Tom Aspinall finally has his wish now that he has been booked to defend the undisputed heavyweight title.
Aspinall has claimed that he will remove Ciryl Gane from title turn after the Frenchman's third shot to be undisputed.
While Jon Jones still claims to be the champion after his retirement, UFC 321 marks the point that the division can finally continue, even if 'bones' still lengthen over the event.
After all the conversation around a fight between him and Jones, there is a lot of pressure on Aspinall for his long -awaited return.
A UFC record holder is of the opinion that this fight is not alone to put the division back in use, where the current champion must prove a point.
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Matt Brown believes that a loss of Tom Aspinall at UFC 321 would be devastating for the heavyweight division
Speaking of the latest episode of MMA Fighting's Fighter vs. Writer, spoke UFC veteran Matt Brown about the deployment for the UFC 321 Main Event.
He believes that there is not only pressure on Tom Aspinall to successfully defend the heavyweight title, he has to do this in style.
Aspinall itself has admitted that the division is currently not very strong with little depth or emerging stars that come up.
Brown believes that if the Brit is unable to produce an impressive version in the Octagon, it will greatly harm its stock and that of the entire division.
Aspinall now seems to be the radiant light in the division in terms of what the future looks like, but if he is defeated by Ciryl Gane on 25 October, heavyweight will be left in a very difficult position.
“The heavyweight division is on the line. If Gane goes in and beats it – no respect for Gane, keep the man – the heavyweight division loses a lot of respect. Even if Tom goes outside, and it is a close fight or he is falling and then it is a few years of heavy -weight division.
“He has to prove that for the world. The heavyweight division is not only S – but I am so good that the heavyweight division is -. This is the thing he has to go outside and prove the world. If he goes outside and loses to Gane, the division is not respected, that brings Tom considerably.”
Matt Brown believes that Jon Jones will contribute to this extra pressure around Tom Aspinall
Fans always knew that Jon Jones would pay a lot of attention to the next fight by Tom Aspinall after everything that has been said about their potential matchup.
This is only more when Ciryl Gane was announced as the first challenger of the champion, given that Jones 'Bon Gamin' steamed in just over two minutes when they stood opposite each other at UFC 285.
Matt Brown said on Fighter vs. Writer that, while he matches Jones's performance a big demand for Aspinall, he is judged by his measuring stick and part of the fan base by this measuring stick.
“It's hard to beat a man in two and a half minutes. A professional hunter, that's not easy to do. If Jon fought him 10 times, he would probably not beat him so quickly. That was one in the 10 times that he hit him so quickly. But now he did it, and he can say he did it. If Tom didn't match [that]”You suck Tom, you just fought against someone worse!” “