Tom Aspinall faces bleak UFC future under Eddie Hearn's guidance, analysis suggests

Tom Aspinall, who turned 33 and has yet to make a single title defense as UFC heavyweight champion, risks wasting his peak years if his manager Eddie Hearn continues pursuing a boxing crossover rather than securing fights inside the UFC. Hearn's aggressive public posturing toward UFC brass may generate headlines but is unlikely to yield a pay raise or a release from a contract that still has years to run, as the promotion has no incentive to set a precedent. The most likely outcome, absent a change in approach, is that Aspinall sits idle during his prime while Jon Jones and Francis Ngannou have already combined for just four undisputed UFC heavyweight title fights over the past five years.