**Jon Jones Unlikely to Face Aspinall Without Significant Compensation**

Jon Jones has made it clear that he's not eager to square off against Tom Aspinall. On Saturday night, the 37-year-old successfully defended his UFC heavyweight title against Stipe Miocic at Madison Square Garden. However, he expressed a strong dislike for Aspinall, who became the interim heavyweight champion last year after the initial Jones-Miocic fight was postponed due to Jones’ pectoral injury.

In a post-fight interview, Jones laid out his feelings, stating, "He's annoying to me. That's my own personal - he annoys me. I get why you guys find it entertaining, but I find him annoying and I just don't like him. At the end of the day, if I give him the opportunity to fight me, I want to be so compensated - I want that 'f-k you' money, honestly. That's just what it is."

Although Jones did not specify the exact figure he has in mind, he indicated that it would be a "very, very high number." He explained, "I want to be compensated to the point where if I won or lost, that it really wouldn't matter."

Dana White, the UFC president, suggested in a pre-fight press conference on Thursday that the victor of the Jones-Miocic fight should compete against Aspinall in a title unification bout. Nonetheless, Jones voiced his preference for a different matchup, specifically with Alex Pereira, the current UFC light heavyweight champion.

"I don't need [Aspinall] at all and he needs me, and that's a good place to be in a negotiation," Jones remarked. When White was informed about Jones’ demand for high compensation to face Aspinall, White responded, "he will be."

In other news, Miocic, the 42-year-old former heavyweight champion, announced his retirement following the fight.