"He’s a one-trick pony”- Jon Jones gets bluntly candid about current Heavyweight Champion after controversial showdown at UFC 321

The veteran UFC fighter, Jon Jones, has been keeping his eye on the current scenario of the octagon world. He gave his immediate thoughts on the highly anticipated showdown between Tom Aspinall and Ciryl Gane that took place at UFC 321.

To the surprise of many, Jones highly critiqued Aspinall's performance in the fight and questioned his all-around game following the eye-poke finish that led to the match being ended abruptly.In a recent conversation on the No Scripts podcast, Jon Jones didn’t mince words about Tom Aspinall’s first UFC Heavyweight title defense against Ciryl Gane. While he applauded Tom's ability as an athlete, Jones also felt that his fighting acumen was highly overrated. He said, “I feel as [though] Tom’s a great athlete, but I do feel like he’s a one-trick pony. I believe that his wrestling and jiu-jitsu is incredibly overrated. He has a beautiful one-two. I got to learn a lot about his patterns in his last fight. Beautiful one-two, but that’s really about it."Furthermore, the veteran Heavyweight Champion also pointed to the fight’s statistics and Tom Aspinall's winning clean against Gane. “He couldn’t touch Ciryl Gane at all, that’s the way I feel. I feel like Gane was just getting warmed up. Gane’s hands were down, he was shaking his shoulders, bouncing around,” said Jon Jones.

Tom Aspinall vs. Ciryl Gane's bout ended due to an accidental eye-poke at UFC 321

The match between Tom Aspinall and Ciryl, with the UFC Heavyweight title at stake, had garnered major attention. However, the must-see fight lasted barely five minutes following an accidental double eye-poke from Gane. As it happened, Aspinall informed the official that he was unable to see, and the match was waved off.Despite the controversial finish, Gane has a slight edge over Aspinall in terms of landing punches in their fight.

The statistics showed that the punch score line was 30-27, being in the French fighter's favour. At the same time, one of those strikes led to Aspinall bleeding profusely from the nose before the champion grew into the round.As for the eye-poking spot, a replay suggested that Gane accidentally did so while attempting to counter the lone takedown attempt from Aspinall. In the end, while Aspinall remains champion on paper, it remains to be seen what is next for him following this abrupt showdown that seemingly left millions disappointed.Also read: Was the Isaac Dulgarian vs Yadier del Valle UFC fight fixed after sportsbooks issued mass refunds?