In a cross-over with Glory Kickboxing heavyweight champion Rico Verhoeven, Interim UFC heavyweight champion Tom Aspinall engaged in a body shot competition with the king of kickboxing. Having meals and spending time with one another led the Dutch kickboxing king to ask Tom Aspinall about his potential unification fight with Jon Jones. In which many claim Jones to be ducking Aspinall and even speculated to be unofficially retired, to which the British champion responded:
“I think we’ll get it. He’s unpredictable, a real threat, and sometimes he falls out.