{"id":298818,"date":"2023-11-10T01:24:45","date_gmt":"2023-11-10T01:24:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/?p=298818"},"modified":"2023-11-10T01:24:45","modified_gmt":"2023-11-10T01:24:45","slug":"aspinall-explains-why-he-wont-go-toe-to-toe-with-pavlovich-at-ufc-295","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/mma\/aspinall-explains-why-he-wont-go-toe-to-toe-with-pavlovich-at-ufc-295\/","title":{"rendered":"Aspinall explains why he won&apos;t go toe-to-toe with Pavlovich at UFC 295"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Tom Aspinall shines at UFC 295 press conference with hilarious explanation as to why he won&#8217;t go toe-to-toe with Sergei Pavlovich in heavyweight title bout: &#8216;I&#8217;m not gonna have a d***-measuring contest with him&#8217;<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Tom Aspinall is fighting Sergei Pavlovich at UFC 295 at Madison Square Garden\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Aspinall has the opportunity to become the third UFC Champion from the UK<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>DailyMail.com provides all the latest international sports news\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The UFC&#8217;s No 4-ranked\u00a0heavyweight Tom Aspinall gave a hilarious explanation as to why he will have his hand raised on Saturday night against No 2 Sergei Pavlovich.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>At Thursday&#8217;s press conference ahead of UFC 295, Aspinall suggested his incredible agility &#8211; despite his 6ft 5ins, 260lb frame &#8211; will be the key to capturing interim heavyweight gold.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I&#8217;m not gonna stand in the middle of the cage and have a shootout with him, I&#8217;m not gonna have a d***-measuring competition with him,&#8217; Aspinall Joked. &#8216;Both literally and figuratively because he&#8217;ll probably win both. We&#8217;ll see what happens.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Englishman added: &#8216;There&#8217;s nobody 6ft 5ins, 260lbs that moves the way that I move&#8230; he can get all the training partners that he wants in the world but you can&#8217;t replicate a guy like me in the gym.&#8217;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Aspinall &#8211; who hails from Wigan &#8211; has the opportunity to become the third UFC champion from the United Kingdom, following Hall of Famer Michael Bisping and welterweight king Leon Edwards.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/09\/23\/77629355-0-image-a-1_1699571275125.jpg\" height=\"442\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Tom Aspinall is confident that he will win his interim title bout at UFC 295 on Saturday night<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/09\/23\/77629357-0-image-a-2_1699571282715.jpg\" height=\"460\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Aspinall praised\u00a0Sergei Pavlovich&#8217;s skills but remained bullish about winning the belt<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;It&#8217;s massive, UK MMA is so big right now,&#8217; Aspinall said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;We have so many good fighters in the UFC and in other organizations as well, we&#8217;re doing so well as a country. To win the heavyweight title and take it to the UK is absolutely massive.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>When asked about bringing the UFC title home to his family, the 30-year-old said that Saturday night would be the realization of a life-long dream.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I&#8217;ve been thinking about that since I was eight years old,&#8217; Aspinall said. &#8216;Couple of days away now, it&#8217;s gonna happen.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/09\/23\/77629359-0-image-a-3_1699571296762.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Aspinall has a 13-3 MMA record and averages less than three minutes in the UFC Octagon<\/p>\n<p>Aspinall and Pavlovich were inserted into the Madison Square Garden card after Jon Jones suffered an injury that ruled him out a title defense and legacy fight with Stipe Miocic.<\/p>\n<p>Like Aspinall, Pavlovich is known for finishing fights early, with both averaging less than three minutes in the Octagon per fight. But despite his respect for Pavlovich&#8217;s ability, Aspinall&#8217;s self-belief remains steadfast ahead of Saturday night.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;He impresses me everywhere, I don&#8217;t think you can look at his game and be like: &#8220;This is where he&#8217;s weak&#8221;,&#8217; Aspinall said of his opponent.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I think the biggest issue he&#8217;s got fighting a guy like me is there&#8217;s not another guy like me in the heavyweight division.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/mma\/article-12732461\/tom-aspinal-UFC-295-sergei-pavlovich.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tom Aspinall shines at UFC 295 press conference with hilarious explanation as to why he won&#8217;t go toe-to-toe with Sergei <span class=\"more-text\">&hellip;<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":298817,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - 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