{"id":56694,"date":"2025-07-22T15:13:52","date_gmt":"2025-07-22T15:13:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/?p=56694"},"modified":"2025-07-22T15:13:52","modified_gmt":"2025-07-22T15:13:52","slug":"tom-aspinall-alex-pereira-heavyweight-rumours","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/news\/tom-aspinall-alex-pereira-heavyweight-rumours\/","title":{"rendered":"Tom Aspinall Open To Alex Pereira Clash As Rumours Of Heavyweight Move For ‘Poatan’ Gather Momentum"},"content":{"rendered":"

Tom Aspinall has given his thoughts on a potential fight with Alex Pereira, should ‘Poatan’ make the move up to heavyweight.<\/strong><\/p>\n

There has been no official confirmation on either Pereira of Aspinall’s next fight, with some fans believing a match-up between the pair could happen for the UFC Heavyweight Title before the end of the year.<\/p>\n

Tom Aspinall Comments On Alex Pereira Heavyweight Rumours<\/h2>\n

After it was confirmed that Jon Jones would not be defending his UFC Heavyweight Title against Tom Aspinall, the English MMA superstar was upgraded to the full heavyweight king of the UFC.<\/p>\n

As the new UFC Heavyweight Champion, Aspinall is now on the lookout for his next opponent. The 32-year-old has admitted he is open to fighting anyone, and just wants to get active again and keep the heavyweight division moving.<\/p>\n

That being said, Jon Jones has seemed to make a retirement U-turn, revealing that he is keen to fight on the proposed UFC White House card, if indeed it happens. Conor McGregor has teased his return in 2026 on the UFC White House card<\/a> too, but this seems highly unlikely.<\/p>\n

For now though, all eyes are on Aspinall and who he will face next in the first defence of his heavyweight crown. Ciryl Gane, Curtis Blaydes, Derrick Lewis and Alexander Volkov are just some of the names who Aspinall could face next in the first defence of his belt.<\/p>\n

Another potential opponent for Aspinall is a mammoth showdown with two-division UFC king ‘Poatan’. Alex Pereira’s next fight<\/a> is yet to be confirmed, but he could rematch Magomed Ankalaev for the 205-pound belt after losing it in their first fight.<\/p>\n

However, recent footage of Pereira has shown the Brazilian looking bigger than usual, with UFC fans taking this as a possible move to heavyweight to fight Aspinall instead.<\/p>\n

If he were to move up and get the fight against Aspinall, this would give Pereira the chance at making history in becoming the first fighter in UFC history to win world titles in three weight classes.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile Aspinall is keen to get back in the octagon and face anyone. Whether that is ‘Poatan’ or not remains to be seen.<\/p>\n