News Tom Aspinall will defend his Interim Heavyweight title in a rematch against Curtis Blaydes at UFC 304 in Manchester, July 27

[BoxerMaurits]

 

[MartiniSIDe]

The matchup we all wanted


To be fair, Its pretty much the one that made sense and could happen for Aspinall

Seriously fuck that interim crap, this should be for the real title

 

[loisestrad]

Imagine if Blaydes beat Tom.

Would you consider him the HW CHAMP OFFF THE WOOORLD?

You wouldn't.

 

[Tweak896]

After the injury in their last match it never really had a chance to get started. I think it's great so we can see how Aspinall handles wrestling before potentially Jones.

 

[Portland8242]

Imagine if Blaydes beat Tom.

Would you consider him the HW CHAMP OFFF THE WOOORLD?

You wouldn't.

No but I'd definitely bet Blaydes could beat Gane just like Jones did to get his belt.

Shame Jones has no interest in fighting real contenders just like GSP with his gimmick MW belt.

 

[Fengxian]

Aspinall gonna ko Blaydes lol. Blaydes looked horrible against Jailton before Jailton suddenly got koed like that.

 

[Ares Black]

Imagine if Blaydes beat Tom.

Would you consider him the HW CHAMP OFFF THE WOOORLD?

You wouldn't.

I would consider him the interim champ.

 

[Iroh]

Fuck yeah!! Can't fucking wait!

Imagine if Blaydes beat Tom.

Would you consider him the HW CHAMP OFFF THE WOOORLD?

You wouldn't.

I would.

 

[Chubi]

Finallyyyy Aspinall has a fight booked.

 

[Iroh]

I would consider him the interim champ.

I wouldn't. I consider Tom the champ, right now. So if he beats Tom, he champ.

 

[gentel]

"interim title defense" lmfao

Jones = paper champ

 

[The_Renaissance]

Definitely a dangerous fight for Aspinall, but I think he gets it done.

 

[HockeyBjj]

The real champ

 

[franquito]

Forum topics on July 28:
"Jones is ducking Blaydes"
"Blaydes is the most dangerous man alive"
"How much will a loss to Blaydes damage Jon's legacy"

 

[LoveMyMMA]

The real champ.

The real title fight.

Jones continues to duck everyone in the division, because he knows he's no match for guys like Tom, Blaydes, Pavlovich, etc.

Disgraceful that this cheat holds the heavyweight belt while remaining inactive and only willing to fight the dead corpse of Stipe Miocic.

 

[HHJ]

No but I'd definitely bet Blaydes could beat Gane just like Jones did to get his belt.

Shame Jones has no interest in fighting real contenders just like GSP with his gimmick MW belt.

This.

 

[blaseblase]

Imagine if Blaydes beat Tom.

Would you consider him the HW CHAMP OFFF THE WOOORLD?

You wouldn't.

Why wouldnt he be? He'd be more credible than Jones at that point.

 

[Travis Alexander]

Great fight honesty (especially given the circumstances revolving around the first fights ending). I’m excited for this one it will tell us a lot about Tom. Blaydes is a solid test.

 

[jitzmonkey]

Guess we're gonna find out whether or not he has improved his distance management or not.
Assuming that he doesn't jam himself again (but hasn't figured ^ part out) then there is still a huge chance that he could overcommit on his penetrating step and get himself taken down with the same dbl leg that Blaydes has hit so many other guys with.

While I'd argue that Tom definitely has the speed to keep him out of danger from getting tied up and tossed with upper body throws, that's only 1/2 of the equation IMO.

All of that said, if the Brit has fixed that huge hole in his game (and he's coming in near 100%,) his chances of losing are should (are should?) be quite minimal.

The matchup we all wanted


To be fair, Its pretty much the one that made sense and could happen for Aspinall

Seriously fuck that interim crap, this should be for the real title

Not sure what the politics of the scenario happen to be; but IMO Tom needs to just start talking like he's the champion.

"I'm not sure what JBJ is doing. That's none of my business. I'm here to defend my belt against all comers;" or something like that.

Make the "undisputed champ" irrelevant.

 

[Luckyme]

Good fight, the rematch needed to happen. I would have favored Curtis but seeing how easily Almeida was taking him down makes me think his wrestling has dropped off.

Should be an easy win for Aspinall.