Tom
Aspinall’s relationship with the
Ultimate Fighting Championship may not be as sour as some
think.

UFC heavyweight champion Aspinall (15-3) is currently sidelined due
to eye injuries suffered in his title defense against Ciryl Gane
(13-2) last year. Gane is now scheduled to fight Alex
Pereira (13-3) for an interim heavyweight title in the
co-headliner at
UFC White House: Freedom 250 on June 14.

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Dana White recently revealed that if Aspinall was fit, he would
have defended his title against Pereira at the White House, leaving
Gane out of the picture.

“100% [Aspinall vs. Pereira] would have been the fight if he was
fit,” White told UFC on TNT Sports. “A lot of our champions are
hurt right now. There’s a lot of things you have to deal with when
you’re making these matches, with timing and everything else going
on in everyone’s life, injuries. But yeah, it would have been
Tom.”

Aspinall’s first title defense ended in an unfortunate no-contest
after Gane simultaneously poked him in both eyes in the very first
round of their UFC 320
clash last October. White initially seemed disappointed with
Aspinall for not continuing with compromised vision. White said
Aspinall looked like he didn’t want to be in there and also
downplayed his eye surgery as “injections.” Aspinall also publicly
slammed White’s comments and subsequently signed with the
management of Eddie Hearn, who is a known rival of the UFC head
honcho. Hearn recently said that he will do his best to not let
Aspinall fight under his current UFC contract.

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