Tom Aspinall announced that his eye injury is healing and he will soon receive clearance to return to full contact training. Aspinall stated that the UFC has informed him his next fight will be against the winner of the upcoming bout between Alex Pereira and Ciryl Gane. He emphasized that those two fighters need to complete their fight first, recover, and then once everyone is ready, the matchup can proceed. This represents Aspinall's next step in pursuing heavyweight gold.
