{"id":27242,"date":"2025-07-28T10:30:09","date_gmt":"2025-07-28T10:30:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/27242\/"},"modified":"2025-07-28T10:30:09","modified_gmt":"2025-07-28T10:30:09","slug":"tom-aspinall-reveals-the-most-interesting-fighter-to-watch-in-the-ufc-i-love-his-style","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/27242\/","title":{"rendered":"Tom Aspinall reveals the \u2018most interesting\u2019 fighter to watch in the UFC, \u2018I love his style\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The British heavyweight sensation Tom Aspinall finally returns to the Octagon on the 25th of October.<\/p>\n

After Jon Jones announced his retirement quicker than Aspinall expected<\/a>, he was finally elevated to full champion status.<\/p>\n

It is a new challenge for \u2018The Honey Badger\u2019 who faces former interim world champion Cyril Gane in a return to Abu Dhabi for the UFC<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"TomPhoto by Jeff Bottari\/Zuffa LLC<\/p>\n

A promise by the Atherton striker to make the division active again will now be fulfilled, considering the holdup created by former champion Jones<\/a>, who defended his title twice in almost two years.<\/p>\n

Tom Aspinall loves the style of current UFC champion Dricus Du Plessis for one reason<\/p>\n

There is one active star who the new heavyweight king loves watching and it is none other than middleweight champion Dricus Du Plessis<\/a>.<\/p>\n

His defence against Khamzat Chimaev<\/a> is scheduled for UFC 319 and the South African has been praised by the popular star for his unique abilities.<\/p>\n

Speaking on his YouTube channel, Aspinall said: \u201cI love his style, I think he is the most interesting guy to watch in the UFC.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

\u201cBecause I watch him and he doesn\u2019t make sense for me, I can\u2019t see what he is doing, he\u2019ll do like a head kick into a low single, and I\u2019m like \u2018What\u2019.\u201d<\/p>\n

Du Plessis has been on a fantastic championship run since his split decision victory over Sean Strickland.<\/p>\n

Now he faces \u2018The Wolf\u2019, who MMA legend Tito Ortiz believes gives Dricus a \u2018rude awakening\u2019<\/a> in their highly anticipated contest.<\/p>\n

\u2018I\u2019m not a- \u2013 -d\u2019 \u2013 Paddy Pimblett makes Justin Gaethje guarantee ahead of potential fight<\/p>\n

Another weight class that has continued to garner the attention of fans is the lightweight division, topped by the incredible boxing skills of Ilia Topuria<\/a>.<\/p>\n

But Paddy Pimblett<\/a> is the name on everyone\u2019s lips as he continues to make noise about fighting for the belt.<\/p>\n

During the video with Aspinall, Pimblett broke down his destructive Michael Chandler performance and warned \u2018The Highlight\u2019 Justin Gaethje ahead of a rumoured bout.<\/p>\n

He said: \u201cI will take Michael Chandler down, I\u2019ll take him down, don\u2019t worry about that.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s the same with Gaethje, if I fight Gaethje I will take him down. I\u2019m not a- \u2013 -d if he wrestled in high school.\u201d<\/p>\n

While he has snubbed Arman Tsarukyan as a potential opponent<\/a>, \u2018The Baddy\u2019 may have to take the fight if he wants any chance at \u2018Le Leyenda\u2019.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The British heavyweight sensation Tom Aspinall finally returns to the Octagon on the 25th of October. After Jon…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":27243,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[570],"tags":[64,63,20207,786,785,17498,85,799,787],"class_list":["post-27242","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mma","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-dricus-du-plessis","tag-fighting","tag-mma","tag-paddy-pimblett","tag-sports","tag-tom-aspinall","tag-ufc"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27242","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27242"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27242\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/27243"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27242"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27242"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27242"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}