December 5, 2024 7:40 pm ET
Interim heavyweight champion Tom Aspinall could possibly be his future opponent from UFC 310.
Ciryl Gane (12-2 MMA, 9-2 UFC) runs issues again with Alexander Volkov (38-10 MMA, 6-3 UFC) in Saturday’s essential card (ESPN+ pay-per-view, ESPN2, Hulu, ESPN+) at T-Cellular Area in Las Vegas.
Aspinall (15-3 MMA, 8-1 UFC) is at the moment gunning for a title-unification bout with heavyweight champion Jon Jones, but when he doesn’t get his want, he may find yourself dealing with the winner of Gane vs. Volkov. Aspinall broke down the important thing components of the pivotal heavyweight conflict.
“The ft are essential on this battle for my part,” Aspinall advised TNT Sports. “Once I say the ft, I’m not speaking concerning the kicking as such – I’m speaking concerning the positioning of their ft. If Volkov can get him going backwards and preserve him towards the fence, he can simply use that size and tee off on him with the kicks and the punches like we’re seeing there.
“Quite the opposite to that, Ciryl Gane is de facto good transferring backwards – that’s his energy, is he lures his opponents in and strikes off on them angles. So it’s simply an attention-grabbing matchup of kinds, and we love heavyweight fights.” Gane won his first meeting with Volkov in June 2021 by unanimous resolution – a battle Aspinall thinks was lackluster.
“Stinker … horrible battle,” Aspinall stated. “Nobody remembers it. Nothing actually occurred within the battle. It was simply numerous clinching up towards the fence – not numerous nice injury completed.”
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