It has been 15 months since UFC heavyweight champion Tom Aspinall final stepped foot contained in the octagon.
After successful the interim championship at UFC 295 and defending it at UFC 304, Aspinall was sidelined ready for then-champion Jon Jones to simply accept a title unification bout. Any hope of the match occurring ended when Jones retired in June.
With a possible combat towards Jones evaporated, Aspinall is free to combat, and he desires to typically. Admittedly, the state of affairs was irritating, however he is carried out speaking about Jon Jones.
“(I used to be most annoyed) once I wasn’t actually allowed to combat anyone. That is all. I simply needed to combat,” Aspinall advised SHAK MMA.. “I am over it. Positively over it.”
The 32 year-old Brit is slated to face former interim heavyweight titleholder Ciryl Gane within the UFC 321 major occasion on Saturday in Abu Dhabi. Win or lose, Aspinall plans to compete as typically as UFC matchmakers will ebook him.
“I simply need to combat. I need to be as lively as doable. I need to combat as often as I presumably can,” he stated. “I do not understand how that is going to look since you by no means know what life’s going to throw your manner, however I simply need to get again to what I do and what I do is combating individuals.”
“Three fights within the subsequent 12 months sounds good.”
