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a second chance Aspinal against Blaydes would be good to see if the knee surgeon did well. It is risky unless Dana puts Aspinaal back in the surgery room.
one thing is for sure: Aspinal is gonna get good fights he might be able to win if he fights with Cyril Gane or the new breed Jailton Almeida who doesn't move like a heavyweight. Iff Aspinal wants a fight he should insist Dana be active otherwise this is gonna be like the LHW too.
Aspinall said he won't give Gane the shot after ignoring him earlier. He suggested Gane face Almeida and then he could fight the winner. So it's more like he'll fight Gane-Almeida winner only after his fight against the winner of Jones-Miocic. Aspinall could also wait but it might reach for about a year and I have doubts about Jones wanting to face him. And if Miocic wins over Jones, he should retire for good.
Anyways, even before Jones won the heavyweight belt, I was doubtful of his ability to stay undefeated. His main assets which are his speed and length are no longer that advantageous at his age and in this division. So as much as possible Dana White will try to milk Jones before he loses or retires. Maybe we can see an Aspinall-Blaydes first before the interim belt holder gets his shot at the real title.
Sure, he lost some of the speed due to age and more muscle mass, but his performance against Gane was very impressive and it's fair to say that he did way better than anyone expected.
Every fighter will face a defeat eventually if they carry on fighting past their prime and don't know when to quit, but Jones is definitely not there yet. I think him mentioning retirement in the past was either due to slight mental burn-out (rather than loss of physical abilities) or just a negotiation tactic, to force UFC to give him more profitable fights.
Aspinall Vs Blaydes makes no sense. Blaydes is not there yet to fight for the belt and Aspinall has nothing to win there and nothing to prove - he lost to the injury not to Blaydes.
I'm more disappointed with Gane. He seemed rattled and gave too much respect to Jones. He was lost in that fight and Jones did what had to be done.
Aspinall's next move will be clearer after the Jones-Miocic fight. I think the Jones-Miocic winner won't fight Aspinall and will retire.
you mean jones retiring again. he does that everytime. but this time i think he won't do that, i see aspinal not a threat to him unlike ngannou its just a question if aspinal is worth the ppv
alex message to izzy is not very arrogant so far, he admire izzy that he was broke that time and see izzy as inspiration to go ufc. it hink its all money for him and in order for izzy to comeback he said come to daddy. after all izzy once want to conquer lightheavy weight. it was just unfortunate he met Jan.