Interim UFC Heavyweight Champion Tom Aspinall admits he doesn’t really feel there’s a lot upside to combating Curtis Blaydes.
Aspinall will get to stay energetic when he collides with Blaydes on the UFC 304 pay-per-view in Manchester on July twenty seventh, however he dangers shedding out on a declare to an undisputed title struggle. Aspinall had been hoping the UFC would forgo the deliberate bout between UFC Heavyweight Champion Jon Jones and Stipe Miocic, however that doesn’t look like taking place.
So, what does Aspinall achieve by beating Blaydes except for avenging a 15-sceond loss, which was on account of damage? Not a lot, says the English bruiser.
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Tom Aspinall Feels He’s in No-Win State of affairs with Curtis Blaydes Rematch
Throughout an interview with Oscar Willis of The Mac Life, Tom Aspinall admitted that he doesn’t really feel beating Curtis Blaydes would maintain a lot weight contemplating that he isn’t essentially the most identified heavyweight on the market (h/t MMAKnockout.com).
“That is no disrespect to Curtis, he’s a little bit of a lose-lose struggle in the truth that he’s not that in style, is what I’m saying,” Aspinall mentioned. “He’s not that in style. The fellows who you wanna struggle are the blokes who stylistically you match up properly with and so they’re actually in style.”
Regardless of how he feels in regards to the matchup, Aspinall insists he’s solely centered on the problem of Blaydes. He additionally mentioned he’s nonetheless trying ahead to the matchup.
Aspinall has made it clear that if he is ready to thwart Blaydes in entrance of a positive crowd, then he’ll await an undisputed championship struggle. If Tom does win, it’ll be fascinating to see what transpires with Jon Jones and Stipe Miocic. Even when that struggle is booked, Aspinall isn’t essentially assured to face the winner given retirement rumors for each Jones and Miocic.