Newly-crowned interim UFC heavyweight champ Tom Aspinall isn’t material to sit back and odor the roses after protecting his launching world title in Madison Square Garden last weekend.
The Briton, who had contended simply assoonas consideringthat a major knee injury led to an extended and implemented stint on the sidelines of the heavyweight fold, highlighted his trackrecord as one of the world’s primary fighters amongst the UFC’s huge kids with a 69-second TKO surface of the harmful Russian, Sergei Pavlovich, on Saturday night in New York City.
The efficiency and outcome was made all the more impressive by the reality that Aspinall had simply over 2 weeks to prepare for the battle and, as he divulged to Ariel Helwani quickly lateron, was in the middle of a back injury which had left it tough for him to even stroll, let along battle what he lateron referred to as the “scariest” fighter on the UFC lineup.
But with an interim title around his shoulder — and with primary titleholder Jon Jones sidelined with a pectoral injury for the foreseeable future — Aspinall states that a battle with Jones’ initial challenger, Stipe Miocic, is the next sensible