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Tom Aspinall labels Jon Jones ‘Irrelevant’ to the UFC’s heavyweight division: ‘It’s all bollocks’

Jon Jones may be the greatest mixed martial artist the sport has ever seen.

‘Bones’ ruled the light heavyweight division for more than a decade, dispatching legend after legend, including Mauricio ‘Shogun’ Rua, Quinton ‘Rampage’ Jackson, Lyoto Machida, Vitor Belfort, Chael Sonnen, Alexander Gustafsson, Glover Teixeira, and Daniel Cormier.

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Tom Aspinall labels Jon Jones 'Irrelevant' to the UFC's heavyweight division: 'It's all bollocks' 2

But as impressive as Jones’ run at 205 was, his reign as the undisputed heavyweight champion has been the exact opposite. Returning from a three-year-long layoff, Jones captured the vacated crown with a two-minute submission victory over Ciryl Gane at UFC 285.