Chael Sonnen doesn’t need to see Tom Aspinall vs. Ciryl Gane subsequent.
Interim heavyweight champion Aspinall (14-3 MMA, 7-1 UFC) confirmed that he’ll be preventing at UFC 304, which can happen July 27 within the newly constructed Co-op Dwell enviornment in Manchester, England.
Aspinall dismissed Gane as a possible opponent after Gane refused to acknowledge his presence this previous September in Paris. Aspinall watched Gane end Serghei Spivac, however didn’t get his desired face-off. Gane hasn’t competed since, however Aspinall wound up going through Sergei Pavlovich for the interim title at UFC 295, and knocked him out to assert the belt. Now Aspinall is making Gane wait his flip.
Cormier likes Aspinall vs. Gane (12-2 MMA, 9-2 UFC) subsequent, however Sonnen sees an enormous downside with that combat.
“I imagine that the issue is if you happen to do convey Ciryl again, if he wins, you set a belt round Ciryl,” Sonnen stated on his ESPN present “Good Man/Dangerous Man” with Daniel Cormier. “If Jon Jones is agreeable, you’re going to do a rematch between Jon Jones and Ciryl.
“I feel that’s too powerful after the efficiency that Ciryl gave (at UFC 285), or didn’t give. I simply don’t suppose there’s any state of affairs the place they re-do that match, and you’ll run into an enormous danger if you happen to put the belt round him.”
Aspinall desires to run issues again with Blaydes. Blaydes handed Aspinall his solely octagon loss when Aspinall blew out his knee simply 18 seconds into their combat in July 2022. Blaydes is coming off a powerful knockout of Jailton Almeida at UFC 299 – snapping the Brazilian contender’s 15-fight profitable streak.
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