Chael Sonnen reveals one potential problem with Tom Aspinall vs. Ciryl Gane
Throughout a current episode of Good Man/Unhealthy Man with Daniel Cormier, Sonnen defined what a Gane victory might do to the heavyweight title image.
“I consider the issue is when you do carry Ciryl again, if he wins, you set a belt round [him],” Sonnen stated of Gane. “If Jon Jones is agreeable, you’re gonna do a rematch between Jon Jones and Ciryl. I believe that’s too robust after the efficiency that Ciryl gave [at UFC 285], or didn’t give, I don’t suppose there’s any situation whenever you re-do that match…
“You’d run into an enormous threat when you put the belt round [Ciryl].”
Earlier than the loss to Jones, Gane obtained again within the win column with a end of Tai Tuivasa in 2022. This got here after he misplaced to then-lineal UFC heavyweight champion Francis Ngannou at UFC 270.
Aspinall earned the interim UFC heavyweight title by knocking out Sergei Pavlovich at UFC 295. It was his second battle again after struggling a nasty leg harm towards Curtis Blaydes in 2022.
As we await Aspinall and Gane’s subsequent bookings, a heavyweight conflict may very well be on the horizon, however Sonnen wonders if it’s well worth the immense threat to the heavyweight hierarchy.