ACA Heavyweight Belt Candidate Adam Bogatyrev In a conversation with , he assessed the prospects of interim UFC champion Tom Aspinall after he defended his belt in a fight with American Curtis Blaydes, and also noted that the Russian Vadim Nemkov could defeat the British.
Aspinall defended the interim UFC heavyweight championship belt on July 27 in the co-main event of UFC 304 in Manchester, knocking out Blaydes. The full UFC heavyweight title belt currently belongs to American Jon Jones, who has not fought since March 2023.
– Do you think Tom Aspinall will now be the favourite for any heavyweight he steps into the cage with?
“After this fight, I don’t consider him a favorite in any fight. And even more so in a fight with Jon Jones. Those punches that he missed from Blaydes, if they were thrown by someone else who believes in his striking and does not just throw punches to throw them … Even if Sergei Pavlovich approached the fight with Aspinall correctly and threw the same two punches, which The blades were thrown, then everything would end there. In one case, there were two good and tight ones, in another, the right went well after the jab. And either Tom has a space chin, or Curtis Blaydes hit, not believing at all that he could hit. Jon Jones is a smarter guy. He will not fall for any of his tricks.
Note Aspinall’s shuttle. He stopped in an instant and his front leg straightened all the way. Jones can punish that with his right leg stoppers and just stop him. That’s a mistake you don’t want to make with him. And more so, Jon Jones, when preparing for fights, he reads his opponents well, and he could use that thing. So I don’t think Tom Aspinall will be able to beat Jon Jones anytime soon. Tom is better off remaining the interim champion for next year.
I think that Alexander Volkov could have been a good opponent for Aspinall, but something didn’t work out for him in the fight. And it also seems to me that Vadim Nemkov would be a good opponent for Tom. Vadim does not fall for any deception or feint. He reminds me in a good way of the man from the movie “Universal Soldier”. I look at Vadim Nemkov and see the hero Dolph Lundgren, who goes forward no matter what. It will be difficult to break through him and it is unlikely that Tom Aspinall will be able to fight him. All the guys who worked with Vadim say that when you start fighting with him, you fall on a concrete slab. And I know how those guys who told me this fought. So, Vadim Nemkov could beat him, “Bogatyrev told .
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