Tom Aspinall eyes winner of huge UFC White House heavyweight title fight
UFC heavyweight champion Tom Aspinall is interested in fighting the winner of the upcoming Alex Pereira vs Ciryl Gane fight at UFC Freedom 250.
In the co-main event of UFC’s White House card, Alex Pereira will attempt to become a three-weight (or 2.5 weight) world champion in the promotion when he faces Ciryl Gane for the UFC interim heavyweight championship. The expectation for many is that Tom Aspinall, if he’s healthy enough to do so, will return to unify the belts against the winner at some point later this year.
Tom Aspinall has been through an incredibly frustrating spell with the Ultimate Fighting Championship and off the back of his new association with Eddie Hearn, it certainly feels like things could continue to be quite tense between him and UFC boss Dana White given the feud he has with Hearn right now.
In a recent video, Tom Aspinall gave his thoughts on his future in the UFC after the Pereira vs Gane news dropped.
Tom Aspinall looks ahead to the future
“I mean, who else is going to fight? The division’s on its ass,” Aspinall said on his YouTube channel. “There’s not many big fights to make, is there? So they’ve got to do what they’ve got to do.”
“Obviously, I want to fight the winer of that,” Aspinall said. “Just waiting now to get the green light, the all clear from the doctor to start training properly again. As soon as we can start training properly again, full contact in the gym, we will be getting a fight date booked to fight the winner. Just waiting for the clearance to be medically cleared, and then we go.
“As soon as the doctor clears me, we’ll let the UFC know and we’ll be looking to book a fight soon as possible.”
Quotes via MMA Junkie
Aspinall’s health is the main priority here but if he is able to return, either of these fights would feel absolutely huge – Pereira for the history associated with it, and Gane because he was the one who injured Tom and put his future in doubt in the first place.
