Tom Aspinall thinks UFC has a plan for its next heavyweight title contender.
Aspinall will put the UFC Heavyweight Championship on the line against Ciryl Gane on Saturday. Aspinall’s first fight as an undisputed heavyweight titleholder will headline UFC 321 in Abu Dhabi. It will be Gane’s third undisputed UFC title fight. While holding the interim UFC Heavyweight Championship, Gane has yet to achieve undisputed status.
If Aspinall thwarts ‘Bon Gamin’s’ challenge, he thinks he’ll have a pretty good idea of who his next challenger would be. He revealed his prediction for the next No. 1 contender during a UFC 321 media day session (via MMA Junkie).
“I don’t know what the UFC wants to do either, but it’s pretty clear they’re going to do winner vs. winner of me vs. Gane and Volkov vs. Almeida,” Aspinall told reporters at the UFC 321 media day on Wednesday. “Not like a tag team match. The winner of us versus the winner of them, I think that’s the next step for the heavyweight title.”
While Aspinall is not one to lack confidence, he makes no promises about how long his reign at the top of the heavyweight mountain will last.
“As far as me being a long reigning heavyweight champion and stuff like that, we’ll just see how it goes, but I’m confident I’m the best fighter in the division, but it’s heavyweight MMA,” Aspinall said. “You never know what’s going to happen.”
The heavyweight division is known to have some heavy hitters, and Gane will be hoping to land something big enough to back up Aspinall. If not, the champion’s speed and punching power can overcome the challenger.
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