What began last November as a simple two-man contest over the undisputed heavyweight championship has splintered into a quagmire involving three champions across two weight classes.

Tom Aspinall is over trying to force a fight with Jon Jones. The British heavyweight champion has had a meteoric rise in the UFC, securing the interim belt at UFC 295 instead of Jones-Miocic and defending it at UFC 304 in July 2024.

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.