFC 247 which took place on the 8th of February, 2020, at the Toyota Center in Houston, Texas. Though Jones prevailed by a unanimous decision, the scoring was close, and a majority of scorecards provided by MMA media at the time indicated that the press regarded Reyes, not Jones, as the winner.
“I think he feels more vulnerable and we’ve already seen him, I view his first fight versus Dominick Reyes as a loss because I was there,” said Blaydes, siding with the MMA media. “I watched that fight, I view it as a loss. We’ve already seen his aura diminished. I think he also understands that and again, I don’t want to say he’s scared but I think he’s acknowledging like, ‘I could lose’.”
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