VIDEO: Jon Jones & Tom Aspinall Meet Face-To-Face For The First Time

Tom Aspinall's stock has risen over the course of the last year, to the point where some have felt that he should be the one who faces UFC Heavyweight Champion Jon Jones next instead of Stipe Miocic.

After missing about a year of action after a knee injury mere seconds into a fight with Curtis Blaydes, Aspinall rebounded with a quick knockout of Marcin Tybura before a finish of Sergei Pavlovich to capture the interim UFC heavyweight championship at UFC 295 last November.

That fight came on just two weeks' notice after Jones tore his pec, causing the originally planned main event with Miocic to be postponed.

Aspinall Shares Thoughts On Jones After Initial Meeting 

While the belief has been that the UFC wants to wait for the opportunity to rebook Jones vs. Miocic, some fans and pundits feel that it would be more ideal for Jones and Aspinall to face off and unify the heavyweight championship.

Those people got a bit of a taste of that matchup recently. Aspinall posted to social media on March 16, showing a recent run in he had with Jones at an event — their first face-to-face encounter.