UFC heavyweight contender Tom Aspinall shall be returning to motion this weekend in a division that appears considerably totally different than when he final appeared contained in the Octagon.
Aspinall most not too long ago headlined the London-held UFC Fight Night card last July, marking his second consecutive fundamental occasion inside The O2. Whereas his first resulted in success courtesy of a submission victory over Alexander Volkov, his second culminated in catastrophe, with a critical knee harm bringing the Brit’s struggle with Curtis Blaydes to a halt after simply 15 seconds.
On the time, Francis Ngannou sat on the throne whereas Jon Jones remained inactive. Now a yr later after finishing his restoration, Aspinall is returning to the fold with “The Predator” beneath contract with the PFL and with a boxing match against Tyson Fury pencilled into his calendar, and “Bones” with the heavyweight gold in his possession.
However as he gears as much as concentrate on a brand new goal within the reigning kingpin, one acquainted face stays between Aspinall and the belt — Ciryl Gane.
Aspinall Assesses Doable Gane Struggle Down The Line
Gane was tasked with welcoming Jones to heavyweight this past March at UFC 285. The Frenchman finally supplied little resistance, with the previous two-time 205-pound champ blitzing him in minutes to safe gold in his new weight class.
Whereas already assured in his means to get the higher of any and all challenges, Aspinall informed JNMEDIAUK that Jones’ show in opposition to Gane solely elevated his confidence about how he’d fare in opposition to “Bon Gamin.”
“Sure, (the Jones struggle gave me confidence about going through Gane). The factor is, I am not simply gonna run cross the cage and take him down. I am gonna combine it up between strikes and takedowns to maintain him guessing,” Aspinall stated. “I actually extremely charge Ciryl. I feel he had a foul efficiency, yeah, however I feel he is a very good, high-level fighter. He is a former interim champion anyway, so the man’s undoubtedly bought an enormous future forward of him.
“We’ll see, we’ll see. We’ll cross that bridge once we come to it, I suppose. In the intervening time I’ve bought an enormous struggle in entrance of me,” Aspinall concluded
Earlier than a doable collision contained in the cage down the road, each Aspinall and Gane could have separate assignments to finish.
The French star will return on house soil this fall, facing the challenge of Serghei Spivac in the second edition of UFC Paris. And his English peer may also compete in entrance of his house followers.
This Saturday, Aspinall will make the stroll inside The O2 nearly precisely a yr on from his troublesome harm setback on the similar venue. He’ll little question look so as to add a greater reminiscence to his profession in England’s capital at the expense of Marcin Tybura.
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