Aspinall might beat Gane he might lose to Gane. That has nothing to do with the fact that Jones was ducking him. He wanted to fight super-washed Stipe because it was an easier fight.
Jon didn't need to fight Aspinall but he should have gone home and dropped the title. What's the point of the belts or rankings or being number one contender if the champ can duck like this.
Also, to try to prop up Jones, arguably the biggest c00n on the roster, as some sort of avatar of black excellence is comical to me. Now if you want to say that the success should be separated from the shyt outside of the octagon that's fine but I'd argue inconsistent with how other c00n athletes get treated on here.
I don't blame him, he's already rich, his brothers are rich and he's almost 40. Could he beat aspinall? yeah or he could get knocked out or he could win and get crazy damage.
imagine a guy whose been fighting for 17 years and trying to sully his name
He sullied his own name. He wasn't obligated to fight Tom but I don't get why were pretending he didn't duck him. He's the goat but he ducked Tom. If Tom loses it doesn't change the fact that Jones ducked him.
UFC is NOTHING without good black fighters. Nobody is checking for the UFC now.
UFC is arguably more popular than it's ever been. More mainstream than it's ever been. And all of that is without a single black champion. Not to mention they just signed the Paramount deal. They're making more money than ever before but the product is arguably the worst it's ever been.