With no extra UFC occasions this 12 months, former middleweight champion and UFC commentator Michael Bisping seems to be forward to 2025 and named the highest struggle he’d prefer to see UFC matchmakers put collectively.
To nobody’s shock, Bisping needs to see a heavyweight title unification bout between champion Jon Jones and interim titleholder Tom Aspinall.
“Jones vs. Aspinall has to occur,” Bisping stated on his YouTube channel. “That’s the huge struggle of 2025. It ain’t Conor McGregor coming again in opposition to Logan Paul, or Jake Paul, despite the fact that that is been talked about. It has been tweeted about by Conor McGregor.
“Actual struggle followers need to see the heavyweight undisputed championship,” Bisping continued. “They need to see Tom Aspinall vs. Jon Jones. It completely has to go down in 2025 and I believe it can. Worldwide Struggle Week could be my decide.”
UFC CEO Dana White believes the matchup will happen in 2025 and is assured his crew will get it executed.
“I believe it is in all probability the largest struggle in heavyweight historical past and it is a huge struggle within the historical past of the corporate,” White stated following the ultimate UFC occasion of 2024 on Dec. 14.
Jones efficiently defended the heavyweight championship in opposition to former two-time titleholder Stipe Miocic at UFC 309 in November. Aspinall defended the interim title again in July, knocking out Curtis Blaydes in 60 seconds.
“From day one I have been assured that Jon Jones would do this struggle. Even earlier than the struggle (with Miocic), I stated if he gained, there is not any approach Jon does not do that struggle,” White stated on the UFC on ESPN 63 Submit-Struggle Press Convention.
