Jon Anik desires to see Tom Aspinall vs. Curtis Blaydes assistance clarify the state of the heavyweight department.
Interim heavyweight champ Aspinall (14-3 MMA, 7-1 UFC) runs things back with Blaydes (18-4 MMA, 13-4 UFC) in the UFC 304 co-main occasion (pay-per-view, ESPN, ESPN+) July 27 in Manchester, England.
With Jon Jones’ initially title defense vs. Stipe Miocic yet to be formally scheduled, Anik hopes the result of Aspinall vs. Blaydes assists the department lastly relocation forward.
“Certainly a 25-minute war inbetween Curtis Blaydes and Tom Aspinall that results in 6 months of healing time wouldn’t be perfect for either celebration, nor would it be for MMA fans who desire to see things spedup in this heavyweight department,” Anik informed MMA Junkie Radio.
“It actually is insane to believe about a Stipe Miocic who was 38 years old contending in there (vs. Ngannou) and we’ll next see him when he’s42 He’s sort of the least talked about element of this bracket right now, however that appears insane to me.”
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