Daniel Cormier doesn’t see a lot use in making Tom Aspinall the official backup for UFC 309.
It’s not that he thinks an harm or last-minute withdrawal from Jon Jones or Spite Miocic isn’t doable. Cormier simply thinks if one thing have been to occur to both man, neither Jones (27-1 MMA, 21-1 UFC) nor Miocic (15-3 MMA, 8-1 UFC) shall be prepared to battle the UFC interim heavyweight champion on brief discover.
“Aspinall is formally the backup fighter, however what occurs if any individual will get harm?” Cormier stated on his YouTube channel. “Which a type of dudes goes to say, ‘OK, I’ll battle Tom Aspinall,’? Which one will truly keep within the battle?
“Pavlovich was the backup fighter in New York Metropolis when Jones and Stipe have been scheduled to battle the primary time. Jones bought harm, Stipe pulled out, and Aspinall fought in opposition to Pavlovich. There’s no assure that, as a result of he’s the backup fighter, somebody goes to battle him. I might nearly guess that if somebody will get harm, Tom Aspinall stays on the cardboard, and he fights neither a type of guys. … Neither a type of guys is preventing Tom Aspinall in the event that they don’t must.”
Cormier hopes he’s flawed. He desires to see Jones battle Aspinall ultimately. In spite of everything, Jones is the UFC heavyweight champion and Aspinall the interim. He believes that’s the one battle Jones wants for his legacy and to assert being the No. 1 heavyweight immediately.
“Listening to Jones say, or listening to the rumor that Jones stated ‘that is it for me,’ it sucks as a result of I do consider that there’s some work to be finished with Aspinall, primarily,” Cormier stated. “I don’t assume anybody else warrants him sticking round. I actually don’t. We noticed what he did to Ciryl Gane.”
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