Tom Aspinall thinks UFC has a plan for the next heavyweight title contender.<\/p>\n
Aspinall is set to put the UFC Heavyweight Championship at stake against Ciryl Gane<\/a> on Saturday. Aspinall\u2019s first fight as the undisputed heavyweight titleholder will headline UFC 321 in Abu Dhabi. It\u2019ll be Gane\u2019s third undisputed UFC title fight. While he held the interim UFC Heavyweight Championship, Gane has yet to earn undisputed status.<\/p>\n If Aspinall thwarts the challenge of \u201cBon Gamin,\u201d then he thinks he\u2019ll have a pretty good sense of who his next challenger would be<\/a>. He revealed his prediction for the next No. 1 contender during a UFC 321 media day session (via MMAJunkie<\/a>).<\/p>\n \u201cI don\u2019t know, whatever the UFC wants to do, (but) it\u2019s pretty obvious that they\u2019re going to do winner vs. winner of me vs Gane, and Volkov vs. Almeida,\u201d Aspinall told reporters at the UFC 321 media day on Wednesday. \u201cNot like a tag team match. The winner of us vs. the winner of them, that\u2019s what I think it\u2019s going to be next for the heavyweight title.\u201d<\/p>\n While Aspinall isn\u2019t one to lack confidence, he isn\u2019t making any promises in terms of how long his reign at the top of the heavyweight mountain will last.<\/p>\n \u201cAs far as being a long-reigning heavyweight champion and stuff like that, we\u2019ll just see how it goes, but I am confident I am the best fighter in the division, but it\u2019s heavyweight MMA,\u201d Aspinall said. \u201cYou never know what\u2019s going to happen.\u201d<\/p>\n The heavyweight division is known to have some heavy hitters, and Gane will hope to land something big enough to back Aspinall up. If not, then the champion\u2019s speed and punching power might overcome the challenger.<\/p>\n