Ariel Helwani

John has nowhere to run, nowhere to hide.

Because every time John was asked about Tom Aspinall, he said, I don't want that fight.

I want Pereira, who at the time was the light heavyweight champion.

Well, here he is.

He's back to being light heavyweight champion.

And he says specifically, because Pereira would never want to talk about this.

I want John.

So you make John versus Pereira.

Now, most people, as I've said this,

say to me, well, what about Tom Aspinall?

You were banging the drum for the past year about Tom getting screwed and all this stuff.

Well, guess what?

The rules are different now because John isn't the champion.

So John doesn't have to fight Tom Aspinall anymore.

But it's good for Tom Aspinall's business if now all of a sudden he's residing atop a heavyweight division that has Alex Pereira and Jon Jones in it.

Rising tide lifts all boats.

Because guess what?

The winner of that fight

we'll have to fight him.

And if not, he can now say, John, you retired because you didn't want to fight me.