Making ready for a return subsequent weekend at UFC 304, interim heavyweight champion, Tom Aspinall has laid out a fairly trustworthy gameplan of how he would method a long-mooted combat with Alex Pereira – and it includes a grapple-heavy assault.
Aspinall, the present interim heavyweight titleholder, returns subsequent weekend within the co-main occasion of UFC 304 in Manchester, with the Atherton native trying to avenge his sole Octagon loss as he rematches perennial contender, Curtis Blaydes over the course of 5 rounds.
Successful the interim crown on short-notice final November on the identical card as Pereira’s mild heavyweight title coronation, Aspinall stopped the streak of Russian knockout ace, Sergei Pavlovich along with his personal staggering knockout win.
And with the duo blooding via their respective divisions en path to championship spoils, pundits and followers alike have called for the pair to meet up in a heavyweight title showdown within the close to future.
Tom Aspinall reveals how he’d method Alex Pereira combat
Sharing his ideas on how he matches up with the Sao Paulo berserker, Aspinall held no qualms about admitting his grapple-heavy method to a possible combat sooner or later.
“He’s (Alex Pereira) a beast,” Tom Aspinall informed Bloody Elbow. “I’m an enormous fan of him. I like hat he does and what he’s about. He’s there to combat, fights anyone, and is keen to do it on short-notice. We’ve fairly related mindsets if I do say so myself.”
“If we fought, I’d simply dash throughout the Octagon, rugby deal with him, and maintain him on the ground,” Tom Aspinall continued.
Targeting his own end-of-year return – potentially at UFC 310 in December, mild heavyweight champion, Pereira is widely-expected to tackle surging Russian power, Magomed Ankalaev – who himself claims he would restrict his personal grappling type to be able to stand and commerce with the Brazilian knockout artist.
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