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5 months ago

Dana White: "Totally crazy" Tom Aspinall would rather vacate than fight a friend.

White told TNT Fight Sports, "You know what I think about that before you even ask me." "I hate that." A lot of friends, family, and other people have fought each other before. It doesn't tell you if you like someone or detest them. You are trying to find out who is the best, but it is up to him. "These guys, you become a world champion, and if he defends the title and does whatever he does, to even think about vacating it because you don't want to compete against somebody is absolutely insane, but he's a grown man, that's up to him." If Aspinall beats Gane, there isn't an obvious opponent waiting for him. Jailton Almeida and Alexander Volkov battle on the UFC 321 undercard. If one of them does well, they could move to the front of the line. Also, Alex Pereira, a two-time light heavyweight champion, has talked about moving up to heavyweight, but it seems like he would rather fight Jon Jones when he comes back than Aspinall. White isn't sure what to think of Pereira's idea right now. White remarked, "Anything is possible." "I don't really like talking about the light heavyweight champion moving up that far down, but I don't know. We'll see what happens on Saturday, of course, and then at the end of this year as far as Pereira goes and things like that." We are only thinking about Saturday. "Even Tom saying, 'I'd vacate' [if he had to fight Delija], it's silly to talk about that when the guy is ranked No. 10." White is solely interested in seeing who comes out on top when Aspinall and Gane fight in Abu Dhabi. Aspinall has what it takes to be a long-reigning champion, but Gane could steal the show and ultimately win an indisputable crown on his third try. White remarked, "Aspinall and Ciryl Gane is a very interesting fight for both guys." People say that Aspinall is going to be the future of the heavyweight divisions. First, he has to get past Ciryl Gane. And for Gane, there was a time when it appeared like he would be the future of the heavyweight class, so this is a major battle for both of them.