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The heavyweight belt belongs to Jones and he got it by winning the fight but now he is injured so he is still waiting for the right time until the injury he experienced is completely healed to be able to fight again, after all Jones can't fight not because of a mistake that violates the rules but because of injury so that he is not stripped of possession of the championship belt.
Actually he has a healing time of around 8 months and this has been estimated by the doctor who treated him, but to really be able to fight we don't know whether after 8 months he can fight straight away or not.
If you equate it with McGregor, it is not the same because the injury suffered by Jones was not as serious as that experienced by McGregor.
I sure Jones will be able to fight as predicted.
For sure I really don't know why the Belt was not stripped from Jon Jones just like with the Light Heavyweight when Prochazka was injured, but for this Tom Aspinal VS Sergei Pavlovich are fighting for the Interim Heavyweight belt and not the Main Heavyweight belt which they can also do with the Light Heavyweight for sure,
Dana White knows who is fighter with high popularity and can make lot of money that why he doesn't take away the belt that Jones has because Dana also doesn't want to lose Jones who is an asset for the UFC.
When Tom Aspinal VS Sergei Pavlovich fights for the interim heavyweight title and one of them comes out as champion until later when Jones recovers they can meet for the real title then it will be hot fight and can make the octagon full of spectators.
The hype experienced by Jones also had a big influence on the UFC, so it is natural that he is still the heavyweight king.
In the Tom Aspinal VS Sergei Pavlovich fight, I think Aspinal could be the favorite but Pavlovich is also not weak fighter so there will be quite tough fight there.