MMA legend and multi-time UFC champion Randy Couture says that it’s time that Jon Jones stepped as much as the true challenges of the heavyweight division. Francis Ngannou and Tom Aspinall have been each ducked by the present heavyweight champion.
Randy Couture
The Pure’ Randy Couture is a five-time UFC champion having collected titles within the gentle heavyweight and heavyweight divisions. He’s finest recognized for his rivalries towards fighters reminiscent of Chuck Liddell, Tito Ortiz, and Tim Sylvia.
Regardless of the Olympic wrestler being a trailblazer within the sport, he’s on the UFC’s naughty listing as he was consistently clashing with the brass on his rights and contractual disputes. Within the 2000s, he walked away from the UFC to pursue a struggle towards the all-time nice heavyweight Fedor Emelianenko because the UFC refused to co-promote with the organizations that had the contract of Fedor.
Jon Jones vs. Francis Ngannou or Tom Aspinall
‘Bones’ Jon Jones vacated his gentle heavyweight title after having an all-time nice profession working by means of the division. He then moved to heavyweight and captured the throne and later defended it towards the aged Stipe Miocic whereas avoiding the interim champion Tom Aspinall. Moreover, whereas Francis Ngannou was the UFC heavyweight champion, Jon Jones refused to step up the heavyweight at the moment as an alternative he selected to attend till the Cameroonian fighter had left the group.
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Sufficient is sufficient in line with Randy Couture. In keeping with him, Jon Jones should face Aspinall or Ngannou for the sake of his legacy even when it requires co-promotion. In a current interview with talkSPORT, Couture mentioned:
“That was definitely the struggle I pursued for a very long time—to struggle Fedor. It by no means occurred. I feel that that dialog, clearly, we’re nonetheless having it proper now. And Jon Jones—as a lot as he doesn’t wanna struggle Francis—is gonna have hassle avoiding that. Now he says he didn’t wanna struggle Tom. I imply, why? You’re supposedly the GOAT. Step up and struggle whoever they need you to struggle.
“I’m not in Jon’s head, so I couldn’t inform you. I feel, you understand, he must step up and struggle the blokes they need him to struggle. You possibly can’t shrink back from guys, anyone, actually. So, I imply, that’s a problem. However definitely, Tom has earned—earned a crack and deserves that. Whether or not Francis—and so they do a co-promotion or cross-promotion—that, you understand, that’s one thing that… our sport remains to be very anti-competitive.
“There’s no transparency in the sport. There’s no way to do those types of cross-promotions.The restrictive nature of the contracts in the promotions themselves prevents that. That’s why the Fedor fight never happened. One wanted to do a co-promotion with the UFC, and the UFC wasn’t willing to do that. I don’t think their attitude on co-promotion has changed. So that will be a big challenge—to see Francis get in there with Jon or Tom, if Tom beats Jon.”
Francis Ngannou at present holds the lineal UFC titles as he left the group with out dropping the crown. He then competed in blockbuster boxing matches and picked up the PFL heavyweight title.
Couture is at present in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia a part of the printed staff for PFL 10 2024 on November 29 which options the event closing bouts.
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Publish date : 2024-11-28 14:59:29
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