Tom Aspinall claims that he has a date and location for his return to the UFCachthoek.
The interim heavyweight title holder has not fought anymore since he eliminated Curtis Blaydes from UFC 304 in July.
Since then he has been waiting for the chance to unite the division in a mega -light with Jon Jones.
On Monday, Tom Aspinall claimed that the other UFC has' Heavyweight Champion of MMA 'retired' and has paved his way for him to face someone else for an undisputed status.
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Tom Aspinall agrees to combat the date and location
Tom Aspinall is ready to continue from his long-running saga with the greatest MMA hunter of all time.
The hard-handy Englishman claims that he has a date and location to combat another UFC participant.
“Guys, why are we still talking about Jon? He is retired. He is ready,” said Aspinall on the Good Guy / Bad Guy Podcast organized by Daniel Cormier and Chael Sonen.
“I said a long time ago,” I'm going to retire Jon without even fighting him “. That is what happened.”
Aspinall added: “You will see really quickly.
“This is exciting times for the heavyweight division. We get some movement. People literally forget that heavyweights exist. Nobody has fought so long, this is crazy. We have a man who keeps it up.
“That is old news. The active champion heavyweight is here to fight them all, let's set it up.
“I'll tell you something. I have a date and a location.”
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Jones excited fans with a cryptic answer to a question about his potential fight with Aspinall.
“I was waiting for it,” he replied.
“The UFC, me and Tom, we all have many things that happen behind the scenes.
“They are one of the largest organizations in sport. At the moment Tom and I have agreed to wait until the UFC makes their announcements.
“So legally I can't really talk about it.”
Less than 24 hours later, Aspinall suggested that he will return to the Octagon against someone else.