UFC veteran Matt Brown compares Aspinall’s wait to Chandler vs McGregor saga

Tom Aspinall's wait continues. Arguably the best heavyweight in the world at the moment is desperate to face Jon Jones, the current UFC heavyweight champion. However, Jones is reluctant to fight, and it is quite questionable whether "Bones" will ever return to the cage again. He is currently filming a Russian "reality show" similar to TUF, but it is a Russian version that is being filmed in Thailand.

A fight against Tom Aspinall has not been agreed upon, there is no indication that an agreement will be reached anytime soon, and even if a deal were to be reached, we would probably be waiting for months for Aspinall and Jones to finally step on opposite sides of the cage. The situation is quite frustrating for Aspinall, because matches against other challengers no longer make sense, but Tom has been out of the cage for ten months. His last fight was at the end of July last year.

It took Aspinall exactly 60 seconds to defeat Curtis Blaydes. He came out of the match unscathed, ready to fight the next day. He still had to wait for Miočić and Jones to have their fight, but we watched that fight in November last year. Jones also survived without any major injuries and if anything, at least the fight date could have been set by now.

Matt Brown on Aspinall's situation

Unfortunately, as we mentioned at the beginning of the article, the wait continues, and Tom was advised by one of the UFC veterans to stop waiting. It was Matt Brown who compared Aspinall's situation to the situation between Michael Chandler and Conor McGregor in the podcast "The Fighter vs. The Writer". As a reminder, Michael Chandler waited for McGregor for almost two years, hoping for that fight, and in the end had to come to terms with the fact that the Irishman would not return. Chandler then turned to other options, but he suffered two consecutive defeats.

- I think it's the same thing as with Chandler and McGregor. Tom, look for another fight, just fight. Keep your name relevant, keep proving that you're the right guy to fight Jones. Build your legacy, keep your name in the news. Show the world that you're the only one who should fight Jones. That's how your argument will become even stronger. If you stay out of the game and take a break, it won't help you much.

- I come from a different school of thought. Maybe it's the 'old school'. When I was fighting, the advice was to fight as often as possible and that's something I would tell others. Fight as many times as possible, against the best and see how things work. It may not be the best move from a business perspective, but look, you only live once. When you're 50 or 60 years old, you'll look back on your career and realize that you took a year or two off. Then you'll think: 'If only I had fought during that period', because that's what I think about a lot, too," Brown explained.