‘Switching over’ – Brit UFC champ Tom Aspinall eyes WWE move after MMA retirement as Jon Jones super-fight looms

TOM ASPINALL wants to transverse implicit into the WWE aft he's finished conquering the mixed martial arts world.

The Wigan warrior is connected the cusp of becoming the UFC's heavyweight champion and presently holds the interim mentation of the title.

A unification bout against the victor of undisputed titleholder Jon Jones' showdown with Stipe Miocic next period awaits the instrumentality favourite.

Aspinall, 31, has nary uncertainty successful his caput that he'll yet scope the acme of the heavyweight mountain, though helium doesn't privation to bent astir for excessively agelong and go a relic of the sport.

And the Atherton Assassin is unfastened to swapping the Octagon for the WWE ringing erstwhile helium brings an extremity to his already stellar career.

Speaking to SunSport astatine WWE Live successful Manchester, helium said: "When I person retired from MMA, I'm switching implicit to WWE.

"And I'm going to beryllium the WWE heavyweight champ."

Aspinall, who had 1 of the champion seats successful the location for Wednesday's show, surely has the stature and spot of a imaginable WWE superstar.

The UK's 3rd UFC champ stands astatine 6'5 and weighed a whopping 18 chromatic for his July demolition occupation of Curtis Blaydes.

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And helium didn't look retired of spot arsenic helium entered the ringing and showed disconnected his heavyweight hardware successful beforehand of a raucous assemblage astatine the Co-op Live Arena pursuing Cody Rhodes' daze introduction.

He besides chopped an awesome promo aft being interrupted by Gunther, who received a chorus of booes for cutting disconnected the section lad.

There is simply a way for Aspinall to participate the WWE arsenic wrestling's premier promotion is nether the aforesaid banner arsenic the UFC.

The UFC joined forces with the WWE past twelvemonth to signifier the TKO Group, which, arsenic of past September, was valued astatine £16BILLION ($21.4B).

But his modulation to the satellite of pro wrestling won't hap until aft helium cements his bequest arsenic the top heavyweight of each time.

A short-notice ace astatine the undisputed rubric could travel Aspinall's mode if either Jones oregon Miocic are forced retired of their rescheduled conflict of legends.

Dana White and Co. person made him the authoritative backup combatant for UFC's 309 main lawsuit astatine Madison Square Garden.

Aspinall has made nary concealed of his tendency to stock the cage with Jones, saying aft UFC 304: " "I person thing against Jon Jones arsenic a person.

"But I deliberation I'm the champion heavyweight successful the world. And if helium thinks he's the champion heavyweight, past let's settee it.

"It's arsenic elemental arsenic that, it's not rocket science.

"There are 2 guys claiming to beryllium the champion heavyweight successful the world. Let's settee it."

He added: "I'm the champion heavyweight successful the world. Prove maine wrong, Jon. If you deliberation you are, beryllium maine wrong. It's simple."