Tom Aspinall picks Ciryl Gane vs. Alex Periera winner at UFC White House
UFC heavyweight champ Tom Aspinall speaks on Ciryl Gane vs. Alex Pereira for the first time.
Tom Aspinall believes he knows who will be crowned the new UFC interim heavyweight champion on the White House lawn. Speaking on the co-main event matchup of UFC Freedom 250 for the first time, Aspinall (15-3 MMA, 8-1 UFC) gave a solid breakdown of the matchup between former interim heavyweight champ Ciryl Gane and former middleweight and light heavyweight champ Alex Pereira . "First of all, he's an absolute generational talent, Alex Pereira," Aspinall said on "Fight Your Corner Podcast.
" "If he wins this fight, even though it's an interim title, it'll be the first person to ever win three different weights, which is unbelievable. "He's massive. First of all, I have no idea how he made middle(weight), 'cause he's like my height.
He's maybe a little bit shorter than me, 6'4", 6'5". Massive weight cuts, and now he's fighting at heavyweight. " The heated rivalry between Pereira (13-3 MMA, 10-2 UFC) and former middleweight titleholder Israel Adesanya seems like ages ago at this point.
Since then, "Poatan" moved up to light heavyweight, won that title, defended it three times, and then reclaimed the title after dropping it to Magomed Ankalaev . Now he has his eyes set on making history, but will face a tough opponent in Gane (13-2 MMA, 10-2 UFC), who presents a unique challenge. "(Pereira) carries a lot of power at light heavy and middle, but he's also fighting a lot smaller guys whose punch resistance is a lot less," Aspinall said.