Matt Brown compares Tom Aspinall to Vitali Klitschko

Tom Aspinall is acceptable for his archetypal defence of the UFC heavyweight belt, but arsenic galore judge - helium whitethorn beryllium successful a unusual situation. He is truthful bully that nary 1 successful the full part tin earnestly endanger him.

At the UFC 321 event, the Englishman volition look the Frenchman Ciryl Gane, a combatant who has already been connected the verge of winning the rubric twice. In 2022, helium mislaid to Francis Ngannou, and a twelvemonth later, Jon Jones defeated him successful little than 2 minutes. Although the Ghanaian has bounced backmost with 2 wins to gain different changeable astatine the belt, bookies and the nationalist judge Aspinall has a immense advantage.

UFC fable Matt Brown believes that this tin beryllium Tom's occupation - helium dominates excessively much, truthful his opponents look undersized.

"Aspinall reminds maine of Vitali Klitschko erstwhile helium was satellite champion. He was incredibly good, but radical didn't admit him capable due to the fact that his rivals weren't astatine his level," Brown said connected The Fighter vs. The Writer.

The occupation of deficiency of existent rivals

Brown believes the lone existent situation would beryllium Jon Jones, but that combat whitethorn ne'er happen. 

"If the Jones combat doesn't happen, what's near for him? Who tin helium bushed to get radical excited?" helium asks.

In the existent heavyweight rankings, names similar Jailton Almeida, Volkov and Sergej Pavlovic are already down him – and helium has already won against each. Ngannou is nary longer successful the UFC, and Jones is reportedly readying a combat against Alex Pereira adjacent year. As a result, Aspinall remains astir unsocial astatine the top.

"The lone mode to enactment absorbing is to triumph spectacularly," explains Brown. "He has to support proving that helium is simply a people supra everyone else. If this combat with Gane is close, helium volition look similar the 'best of the weak'."

Matt Brown believes that the opportunities for large fights volition inactive come, but for present the Englishman has nary rival who could rise his presumption to a legendary level. "He's doing everything right, but there's conscionable nary 1 to situation him," Brown concluded.