Tom Aspinall has accused Ciryl Gane of ducking a number of fighters, together with himself.
Aspinall is closely rumored to be a part of the UFC’s yet-to-be-announced pay-per-view occasion in Manchester, England later this yr. The UK-based star has been teasing his potential return, presumably to place his interim heavyweight title on the road in opposition to the one man to personal a victory over him contained in the Octagon, Curtis Blaydes.
Showing on The MMA Hour with Ariel Helwani, Aspinall shared some perception into his subsequent combat — particularly who it might not be in opposition to. Requested if there’s any probability of him combating undisputed champion Jon Jones or former two-time titleholder Stipe Miocic on the occasion, Aspinall was fast to rule them each out. When Ciryl Gane’s title popped up, Aspinall accused the Frenchman of ducking fights left and proper.
“He’s dismissed me on a number of events and I’m not the primary man he’s dismissed,” Aspinall mentioned. “I’m not the primary man that he’s ducked. It’s on the market for folks to see. The explanation that I received the Pavlovich combat is as a result of Ciryl didn’t need it. He ducked Pavlovich. He then ducked Curtis Blaydes. Blaydes has been on document saying that. I requested for him years in the past. He didn’t need it then. Then I requested for him in Paris. They flew me over to make that combat. He didn’t need it then so we’ll see what the UFC desires to do.”
Ciryl Gane has come up quick in two UFC title alternatives
‘Bon Gamin’ has gained six of his final eight fights along with his two losses throughout that run coming in title fights in opposition to former champion Francis Ngannou and present heavyweight king Jon Jones. After developing quick in opposition to ‘Bones’ at UFC 285, Gane bounced again with a giant second-round knockout over Serghei Spivac at UFC Paris in September. Gane nonetheless sits because the No. 2 ranked contender within the heavyweight division.
After profitable the interim belt in November, Tom Aspinall lobbied exhausting for a title unification conflict with Jon Jones, even going as far as to strategy ‘Bones’ at one of many undisputed champ’s promotional appearances. Sadly, that combat is wanting much less possible with every passing day.
Consequently, Aspinall has opted to maneuver on from Jones and can look to attain a little bit of redemption in opposition to Curtis Blaydes.
