{"id":240150,"date":"2025-10-25T23:05:13","date_gmt":"2025-10-25T23:05:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/240150\/"},"modified":"2025-10-25T23:05:13","modified_gmt":"2025-10-25T23:05:13","slug":"video-khabib-coached-up-aspinall-backstage-before-main-event-disaster","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/240150\/","title":{"rendered":"Video! Khabib Coached Up Aspinall Backstage Before Main Event Disaster"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Tom Aspinall didn\u2019t have a chance to put Khabib Nurmagomedov\u2019s good advice to use earlier today (Sat., Oct. 25, 2025) at UFC 321 LIVE on <a href=\"https:\/\/go.web.plus.espn.com\/c\/482924\/531511\/9070?subId1=sbnation&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.espn.com%2Fmma%2Ffightcenter%2F_%2Fid%2F600055085%2Fleague%2Fufc&amp;partnerpropertyid=7032191\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">ESPN+ pay-per-view (PPV)<\/a> from inside Etihad Arena in Abu Dhabi, UAE, seeing his main event clash with Ciryl Gane go up in flames due to an eye poke (see it <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmamania.com\/latest-news\/398274\/video-tom-aspinall-catches-knuckle-deep-double-eye-poke-ufc-321-main-event-ends-in-no-contest-highlights-results-espn-ppv\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">HERE<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">UFC 321\u2019s main event was Aspinall\u2019s chance to prove once again that he\u2019s the best heavyweight in the world. Aspinall was matched up against former title challenger, Gane, who looked to be in the best shape of his life. The champion was a considerable betting favorite to retain his belt, but it was still a dangerous fight against a proven contender like Gane.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Before his clash with Gane, Aspinall crossed paths backstage with former UFC lightweight champion, Nurmagomedov. Nurmagomedov was there to coach UFC bantamweight contender Umar Nurmagomedov, who won his clash with Mario Bautista on UFC 321\u2019s main card. Aspinall and Khabib started talking strategy and \u201cEagle\u201d decided to drop some knowledge. The UFC legend instructed Aspinall to use all his skills to attack Gane and basically overwhelm him.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Check out the exchange below:<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">\u201cUse everything together &#8211; wrestling, pressure, boxing, everything. Because [Gane] don\u2019t have this ability&#8230; When you use your punches and then takedown, it\u2019s gonna be tough for him,\u201c said Nurmagomedov.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Unfortunately for all parties involved, Aspinall vs. Gane ended with a disastrous double eye poke. Aspinall barely got a few minutes to work and try to implement some of things Khabib was talking about. He\u2019ll have to wait even longer to showcase his complete skill set whenever UFC matchmakers decide to rebook his fight with Gane.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">For complete UFC 321 results, coverage, and highlights click <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmamania.com\/e\/397151\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">HERE<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Tom Aspinall didn\u2019t have a chance to put Khabib Nurmagomedov\u2019s good advice to use earlier today (Sat., Oct.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":240151,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[444],"tags":[109793,49,48,641,33601,638,109794,82,109474,702,9468],"class_list":["post-240150","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mma","tag-aspinall-vs-gane-start-time","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-fighting","tag-latest-ufc-mma-news","tag-mma","tag-preview-and-live-results","tag-sports","tag-ufc-321-fight-card","tag-ufc-news","tag-ufc-videos"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/240150","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=240150"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/240150\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/240151"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=240150"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=240150"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=240150"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}