March 18, 2023 9:00 am ET
LONDON – Tom Aspinall says he’s good to go.
The UFC heavyweight contender revealed he’s now recovered from his knee damage sustained in his final outing. Aspinall (12-3 MMA, 5-1 UFC) needed to endure surgical procedure final yr after tearing his MCL and meniscus, in addition to struggling injury to his ACL, in a TKO loss to Curtis Blaydes final July at UFC Struggle Evening 208. It was a freak damage, because the British fighter blew out his knee 15 seconds into the bout.
Now wholesome, Aspinall needs to return to the crime scene and resume his profession.
“The knee is implausible now,” Aspinall stated on the Q&A hosted on Thursday, a part of the UFC 286 combat week. “I’m again in coaching. Hey, hear. I simply need to get one factor straight. We have to safe one other U.Okay. card for this yr, and I bought that massive Polish dummy calling me out on-line. So if Marcin Tybura needs it, let’s carry it again to the U.Okay. this summer season. Come on, please.” Previous to the unlucky damage, Aspinall was on a scorching streak. He had eight consecutive wins, with 5 of these being below the UFC banner.
The 29-year-old was nearing a title shot getting into his bout in opposition to Curtis Blaydes final summer season, and he needs to get again on observe. That’s why the bout in opposition to Marcin Tybura makes essentially the most sense for him.
“Nicely in the intervening time, there should not many free guys within the prime 10, everyone seems to be matched,” Aspinall defined. “So far as I can see, he’s the one man who’s prepared to take the combat. He stated it verbally. And if somebody says publicly that they need to combat me, in fact I need to combat. I’m not backing down from nobody. We’re two European guys, let’s do it within the U.Okay.”
