Tom Aspinall has submitted a unique autograph request ahead of UFC 309.

The interim heavyweight champion is in New York for fight week as he prepares to step in as a backup for Saturday’s main event, with Jon Jones defending his share of the heavyweight title against Stipe Miocic. In the lead up to the fight, much has been made of Aspinall’s attempts to secure a future unification fight with Jones or Miocic, with neither having committed to fighting again after this weekend, let alone to guarantee that they will fight Aspinall.

During his visit to ‘The Big Apple’, Aspinall had a humorous interaction with a fan who sympathized with the cause. Aspinall posted a video to his Instagram Stories in which the fan asked him to sign a rubber duck that happened to have Jones’ name on it, a reference to Jones “dodging” the British star.

Watch the scene below (h/t championship rounds).

“Wild place New York,” Aspinall captioned the video.

While Jones and Aspinall are not scheduled to fight, tensions between the two have been at an all-time high. Jones – the greatest fighter in the history of the light heavyweight division and arguably the greatest pound-for-pound fighter of all time – won a vacant heavyweight title with a dominant submission of Ciryl Gane at UFC 285, but was unable to defend his title in a scheduled fight against Miocic at UFC 295 after suffering a chest injury.

In Jones’ absence, Aspinall defeated Sergei Pavlovich to claim an interim title and has already successfully defended it once, while Jones and Miocic remained focused on their clash rebooked for November 16.

Jones has given a number of reasons for not recognizing Aspinall’s suggestion of a unification fight. He recently said that Aspinall is “such an asshole that I don’t want to do business with him.”