‘I Was More Interested Than Him’

Interim heavyweight champion, Tom Aspinall has claimed that regardless of his curiosity in defending his interim crown in opposition to mild heavyweight kingpin, Alex Pereira at UFC 300 subsequent month in a rumored conflict – the Brazilian appeared to share much less of a wanting than him.

Aspinall, who minted himself because the interim heavyweight champion final November, did so on the identical card as Sao Paulo knockout artist, Pereira’s mild heavyweight title ascension.

Himself touchdown a powerful stoppage on the ft on the Madison Sq. Backyard occasion, Atherton native, Aspinall turned in a primary spherical knockout win over Sergei Pavlovich – ending the Russian’s roughshod run of wins. 

Changing into a duel-weight champion on that very same card, Pereira stopped Jiri Prochazka with a second spherical TKO win within the pair’s vacant title predominant occasion, including to spoils secured a division decrease at middleweight.

And slated to himself headline UFC 300, Pereira, an inductee to the GLORY Kickboxing Hall of Fame – is ready to tackle the returning former champion, Jamahal Hill on the monstrous card. 

Nevertheless, in weeks forward of the pay-per-view, hypothesis was rife throughout social media that Aspinall could be welcoming Pereira to the heavyweight restrict at UFC 300 – with the Brazilian trying to grow to be the primary three-weight champion in Octagon antiquity. 

Noting his intentions to finally climb as excessive as heavyweight, Pereira insisted {that a} transfer as quickly as UFC 300 would merely come too quickly for him to organize sufficiently. 

Tom Aspinall addresses failed UFC 300 struggle with Alex Pereira

And regardless of hyperlinks, Aspinall claims there have been some talks a couple of potential superfight between the 2, nonetheless, he gave the impression to be the extra occasion.

“It was [a potential fight at UFC 300] – it was, to be sincere,” Tom Aspinall instructed Michael Bisping throughout an look on his YouTube channel. “We did a little bit of flirting with the concept. I used to be extra than him, it appeared.”

“It simply appeared, he desires to – lengthy story quick, it seems, he desires to go to heavyweight, [but] doesn’t wish to go to heavyweight but. So, that’s all we will do.” 

Himself awaiting the victor of an anticipated title unification bout between Jon Jones and Stipe Miocic subsequent – Aspinall got here face-to-face with the previous pound-for-pound primary at the moment, seeing an initially cordial exchange almost turn sour.

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