“There were a lot of nuances, and the most important thing, as always, is short notice,” Pavlovic said in an interview with the channel Meta MMA. “I’ve always said that you need a full body of work under your opponent. That’s the biggest aspect of it. You have to try to run a full camp under your opponent if possible.”
Pavlovic doesn’t believe in the conspiracy theory, the proponents of which believe that Aspinall knew in advance that the Jones-Miocic fight was canceled, and held a full training camp for the fight.
“I think it’s just throwing air, there’s no point in talking about it. The fight happened, we saw how it went. Now we need to put aside everything that has passed, make a new start, a smooth approach, turn the page, prepare and plow through. Who knew, who didn’t – we were in the same circumstances and it was a chance for both him and me. He took that chance, which means the job starts fresh for me.”
Recall that Sergey Pavlovich was preparing to insure the title fight between Jon Jones and Stipe Miocic, but two weeks before the fight, the reigning UFC champion was injured, and the opponent of the Russian was announced Tom Aspinall, who won by knockout at 69 seconds of the first round.