Tom Aspinall doesn’t plan to maintain defending his UFC interim title.
Aspinall (14-3 MMA, 7-1 UFC) hoped to unify his belt with heavyweight champion Jon Jones, however he’ll have to attend till Jones defends his belt in opposition to Stipe Miocic first.
Within the meantime, Aspinall defends his interim title in a rematch in opposition to Curtis Blaydes (18-4 MMA, 13-4 UFC) within the UFC 304 (pay-per-view, ESPN, ESPN+) co-main occasion July 27 on the Co-op Reside in Manchester, England.
Aspinall’s lone UFC loss got here to Blaydes by TKO in July 2022, the place he blew out his knee simply 15 seconds into the combat.
“My confidence has grown masses since then,” Aspinall informed talkSPORT MMA. “Simply the whole lot’s higher. I’m a brand new model of myself than I used to be once I fought (Blaydes) final time, and he’s improved, as properly, so complete new combat this time.”
Aspinall gained’t maintain his breath in relation to combating Jones (27-1 MMA, 21-1 UFC). All he is aware of is that if he will get previous Blaydes, he’ll solely combat for the undisputed title subsequent. Jones and Miocic (20-4 MMA, 14-4 UFC) are anticipated to combat Nov. 9 in New York.
“I’m over it at this level,” Aspinall stated of Jones. “I’m combating Curtis Blaydes. It’s a tricky combat and I’m getting ready for Curtis, so Jon Jones and all the remainder of the politics are fairly irrelevant to me proper now. (I’m) centered on him and nothing else. … If I win this one, which I consider I’ll, the following combat must be for undisputed (title) – positively. I’ll wait it out if I’ve to after this one. However for proper now, that doesn’t exist.”
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