The closer we get to Saturday's UFC 309 pay-per-view card inside New York's Madison Square Garden, the less we seem to be talking about the full-time firefighter and UFC legend who makes up one half of the main event.

For UFC Heavyweight Champion Jones, there's bigger fights out there than the interim titleholder Tom Aspinall. Stipe Miocic - who he's defending the title against at UFC 309 - and current Light Heavyweight Champion Alex Pereira, Jones revealed in a recent interview with Kevin Iole.

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