Tom Aspinall will probably be at UFC 309, so says UFC CEO Dana White.
Over the weekend, the UFC formally introduced UFC 309 will probably be headlined by a heavyweight title struggle between Jon Jones and former champion Stipe Miocic. It’s a bout effectively over a 12 months within the making and after listening to the information, interim heavyweight champion Tom Aspinall made his case for serving because the backup fighter for the matchup. And apparently White agrees.
On Tuesday, the newest episode of Contender Collection happened in Las Vegas and afterward, White spoke to reporters the place he confirmed that Aspinall will get his want for UFC 309.
“Sure,” White mentioned when requested about Aspinall serving as backup. “Tom Aspinall is subsequent in line for something that occurs after this struggle.”
In fact, being the backup fighter doesn’t essentially assure Aspinall will get a shot on the undisputed belt if one thing occurs to both Jones or Miocic earlier than the occasion. In any case, Jones and Miocic had been first scheduled to face one another at UFC 295, with Sergei Pavlovich serving as backup fighter, however when Jones sustained an damage, the promotion postponed the bout solely and referred to as Aspinall to step in on brief discover towards Pavlovich for the interim title.
Hopefully nothing related will occur this time, nevertheless, even when they struggle does undergo, Aspinall could not get his “dream struggle” towards Jones afterward because the heavyweight champion not too long ago declared UFC 309 will “greater than probably” be the ultimate struggle of his profession. That flies in direct opposition to White’s earlier rivalry that he believes Jones will struggle Aspinall ought to he beat Miocic, however for now, White says he can’t fear about that.
“Why converse to him after this occasion?” White mentioned when requested about Jones’s feedback. “You’ve received to determine what’s going to occur on this struggle. See how this struggle performs out after which we’ll go from there.”
UFC 309 takes place on Nov. 16 at Madison Sq. Backyard in New York Metropolis.
