UFC interim 265-pound champion, Tom Aspinall, is widely-considered the second-best heavyweight within the sport, proper behind reigning division titleholder, Jon Jones. That’s one in every of many the explanation why combat followers need to see Aspinall combat Jones to unify the straps.
However there was a time when Aspinall was not solely defeated on the regional scene, but in addition completed by the use of submission. Heavyweight titan Stuart Austin, nicknamed “He-Man” for his imposing body, was capable of outwrestle Aspinall of their 2015 showdown.
Maybe “Bones” can observe the identical blueprint.
“The massive factor that hasn’t been examined within the UFC has been his wrestling,” Austin instructed talkSPORT.com. “If you wish to look again at me, I outwrestled him. Clearly he’s received rather a lot higher since then. He’s been doing wrestling lessons, he’s higher at all the pieces. He’s higher together with his distance administration. He’s higher together with his MMA on the whole. You’ve seen moments like when he took down [Andrei] Arlovski, he did a very, actually easy takedown in that combat. However I feel clinch and wrestling would most likely be the best way to go for Jon, as a result of if he strikes with Aspinall, I feel there’s just one particular person going to win that combat.”
Aspinall has linked on all 4 of his takedown makes an attempt beneath the UFC banner.
“You set Aspinall in towards all these prime guys and also you’re like, ‘Nicely, possibly they may exit and check him,’ however they only fall over,” Austin continued. “His energy and his pace and accuracy of attending to the goal is de facto, actually spectacular. So possibly Jon may check the deep waters, attempt to take him a little bit bit additional. However once more, possibly you don’t have that as a selection. I’m positive everybody’s tried to take him a little bit bit additional. He’s a tremendous martial artist. You realize, he actually is the very best heavyweight proper now.”
He’ll want a victory over Jones to show it.
UFC CEO Dana White desires all of the Doubting Thomases to “calm down” as a result of the Jones vs. Aspinall title unification bout is coming. We don’t but know the place or when, however the UFC 317 pay-per-view (PPV) throughout Worldwide Combat Week appears to be the main candidate.
Keep tuned.
