Interim heavyweight champion Tom Aspinall – will defend his belt in the principle occasion of UFC 304 tonight in Manchester, England. Though Aspinall can be a house wrestler, the cardboard’s broadcast schedule has been set to accommodate North American pay-per-view viewers, which means Aspinall’s bout will happen within the early morning hours native time.
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Tom Aspinall is presently enthusiastic about the place he’ll struggle subsequent. He’s frightened in regards to the time of his begin. Aspinall has discovered, it is a choice administration say they do not intend to vary.
“It is with the UFC. I simply sort of let or not it’s recognized that it is a bit of a bummer for me, the opposite fighters and the British followers who wish to come and see it dwell.” Aspinall advised Submission Radio when requested if he had spoken to anybody in regards to the UFC 304 begin time change. “The purpose is that every one sorts of mates come to me. I used to be with a pal at present and he advised me that he has babysitting for the night time, however in fact the present ends at six within the morning, so he is principally going to have to remain up all night time, after which he solely has babysitting till 9, so he actually will get an hour or two of sleep. Simply issues like that.’
“I gave them varied hints like: ‘Hear, is there any likelihood we may change the time?’ And so they: ,No. Undoubtedly not It was not performed in any respect. It simply got here immediately no, that was all.’
Aspinall has been a part of UFC occasions in his native England a number of instances, though this would be the first time he’ll struggle there on a PPV card. He’ll face Curtis Blaydes in a rematch of their July 2022 encounter, when Aspinall went down with a knee harm simply 15 seconds into the match. Beating Blaydes is already a tall order and Aspinall now has to issue within the time change.
“Actually, I do not know proper now,” mentioned Aspinall. “I am a little bit misplaced on the thought. My unique thought was that I might go to Vegas, practice in Vegas, get my time in Vegas and keep it up. Then I assumed, rattling, Vegas is about 18 hours away. It is exhausting for me, jet lag or not, to be in Vegas after which 5, six days earlier than the sport to come back again to Manchester and journey 18 hours. So I put it on the again burner.”
