Ladies and gentlemen, England’s Tom Aspinall appears to be as legit as they come in the UFC heavyweight division.
Aspinall’s UFC victories have displayed a fine blend of finishing abilities seeing three TKOs and two submissions. With none bigger than his fresh win against former Bellator champion and 44-fight veteran, Alexander Volkov, it has many believing the sky is the limit for the 28-year-old.
Perhaps unsurprisingly, one of those believers is UFC middleweight Darren Till who celebrated with Aspinall directly following the career highlight.
“He just texted me and told me to stop calling out [Ciryl] Gane for him,” Till said on The Triple C & Schmo Show. “He wants to fight Tai [Tuivasa] then Gane. So I think he knows his road. I think he’s gonna be the next champion at heavyweight.
“I think he would play with [Jon] Jones, I really do.”
The 12-2 Manchester native remains unbeaten in the octagon after extending his current winning streak to eight with his first-round straight armbar submission of Volkov in the UFC London headliner. In victory or defeat, Aspinall has yet to need the judges’ scorecards with his longest fight extending to the 3:59 mark of round two back in his days with BAMMA.
At present, it seems hard to imagine an Aspinall vs. Jon Jones fight coming to fruition due to many different factors. However, alongside Till to discuss the topic was Till’s new “BFF,” UFC welterweight contender Khamzat Chimaev.
A rather confident individual himself, Chimaev couldn’t help but praise Jones, who he considers the very best fighter MMA has ever seen.
“Nobody’s like him. Nobody,” Chimaev said. “He beats the lot of guys, he beats the monsters. I would do the work, all my training with Alex [Gustafsson], I know how good he is, and if Jon Jones could stop that guy, it’s scary.
“He beat not easy fighters, crazy good fighters with knockout power and the ground was good, everything was like perfect. And [beat] ‘DC’ [Daniel Cormier] with the pressure and wrestling, he has good boxing, his mentality is like just pressure the fighters and kill them, you know? He stopped that guy as well.”
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VIDEO STEW
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SOCIAL MEDIA BOUILLABAISSE
Role-playing.
Wolverine could play my part so we can see him beat Jared Letos Ass that be fun right @TheNotoriousMMA pic.twitter.com/xvzhz1ISPg
— Nathan Diaz (@NateDiaz209) March 24, 2022
I’m the executive producer. @gucci pic.twitter.com/exXvpubEHN
— Conor McGregor (@TheNotoriousMMA) March 24, 2022
BMF RDA.
You’re either a BMF or you’re a sucker puncher.
Can’t be both. @danawhite time to hand that belt to me.— Rafael dos Anjos (@RdosAnjosMMA) March 24, 2022
Big boy Dustin.
Been waking up between 180lbs-183lbs I can make either. Just depends what opportunities come up https://t.co/MCKCXPkHdA
— The Diamond (@DustinPoirier) March 24, 2022
Bless.
— Max Holloway (@BlessedMMA) March 25, 2022
Hammer time.
UFC Fight night Columbus
Matt the immortal Brown goes for the UFC KO record he is ready. Welcome to Columbus everyone. Be safe don’t drink and drive almost 1 yr sober here. HammerHouse4Life #UFCColumbus #MMA #HOF #Rehabilitation #Addiction pic.twitter.com/LB79NqNx5R— Mark Coleman (@Markcolemanmma) March 24, 2022
We’ll agree to disagree.
People will instantly hate you for having a different opinion than theirs…
— Jalin Turner (@JalinTurner) March 24, 2022
Cleary speaks.
Derek Cleary, the veteran US-based judge who scored 30-27 for Cory McKenna against Elise Reed at #UFCLondon, shared this statement on Instagram today pic.twitter.com/0DrKcQz0Aa
— Scott Fontana (@Scott_Fontana) March 24, 2022
Tony?
I Feel Like Doing An Interview, Who Wants To Hear What’s On The New New?!? Have You Found Mew Too? Ever Ate A Honey Dew? How Bout’ You… Do Youuuuu Tir-Ah-Mah-Suuuu? -Champ -CSO- # TimeForWeights Queue My Entrance Musik pic.twitter.com/rxf4ENXRhq
— Tony Ferguson (@TonyFergusonXT) March 24, 2022
Don’t Let Em’ Tell You Ya Can’t Kid, Dream Big- Champ -CSO- # YouNeedHelpIGotYouCovered Defensive Back State Champ pic.twitter.com/zMEe2AfWal
— Tony Ferguson (@TonyFergusonXT) March 24, 2022
Supportive Izzy.
— Israel Adesanya (@stylebender) March 24, 2022
Back when we had to quarantine…
Champ weight.
FIGHT ANNOUNCEMENTS
Ryan Spann (19-7) vs. Ion Cutelaba (16-6-1); UFC Fight Night, May 14
Eryk Anders (14-6, 1 NC) vs. Jun Yong Park (13-5); UFC Fight Night, May 21
Andreas Michailidis (13-5) vs. Rinat Fakhretdinov (20-2); UFC Fight Night, June 4
FINAL THOUGHTS
It feels good to be champ. Thanks for reading and enjoy the weekend, everyone!
EXIT POLL
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