UFC champion Tom Aspinall is teasing some big information, and it doesn’t sound like we’ll have to attend lengthy for it.
England’s Aspinall is the present UFC interim heavyweight champion. He received the belt with a powerful knockout of Sergei Spivac in late 2023, and defended it for the primary time with a fast cease of Curtis Blaydes final summer time.
It’s been an fascinating—and irritating—title reign for Aspinall. Interim champions are solely presupposed to be topped when undisputed champions are sidelined for lengthy intervals, often as a result of harm. Additionally they hardly ever defend their belts, often battling the undisputed champion to unify the titles instantly.
Nonetheless, Jon Jones has held the undisputed heavyweight heavyweight belt all through Aspinall’s interim reign, and has really fought anyone else in the identical timeframe, having defeated Stipe Miocic late final yr.
It’s a reasonably preposterous scenario, as Jones ought to have fought Aspinall ages in the past, however the UFC has not been in a position to put the struggle collectively. Largely as a result of Jones merely doesn’t appear .
It stays to be seen whether or not the Jones will comply with struggle Aspinall, or if the UFC will e book the Brit in opposition to anyone else (wherein case Jones would absolutely have to be stripped).
Nonetheless, it looks as if we’ll lastly get some readability this week.
On Monday, Aspinall took to Instagram the place he teased struggle information on Might 28. That’s this coming Wednesday.
“Heavyweight information. Coming quickly,” Aspinall wrote within the caption. The video in his submit included the date 28.05.25 — this Wednesday.
Aspinall then shared a bit extra data within the replies to his submit.
“Sorry guys, I’m preventing for a brand new belt,” he joked. “Interim of the interim BMF UFC heavyweight title. Dwelling my finest life.”
“UFC announce my fights guys not me,” he added in one other remark.
Do you suppose we’ll lastly be taught who Tom Aspinall is preventing subsequent this week?
