Tom Aspinall proposes 4-man tournament with Jon Jones, Alex Pereira, and Stipe Miocic at Madison Square Garden

Tom Aspinall has an interesting idea for a showdown in the heavyweight division. Aspinall has been after the undisputed heavyweight title for a while now. With the ongoing situation in the Jon Jones-led 265 lbs weight class, the British champion proposed an exciting mega event for later this year.

Jon Jones has been out for a while due to injury. His return fight will involve heavyweight legend Stipe Miocic. Meanwhile, Alex Pereira has set his sights on a potential heavyweight. Tom Aspinall recently defended his interim heavyweight title at UFC 304. He proposed a potential tournament for all four of them at the post-fight press conference.

Here’s a thought for you. I was thinking about this today. They’re saying that Stipe and Jon Jones are going to fight in MSG in November. Why don’t we do a tournament? We’ll do Jon, Stipe, me, Alex and do a four-man tournament, two fights in one night, and let’s find out who the real heavyweight champion of the world is.
Tom Aspinall via UFC 304 post-fight press conference

Aspinall talked about this potential one night tournament between “the best heavyweight of all time”, “the best MMA fighter of all time”, we’ve got the light heavyweight champion, and a proxy interim champion (himself). The proposed fight would take place this November at UFC 309 for the undisputed heavyweight title.

In the wait for his potential title shot, Aspinall defended his interim heavyweight title against Curtis Blaydes. The two heavyweights headlined the UFC 304 co-main event. The fight did not last long. Aspinall walked out of the Co-op Live arena with a first-round knockout win, which he scored with just sixty seconds on the clock.

Ben Askren asks Dana White to book Tom Aspinall vs. Jon Jones

Jon Jones vs. Stipe Miocic will likely take place at the Madison Square Garden in New York this November. Tom Aspinall was expected to challenge the winner of this fight. However, UFC CEO Dana White recently declared that Tom Aspinall would step in as the backup fighter for the heavyweight title showdown.

Tom Aspinall defends his UFC interim heavyweight championship against Curtis Blaydes (via MMA Mania)

With his successful title defense at UFC 304, Aspinall called out Jon Jones to hand over his heavyweight title. Former UFC star Ben Askren joined the hoards of people online to demand that UFC CEO Dana White finally set up the highly anticipated showdown.