Former interim heavyweight champion, Ciryl Gane has shut down the idea of a potential title-eliminator opposite the surging Tom Aspinall next – pointing at the difference in the division rankings as a reason not to share the Octagon with the UFC contender next.
Gane, who returned to the winner’s enclosure following a stunning first round submission loss to Jon Jones at UFC 285 back in March, stopped common-foe, Sergei Spivak with a hugely one-sided second round TKO in the main event of UFC Paris at the beginning of the month.
As for Aspinall, the Atherton native has been sidelined since he took home a similarly dominant win over Polish veteran, Marcin Tybura back in July atop a UFC Fight Night London card – marking his return to the Octagon for the first time in a year since he suffered a debilitating knee injury in his return to home soil the year prior.
And attending Gane’s own homecoming at UFC Paris earlier this month, Aspinall claimed he would most definitely fight the Frenchman if a potential title-eliminator against number two ranked contender, Sergei Pavlovich eluded him.
Ciryl Gane voices disinterest in Tom Aspinall clash again
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