Tom Aspinall was crowned new Interim Heavyweight Champion after stopped Sergei Pavlovich at UFC 295 and has told bet365′s Full Circle that he has his eyes set firmly on a future fight with the current Heavyweight Champion.
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Aspinall realised his dream at UFC 295 and put himself in pole position to fight current heavyweight champion Jon Jones. Although Jones remains the 4/6 favourite given his legendary career and status as current champion, Aspinall certainly has a chance in the fight when priced at 5/4.
The 30-year-old registered the Interim title win on Saturday in just 69 seconds thanks to two rapid-fire combinations, becoming only the third British UFC title holder after middleweight Michael Bisping and the current welterweight champion Leon Edwards.
Even more impressive was the fact that the Wigan man only took the fight on 17 days’ notice after Jon Jones pulled out of his clash with Stipe Miocic due to injury.
Since making his UFC debut in 2020, Aspinall has enjoyed a meteoric rise, finishing six of his seven fights - the exception in that run coming in last year’s clash with Curtis Blaydes in which he sustained a serious knee injury.
After being awarded with the title by UFC president Dana White, Aspinall reflected on the victory.
Regarding his opponent Pavlovich, he said: “He’s a scary guy. I’ve never been so scared in my life but I have power too and I believed in myself.
“I’ve worked so hard over the years and no one has worked harder than my father so this belt is dedicated to him.
“I was struggling with the distance a little bit but we got there in the end.”
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Legend Jones is next on the list for improving Briton
Aspinall’s triumph over Pavlovich will go down as one of the most significant nights in British MMA history and his taking down of the Russian knockout specialist showed the Briton is realising his full potential in UFC.
In his pre-fight build-up and walkout, Aspinall cut a calm and collected figure and he took no time at all to stop Pavlovich, responding to a right hand from his opponent with two vicious left-right combinations.
After an emotional Aspinall collapsed to the canvas, he was soon quick to consider his next options, with a meeting with Jones top of his wishlist.
Speaking exclusively as Aspinall went Full Cricle with bet365, he said: “I’d love to fight Jon Jones, that is my dream fight.
“I would love that because he’s one of my absolute heroes of the sport and yeah, I’d just love it. Do I believe it’s going to happen? I believe in a lot of stuff in my career, and I also believe that me believing in it helps me get stuff too.
“I’m one of them weirdos who manifests things and if I set my intentions on something and believe in it strongly enough and work towards it, then everything’s kind of going in the right path and it’s got more chance of happening. I do believe that.”
Winning the interim title will give the Brit plenty of leverage in getting that dream fight. In the aftermath of his historic win, and emotional Aspinall made his thoughts on fighting Jones clear.
“Thank you Jon [Jones] and just give me the opportunity - give me my dream fight,” he said.
“I’ve just achieved my dream so give me my dream fight, let me fight for my legacy please.
“I think we should do Tom Aspinall vs Jon Jones in Manchester. That is something special and I’m sure that UFC will be on board with that.”
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