YouTube video<\/a> on Sunday. \u201cThey\u2019re saying, pretty soon, if things keep moving in the right direction, I will be cleared for contact. I am back in the gym, I am back training, [but] not sparring just yet. But if things keep going the way they\u2019re going, we are back.<\/p>\nGiven the lack of a definitive timeline for his return, the UFC opted to create an interim heavyweight title during Aspinall\u2019s absence, which will be fought for by Alex Pereira and Ciryl Gane in the co-main event of UFC White House. And given his recent good news, Aspinall expects to face the winner of that fight for his return.<\/p>\n
\u201cEveryone keeps asking when I\u2019m going to fight,\u201d Aspinall said. \u201cThe obvious answer is the other two guys, Alex and Ciryl, have to fight for the interim title. I\u2019m obviously going to fight the winner. The UFC has told me that I\u2019m fighting the winner. So, first and foremost, I should get my health right, which is on the right track. \u2026 I have to wait for that to be done, and we fight the winner. Simple as that. \u2026<\/p>\n
\u201cNo specific month. I\u2019m waiting to get clearance, which is going to be coming soon, they\u2019ve just told me. And any specific month depends on the UFC. Those two have got to fight each other. Let them do the thing first. Recover from that, and then, when everybody\u2019s ready, we\u2019ll do it.\u201d<\/p>\n
And should he make a successful return, Aspinall will have no shortage of new opponents to face. During his absence, the UFC\u2019s heavyweight division has seen an influx of new talent like Waldo Cortes-Acosta and Josh Hokit surge to the top of the rankings. And once he\u2019s back, Aspinall is ready to fight all of them.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m excited about it all,\u201d Aspinall said. \u201cI think that I\u2019m not going to start avoiding people now. I\u2019ve always took any fight that I\u2019ve been offered. So, I think it\u2019s exciting. If big names that people are excited about in the division, that\u2019s a good thing. \u2026<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019ll fight all of them. I\u2019m happy to fight all of them. Anyone who deserves a shot, I\u2019ll fight them.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Tom Aspinall has nearly recovered from his eye issues. In October, Aspinall made the first defense of his…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":647700,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[570],"tags":[64,63,786,1347,785,85,787,1396],"class_list":["post-647699","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mma","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-fighting","tag-latest-news","tag-mma","tag-sports","tag-ufc","tag-ufc-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/647699","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=647699"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/647699\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/647700"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=647699"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=647699"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=647699"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}