Interim UFC heavyweight champion Tom Aspinall is within the midst of discussions with the organisation for subsequent task within the Octagon.
Aspinall, the interim champion now for greater than a yr, final competed in July of this yr in a short shellacking of high contender Curtis Blaydes in an occasion in Manchester — and has made clear since then that he’ll reject any bout presents by which the official heavyweight championship is not going to be up for grabs.
In the meantime, Jon Jones, the UFC heavyweight champion, efficiently defended his crown for the primary time final weekend within the UFC 309 headliner from Madison Sq. Backyard in New York Metropolis — however has said repeatedly that he has no need to face the primary contender Aspinall in his outing until he will get supplied, as he put it, “f*ck you cash.”
However in a video posted to the Briton’s YouTube channel, Aspinall confirmed that he’s holding talks with the UFC over his subsequent struggle — however refused to substantiate the id of who it could come in opposition to.
“Yeah, we’re in negotiations proper now. That’s the trustworthy reply,” Aspinall mentioned within the clip, as famous by BJPenn.com. “So, we don’t know when the struggle goes to be. However I’ll be able to go each time. I’m again within the health club now. I’m again within the health club coaching, as all the time.”
“I’ll be able to struggle once they let me know. Till then, I’ll be bettering, I’ll be getting higher. So, no nice rush on that. Clearly, I wish to struggle as quickly as doable. However, proper now, we’re simply ready on a date. That’s it.”
In the meantime, Aspinall has opened because the betting favorite forward of any hypothetical struggle with the (largely) undefeated Jones, who is mostly considered essentially the most dominant fighter in combined martial arts historical past, with one distinguished bookmaker giving him odds of -127 which interprets to a roughly 56% probability of profitable.
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Tom Aspinall confirms negotiations underway for subsequent struggle
Interim UFC heavyweight champion Tom Aspinall is in the midst of discussions with the organisation for next assignment in the Octagon. Aspinall, the interim champion now for more than a year, last competed in July of this year in a brief shellacking of top contender Curtis Blaydes in an event in Manchester — and has
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