{"id":42144,"date":"2025-03-24T20:03:44","date_gmt":"2025-03-24T20:03:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/?p=42144"},"modified":"2025-03-24T20:03:44","modified_gmt":"2025-03-24T20:03:44","slug":"tom-aspinall-ufc-london-flat-atmosphere","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/news\/tom-aspinall-ufc-london-flat-atmosphere\/","title":{"rendered":"Tom Aspinall Expresses Disappointment Over &#8216;Flat&#8217; Atmosphere at UFC London"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>UFC heavyweight Tom Aspinall has spoken out about the lacklustre atmosphere during UFC London at the O2 Arena, describing it as &#8220;flat as hell&#8221;. <\/strong><\/p>\n<h2 data-start=\"384\" data-end=\"431\">Tom Aspinall Criticises the UFC London Crowd<\/h2>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"433\" data-end=\"1054\">Speaking on <em data-start=\"460\" data-end=\"484\">The Ariel Helwani Show<\/em>, Tom Aspinall shared his disappointment with the crowd&#8217;s energy at UFC London.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"433\" data-end=\"1054\">&#8220;To be honest with you, it was flat as hell in the O2 Arena on Saturday night,&#8221; he said. &#8220;I was quite disappointed&#8230; We needed something.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"433\" data-end=\"1054\">&#8220;A couple of years ago, UK MMA was absolutely banging. We&#8217;ve still got so much talent, but we just need that excitement. The last few shows in the O2, we just haven&#8217;t had it, unfortunately.&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">&quot;To be honest with you, it was just flat as hell in the 02 Arena on Saturday night. I was quite disappointed&#8230; we needed something.<\/p>\n<p>A couple of years ago UK MMA was absolutely banging. We&#39;ve still got so much talent, but we just need that excitement. The last few shows in the\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/df78lKvZG5\">pic.twitter.com\/df78lKvZG5<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Ariel Helwani (@arielhelwani) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/arielhelwani\/status\/1904232632373870788?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 24, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2 data-start=\"2251\" data-end=\"2301\">Aspinall Teases Update on Potential Jon Jones Fight<\/h2>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"2303\" data-end=\"2658\">In the same interview, Aspinall also revealed details of a meeting with UFC executives in London, teasing &#8220;big news&#8221; about a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/news\/tom-aspinall-bored-of-jon-jones-fight-talk\/\">potential Jon Jones fight.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"2303\" data-end=\"2658\">Aspinall revealed that the meeting went very well, providing him with clarity on his future direction in the UFC. &#8220;I feel like we\u2019re in a good spot right now,&#8221; Aspinall said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"2660\" data-end=\"3129\">While some fans have expressed concern about Jones holding up the heavyweight division, Aspinall expressed a more positive outlook.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"2660\" data-end=\"3129\">He made it clear that the potential Champion vs Champion fight with Jones is still a very real possibility, even if progress had been slower than expected.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"2660\" data-end=\"3129\">&#8220;It\u2019s only been seven months [since my last fight], and I\u2019m not really bothered about the wait. What matters is that I\u2019m working hard, and the fight will happen at the right time.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"3131\" data-end=\"3402\">For Aspinall, the fight against Jones is not just about securing a paycheck but about proving he\u2019s the best in the world.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"3131\" data-end=\"3402\">&#8220;What I want is to be undisputed heavyweight champion,&#8221; he reiterated.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Tom Aspinall with the toy duck on the crowd cam \ud83d\ude2d\ud83e\udd86 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/UFCLondon?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#UFCLondon<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/q3YZr77bEe\">pic.twitter.com\/q3YZr77bEe<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Championship Rounds (@ChampRDS) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ChampRDS\/status\/1903571005613719566?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 22, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2 data-start=\"3404\" data-end=\"3452\">Will Jon Jones vs Tom Aspinall Ever Happen?<\/h2>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"3454\" data-end=\"3912\">The long-awaited Jon Jones vs Tom Aspinall fight has captured the imagination of UFC fans worldwide, and with good reason.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"3454\" data-end=\"3912\">Jones, the current UFC heavyweight champion, has made it clear that he is only interested in big-money matchups, with some hinting at a potential fight against former light heavyweight champion Alex Pereira.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"3454\" data-end=\"3912\">However, with Pereira\u2019s recent loss to Magomed Ankalaev, the possibility of Jones facing Aspinall has become a real possibility again.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"3914\" data-end=\"4256\">Aspinall remains optimistic, believing that the fight with Jones is inevitable. &#8220;I think it\u2019s just a matter of time before the fight happens. 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Tom Aspinall Criticises the UFC London Crowd Speaking on The Ariel Helwani Show, Tom Aspinall shared his disappointment with the crowd&#8217;s energy at UFC London. &#8220;To be honest with you, it [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":349,"featured_media":42155,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-42144","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ufc"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Tom Aspinall &#039;Disappointed&#039; Over &#039;Flat&#039; Atmosphere at UFC London<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Tom Aspinall has expressed disappointment over the flat atmosphere at UFC London while discussing his potential fight with Jon Jones\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42144\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Tom Aspinall &#039;Disappointed&#039; 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