Tom
Aspinall is looking forward to facing Ciryl Gane or Alex Pereira
down the road. | Getty/UFC
Tom
Aspinall remains on the mend following eye surgery, but he’ll
be an interested observer when Alex
Pereira and Ciryl Gane
square off for the interim heavyweight title at
UFC White House on June 14.
Aspinall made his first title defense against Gane at UFC 321
this past October, but the bout was halted in the first stanza
after Gane poked the reigning champ in both eyes. It has been a
lengthy ordeal for Aspinall to recover from the fouls, despite
skepticism that he was looking for a way out of the fight. At the
moment, Aspinall understands why the promotion booked Pereira and
Gane for an interim belt.
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„I mean, who else is going to fight? The division’s on its ass,“
Aspinall said on his YouTube channel. „There’s not many big fights
to make, is there? So they’ve got to do what they’ve got to
do.”
Waiting for Clearance
While the last update regarding Aspinall’s recovery was concerning,
the Brit seems to be feeling good enough to look ahead to a
showdown against the winner of the UFC White House clash.
„Obviously, I want to fight the winner of that,“ Aspinall said. „Just waiting now to get the green light, the all clear from the
doctor to start training properly again. As soon as we can start
training properly again, full contact in the gym, we will be
getting a fight date booked to fight the winner. Just waiting for
the clearance to be medically cleared, and then we go.
„As soon as the doctor clears me, we’ll let the UFC know and we’ll
be looking to book a fight soon as possible.“