Forward of his battle towards Curtis Blaydes in his hometown of Manchester at UFC 304, UFC Interim Heavyweight Champion Tom Aspinall additionally units his sights on present UFC Mild Heavyweight Champion and MMA celebrity Alex Pereira in a future megabout.
Chatting with Prime On line casino, Aspinall hails Pereira as an inspiration but in addition desires one other shot at greatness by sharing the octagon with him.
Alex Pereira is ‘extremely inspiring’ and I might like to battle him
“I feel as an elite athlete, it’s important to take a look at different elite athletes and actually respect what they’re doing. No matter whether or not or not I’m going to battle Alex or not, and we don’t know that proper now, I’m extremely impressed by him.
“I feel what he has achieved is nice, in such a brief house of time, and it’s really outstanding and I actually respect what he has achieved. However I’m a competitor and, as I’ve stated, I completely love competing.
“Stick me in a cage, stick a pair of gloves on him, stick a pair of gloves on me and there’s nowhere else on the planet I might reasonably be. That’s what I need to do, so I feel it’s fairly apparent that elite fighters like me and him love these items.
“So all of us need to battle one another, however I feel as an athlete and as an individual, you simply have to essentially respect him for what he has achieved as a result of it’s outstanding and it’s superb.”
Roberto Villa is the CEO, Founder, Government Author, Senior Editor of FightBook MMA. Has a ardour for Fight Sports activities and likewise a podcast host for Sitting Ringside. He’s additionally a former MMA fighter and Kickboxer.
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