{"id":290620,"date":"2023-10-09T14:23:57","date_gmt":"2023-10-09T14:23:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportsloveme.com\/?p=290620"},"modified":"2023-10-09T14:23:57","modified_gmt":"2023-10-09T14:23:57","slug":"tom-aspinall-blasts-ciryl-ganes-decision-not-to-fight-him","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportsloveme.com\/mma\/tom-aspinall-blasts-ciryl-ganes-decision-not-to-fight-him\/","title":{"rendered":"Tom Aspinall blasts Ciryl Gane&apos;s decision not to fight him"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Tom Aspinall blasts Ciryl Gane&#8217;s decision not to fight him and says the Frenchman &#8216;reminds him of a private school, entitled rich kid&#8217; &#8211; as he tells the contender to &#8216;do a little more&#8217; before demanding a title shot<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Tom Aspinall calls out Ciryl Gane over his claims for a heavyweight title shot\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><span>The Brit UFC fighter returned to action this year following a serious knee injury\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><strong>Mail Sport&#8217;s new WhatsApp Channel: Get the breaking news and exclusives here\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Tom Aspinall has told\u00a0Ciryl Gane to stop acting like an &#8216;entitled rich kid&#8217; as the heavyweight continues to duck a fight with the British UFC fighter.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Aspinall returned from injury to defeat\u00a0Marcin Tybura in July, and is now looking for a shot at the division&#8217;s title, but has dismissed the claims from rival Gane that he deserves a title shot.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Gane has fallen short in his two previous attempts at title glory, but has ambitions of his own of getting another title fight, despite ducking out of a bout against Aspinall.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>However, Aspinall believes the Frenchman is not being realistic with his claims and is not making the wisest decisions.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I don&#8217;t know, the guy&#8217;s acting like not the wisest move in my opinion,&#8217; Aspinall told <span>TNT Sports<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/09\/14\/76338113-12610725-image-m-72_1696857282938.jpg\" height=\"496\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Tom Aspinall has called out Ciryl Gane over his claims for another heavyweight title shiot\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/09\/14\/76338267-12610725-image-a-73_1696857411295.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>The French fighter has ducked a fight with Aspinall and wants another chance at a title\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/09\/14\/76338647-12610725-image-a-90_1696858093569.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>The British UFC fighter returned to the ring in July following a year out with a knee injury\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Not not taking the fight against me, but his whole outlook on stuff. It&#8217;s very, it reminds me of a private school, entitled rich kid.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;He fought for the title against Ngannou. He was the interim champion and he fought the legit champion &#8211; he lost that fight. Then he came back against [Tai] Tuvasa, had an impressive win, straight back to a title fight.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;He fought Jon Jones, lost the Jon Jones fight really easily. He didn&#8217;t put up any resistance. You can&#8217;t then beat the No. 8 or 9 guy and go straight back to fight Jon Jones. That&#8217;s not how it works.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;You&#8217;ve had two goes, you lost them both. You need to do a little bit more.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/09\/14\/76338667-12610725-image-a-91_1696858119481.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Jon Jones is the reigning UFC heavyweight champion and takes on Stipe Miocic next month\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Aspinall will have a keen on eye on the main event of UFC 295 next month as world heavyweight champion Jon Jones battles\u00a0Stipe Miocic, and has previously stated he&#8217;d like to face the winner of that clash in his next fight.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Yet, having just returned after a year-long lay off from the Octogan following a serious knee injury, the 30-year-old is ready to take on anyone.<\/p>\n<p>Adding: &#8216;Right now I&#8217;m training twice a day, staying ready for anything. I&#8217;ll be ready for anyone when we can, throw me in with anybody.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;From here on going forward, I&#8217;m ranked No.4. They&#8217;re all tough fights, give me anybody. I&#8217;m healthy, I&#8217;ve had a year off with my knee, let me fight somebody. I&#8217;ve called out all the guys who are available &#8211; what else can I do?&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/mma\/article-12610725\/Tom-Aspinall-blasts-Ciryl-Ganes-decision-not-fight-says-Frenchman-reminds-private-school-entitled-rich-kid-tells-contender-little-demanding-title-shot.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tom Aspinall blasts Ciryl Gane&#8217;s decision not to fight him and says the Frenchman &#8216;reminds him of a private school,<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":290619,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Tom Aspinall blasts Ciryl Gane&amp;apos;s decision not to fight him - Sports Love Me<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsloveme.com\/mma\/tom-aspinall-blasts-ciryl-ganes-decision-not-to-fight-him\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Tom Aspinall blasts Ciryl Gane&amp;apos;s decision not to fight him - 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