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Tom Aspinall Calls for Jon Jones to Be Stripped of UFC Heavyweight Title amid Injury (bleacherreport.com)
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UFC interim heavyweight champion Tom Aspinall believes that Jon Jones should be stripped of the weight class' belt as he recovers from a torn pectoral tendon.…

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

I’m with Aspinall here, but the precedent of champions vacating as soon as they are injured is a relatively new one. Unfortunately I can’t see UFC forcing Jones to vacate since he’s Dana’s GOAT.