Forward of his struggle at UFC 304 subsequent weekend, Tom Aspinall has revealed that he has been soaking his knuckles in petrol each day to arrange for the bout.
Tom Aspinall Prepared For UFC 304
Tom Aspinall takes on Curtis Blaydes at UFC 304 subsequent weekend, with the Salford born fighter seeking to defend his UFC interim heavyweight championship in his dwelling city, Manchester.
Everybody prepares for his or her fights in numerous methods, however Aspinall has revealed maybe one of many strangest strategies utilized by a fighter to arrange for his bout subsequent week.
“You ever see the documentary Knuckle? You accustomed to that? It’s a documentary about vacationers, touring communities within the UK island. And there’s a man on there, large Joe Joyce, an outdated touring legend, and large Joe Joyce reveals a couple of gypsy strategies for preparing for a struggle,” Aspinall stated on Monday.
“I wished to resort again to a little bit of gypsy heritage that I’ve received, so I believed, proper, what I’m going to do is I’m going to make a bit ring out of hay bales.
“When it will get to about 4 a.m., I get my alarm on, I’m going outdoors, do a bit shadowboxing within the hay bales — after which I do the outdated traveler methodology of dipping your knuckles in petrol for about 20 minutes because the solar’s arising, and that hardens your knuckles.”
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“These are a few of the hardest knuckles within the UFC proper right here proper now,” Aspinall stated. “They’re like rocks.”
The methodology is actually an attention-grabbing take from Aspinall, however it’s his straight to the purpose and entertaining character that has made him so widespread within the UFC since he joined.
Aspinall holds a 7-1 file within the UFC coming in to subsequent weekend’s struggle, along with his solely loss coming to his opponent for the upcoming card, Curtis Blaydes.
His loss to Blaydes in July 2022 lasted simply 15 seconds, with Aspinall compelled to retire earlier than any blows had been actually landed with a worrying knee harm.
Aspinall was out for 364 days after tearing his MCL and meniscus, however since returning to the ring in 2023 he’s 2-0.
The 31-year-old is way more skilled now than he was when first dealing with Blaydes and he comes into his title defence as a brief betting favorite to maneuver to 8-1.
