UFC heavyweight champion Jon Jones to defend belt against Tom Aspinall in November

Jon Jones (37), UFC heavyweight champion, has been under fire from fans for not defending his belt against interim champion Tom Aspinall of England. He has been accused of avoiding him and therefore not wanting a fight against him, but it seems that a place and time for the fight have finally been agreed upon.

According to the Sun, the fight is set to take place on November 15th at UFC 322 in Madison Square Garden. UFC president Dana White recently said that the fight is close to being agreed upon and that fans just have to be patient, and now it looks like the most anticipated MMA fight of the moment will finally take place.

The decision to fight at MSG is not surprising because Jones always likes to fight in New York in front of his home fans. He fought his last fight there, when he knocked out Stipe Miočić in the third round in November last year to defend his heavyweight belt for the first time, and also ended Miocic's career, who retired after that fight.

Fans are also frustrated

Fans are also frustrated. There are more and more people who advocate stripping Jon Jones of his belt, because they believe that a champion should not avoid a top-ranked challenger. Jones is also criticized for not having a tendency to defend his belt more often. He won the championship title almost 27 months ago, and has only defended it once. Truly a devastating statistic, but Jones emphasized in his latest statement that he doesn't really care about the belt.

"They're going to take away my title? Do I give the impression of someone who cares about such things?" Jones wrote via X, responding to one of his followers who told him that he would soon be stripped of his championship title.

Recently, the UFC president said that the fight "will definitely happen" and that "let's relax and wait for the official announcement." Jon Jones claims that he is not entirely clear why the UFC is still hiding his plans.

"You're accusing the wrong person, I told the UFC my plans a long time ago. I have no idea why they haven't shared it with you yet," said the UFC heavyweight champion.