Tom Aspinall is disillusioned within the division he guidelines over.
The UFC interim heavyweight champion—and No. 1 heavyweight general within the MMA Combating World Rankings—stored a eager eye on UFC Saudi Arabia, which featured three heavyweight bouts, two of which have been mild on motion.
Whereas a preliminary snoozer between Hamdy Abdelwahab and Jamal Pogues is prone to be forgotten outdoors of a doable scoring controversy, Aspinall was significantly galled by the primary card bout between top-10 contenders Sergei Pavlovich and Jairzinho Rozenstruik. Pavlovich snapped a two-fight shedding streak with a workmanlike choice over Rozenstruik, a end result that did little to spark Aspinall’s creativeness.
Aspinall took to social media following the struggle to criticize the state of the division.
“These heavyweight fights recently completely stink,” Aspinall wrote. “Let’s get some pleasure again and cease holding it up.”
See Aspinall’s Instagram Tales publish beneath, courtesy of Championship Rounds.
Aspinall didn’t state precisely what modifications he’d wish to see, however it doesn’t take a lot to deduce that he’s persevering with to push for a unification bout with champion Jon Jones. The 2 have been in a impasse with regards to competing for his or her titles, with Aspinall making it clear he’d love to check himself in opposition to Jones, arguably the best MMA fighter of all time, and Jones repeatedly dismissing Aspinall as an opponent regardless of the British star’s interim champion standing.
Jones has talked about that he’d want a cross-division matchup with present mild heavyweight champion Alex Pereira. Nevertheless, that bout must wait, as Pereira defends his title in opposition to Magomed Ankalaev at UFC 313 on March 8.
