[GUEST ACCESS MODE: Data is scrambled or limited to provide examples. Make requests using your API key to unlock full data. Check https://lunarcrush.ai/auth for authentication information.]  ClutchPoints [@ClutchPoints](/creator/twitter/ClutchPoints) on x 336.1K followers Created: 2025-06-22 15:03:28 UTC MMA fans have waited for X years to determine who the top heavyweight is on the UFC. Tom Aspinall won the interim belt in November of 2023, knocking out Sergei Pavlovich. What should have been next was unifying the titles against Jon Jones. Injuries happened. Bones returned from injury in November of 2024 and knocked out fellow legend Stipe Miocic in the process. The pieces were in place. Aspinall has the belt. Jones has another belt. They should square off to determine who THE GUY is. But fate has been toying with the MMA world. Retirement teases, Contract negotiations, Shots being fired online, The fight was in UFC President Dana White's hands, it just keeps slipping away for reasons. In March, Aspinall declared he'll retire Jon Jones even without fighting him. A couple of days ago, he declared Jones is retired. Today, Dana White announced Bones is hanging up the gloves. Was it forced? Was it on Bones' own free will? We can only speculate, and fight fans were dealt with a big "What if" 🤷♂️  XXXXX engagements  **Related Topics** [stipe miocic](/topic/stipe-miocic) [happened](/topic/happened) [jon jones](/topic/jon-jones) [sergei pavlovich](/topic/sergei-pavlovich) [tom aspinall](/topic/tom-aspinall) [ufc](/topic/ufc) [mma](/topic/mma) [Post Link](https://x.com/ClutchPoints/status/1936802221024583816)
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ClutchPoints @ClutchPoints on x 336.1K followers
Created: 2025-06-22 15:03:28 UTC
MMA fans have waited for X years to determine who the top heavyweight is on the UFC.
Tom Aspinall won the interim belt in November of 2023, knocking out Sergei Pavlovich.
What should have been next was unifying the titles against Jon Jones.
Injuries happened. Bones returned from injury in November of 2024 and knocked out fellow legend Stipe Miocic in the process.
The pieces were in place. Aspinall has the belt. Jones has another belt. They should square off to determine who THE GUY is.
But fate has been toying with the MMA world.
Retirement teases, Contract negotiations, Shots being fired online,
The fight was in UFC President Dana White's hands, it just keeps slipping away for reasons.
In March, Aspinall declared he'll retire Jon Jones even without fighting him. A couple of days ago, he declared Jones is retired.
Today, Dana White announced Bones is hanging up the gloves.
Was it forced? Was it on Bones' own free will?
We can only speculate, and fight fans were dealt with a big "What if" 🤷♂️
XXXXX engagements
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