Jon Jones (27-1 MMA, 21-1 UFC) defends his heavyweight title against Stipe Miocic (20-4 MMA, 14-4 UFC) in Saturday’s UFC 309 main event at Madison Square Garden in New York (pay-per-view, ESPNews/Hulu/FX, ESPN+).

Jon Jones may or may not continue fighting beyond UFC 309, but if he does, the reigning heavyweight champion has declared he would be willing to return for one more fight against light heavyweight king Alex Pereira over Tom Aspinall.

UFC legend Michael Bisping has called for there to be serious consequences for Jon Jones if he refuses to fight Tom Aspinall amid Alex Pereira bout

The possibility of Jon Jones vs Tom Aspinall happening is starting to become slimmer by the day. Jones is set to return to the octagon this weekend against Stipe Miocic. Ahead of the fight, the winner of the fight has been billed to fight Aspinall,

Jon Jones doesn’t believe there ever should have been an interim heavyweight title introduced in his absence but if he has to give up his belt for the chance to potentially face Alex Pereira — perhaps with a ‘BMF’ title on the line — then he’s willing to do it.

Jon Jones has no plans to fight Tom Aspinall. On November 16, ‘Bones’ will return to the Octagon for the first time since his quickfire submission victory over Ciryl Gane at UFC 285. On that night, Jones claimed the vacant UFC heavyweight world championship.