UFC Heavyweight Champion Tom Aspinall welcomes fan interaction, as long as one non-negotiable rule has not been violated.
His award may have been delayed for months, but Aspinall can finally call itself the undisputed king of the heavyweights in the UFC.
After Aspinall had set an unwanted UFC record for the longest serving interim champion, a long-awaited unification confrontation with Jon Jones finally collapsed when Dana White announced the retirement of the American.
The Brit's Rise to the Top in MMA's largest stage and more recent back and forth with a contender for goat status has not surprisingly increased its prominence. And that fame is not all positive.
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Tom Aspinall tells fans when they do not have to take pictures of him in public
Aspinall recently discussed its height to undisputed status, next steps in the UFC and more during an interview with Adam Catterall on the one -on one YouTube channel.
At a certain moment the champion acknowledged the difficulty he publicly trains with his growing legion of supporters. But although Selfie requests in the gym can frustrate him, that is not the biggest complaint of Aspinall with some fans.
“I'm not Taylor Swift … but public training is becoming a bit harder,” said Aspinall. “Private is more convenient.
“I am absolutely fond of the fact – as, many people relate to me personally, which is great; people champion of vibes, which is great. But also, when I am in the gym, I have to train, man.
“People ask for selfies between rounds is not ideal,” Aspinall added. “When I am training, I am a little advertisement – because it is really important to me.
“The other time I will be an advertisement – to you – and this is for everyone who looks there – if I am with my children and you take a photo without my permission, hands can fly. I have been close to that a few times … It's a terrible thing to do.”
Tom Aspinall revealed how he knew that Jon Jones had collapsed Fight
Speaking of public behavior … Jones.
Before Jones's pension was officially made, Aspinall was often in interviews that the heavyweight champion would not fight again.
How did he know? Well, apparently by hearing stories about the rumor behavior of Jones in Thailand.
“A few weeks ago. Everyone seemed to think that Jon was playing this game from:” Let's not let Tom think that I give him the fight, and then I will just jump it up on him. ” But the MMA community, at the highest level, is a fairly small world, “Aspinall said in the show of Ariel Helwani.
“And I know people who have been to Thailand, similar times that he was there. And I know people who were around his circle, and I know that from the behavior he does outside the Octagon, he is not going to fight quickly.”
Jones was originally in Thailand to film a spin -off of the ultimate hunter next to Nate Diaz, which was canceled after the resident of Stockton and his team were praised with a participant.