Tom Aspinall is the UFC heavyweight champion and clearly the best in that division in the UFC.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Tom Aspinall has beaten three of the four best contenders in the UFC\u2019s heavyweight division.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
So, what\u2019s the problem?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Aspinall is a disputed heavyweight champion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
But it\u2019s not Aspinall\u2019s fault.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
His recent history in the UFC could have been told by Lemony Snicket.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In 2022, in what was meant to be his coronation in London, <\/a>Aspinall tore his knee 15 seconds into fighting Curtis Blaydes after having won his first five UFC fights.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Then, after coming back and winning the interim heavyweight championship, he had to defend a belt that shouldn\u2019t be defendable because the heavyweight champ at the time, Jon Jones, dragged Stipe Miocic out of retirement so he could batter him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Aspinall waited for Jones to finally sign on the dotted line to see who could become the undisputed UFC champ, non-Francis Ngannou edition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Jones ducked Aspinall as blatantly as anyone has ever ducked another man in professional fighting sports and retired instead of fighting Tom.<\/p>\n\n\n\n