{"id":38797,"date":"2026-06-14T15:46:45","date_gmt":"2026-06-14T15:46:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/news\/news\/UFC-champ-Tom-Aspinall-finds-common-ground-with-English-footballer-201519"},"modified":"2026-06-14T15:46:45","modified_gmt":"2026-06-14T15:46:45","slug":"ufc-champ-tom-aspinall-finds-common-ground-with-english-footballer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/ufc-champ-tom-aspinall-finds-common-ground-with-english-footballer\/","title":{"rendered":"UFC champ Tom Aspinall finds common ground with English footballer"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/ufc-champ-tom-aspinall-finds-common-ground-with-english-footballer.png\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"\/><\/div>\n<p><a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Tom-Aspinall-65231\">Tom<br \/>\nAspinall<\/a> and Manchester City midfielder Phil Foden are both not<br \/>\nin the United States, which is currently hosting major events in<br \/>\ntheir respective sports.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/organizations\/Ultimate-Fighting-Championship-2\"><br \/>\nUFC<\/a> heavyweight champion Aspinall (15-3) is currently sidelined<br \/>\ndue to an eye injury suffered in his first title defense against<br \/>\n<a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Ciryl-Gane-293973\">Ciryl<br \/>\nGane<\/a> last year. Meanwhile, Gane is scheduled to fight <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Alex-Pereira-224511\">Alex<br \/>\nPereira<\/a> for an interim heavyweight title in the co-main event<br \/>\nof the iconic <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/events\/UFC-White-House-Freedom-250-Topuria-vs-Gaethje-111990\"><br \/>\nUFC White House<\/a> card on Sunday. While the champion of the<br \/>\ndivision is typically present in the interim title fights, Aspinall<br \/>\nhas not been invited to the White House.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Foden has failed to make it to the English national<br \/>\nsoccer squad for the FIFA World Cup 2026 in America. Aspinall<br \/>\nrecently met Foden, finding common ground over not being in the<br \/>\nU.S. during crucial events in their respective sports.<\/p>\n<p><center><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-captioned data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DZih8AmAdRR\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\" readability=\"-0.2625\"><\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center><\/p>\n<h2>Uncertain Future<\/h2>\n<p>The winner of the fight between Gane and Pereira should ideally<br \/>\nfight Aspinall in a title unifier. However, Pereira says he won\u2019t<br \/>\nwait for Aspinall to return to action if he wins the title.<br \/>\nMeanwhile, Pereira\u2019s manager, Eddie Hearn, a rival of Dana White,<br \/>\nsays he won\u2019t let the heavyweight champion fight under his current<br \/>\nUFC contract.&nbsp;  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tom Aspinall and Manchester City midfielder Phil Foden are both not in the United States, which is currently hosting major events in their respective sports.&nbsp; UFC heavyweight champion Aspinall (15-3) is currently sidelined due to an eye injury suffered in his first title defense against Ciryl Gane last year. Meanwhile, Gane is scheduled to fight [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":38798,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[150],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-38797","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-martial-arts-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38797","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=38797"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38797\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/38798"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38797"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=38797"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=38797"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}