{"id":40489,"date":"2026-09-14T04:20:18","date_gmt":"2026-09-14T04:20:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/news\/news\/Tom-Aspinall-could-lose-UFC-heavyweight-title-as-Dana-White-plans-talks-202791"},"modified":"2026-09-14T04:20:18","modified_gmt":"2026-09-14T04:20:18","slug":"tom-aspinall-could-lose-ufc-heavyweight-title-as-dana-white-plans-talks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/tom-aspinall-could-lose-ufc-heavyweight-title-as-dana-white-plans-talks\/","title":{"rendered":"Tom Aspinall could lose UFC heavyweight title as Dana White plans talks"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Tom
\nAspinall<\/a>‘s lengthy absence could force the
\nUltimate Fighting Championship<\/a> heavyweight title to be
\nvacated.<\/p>\n

Aspinall has not competed since October last year, when his fight
\nwith Ciryl Gane<\/a>
\nended in a no contest after illegal eye pokes left him unable to
\ncontinue. The heavyweight champion suffered injuries to both eyes
\nthat required surgery and there is still no firm confirmation of
\nhis return. UFC CEO Dana
\nWhite<\/a> recently weighed in on what\u2019s next in the heavyweight
\ntitle picture.<\/p>\n

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Dana White says the UFC will discuss Tom Aspinall\u2019s heavyweight
\nchampionship status amid his injury absence<\/h2>\n

With Valentina
\nShevchenko<\/a> recently vacating the UFC women’s flyweight
\nchampionship after an injury, White was asked whether Aspinall
\nwould do the same during the Ryan Garcia vs. Conor Benn post-fight
\npresser.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ll definitely be talking about that,\u201d White told reporters.
\n\u201cIt\u2019s one of those \u2013 like, Valentina doesn\u2019t want to tie up the
\ndivision. And I\u2019m assuming Tom feels the same way. I don\u2019t know
\npersonally where he is health-wise with everything, but we should
\nclear that up soon.\u201d<\/p>\n

While Aspinall has remained sidelined, Gane captured the interim
\nheavyweight title with a victory over Alex
\nPereira<\/a> at
\nUFC Freedom 250<\/a> in June, setting up a title unification rematch
\nwith Aspinall. However, the Brit is reportedly yet to be cleared by
\nathletic commissions.<\/p>\n

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\n

\ud83d\udea8 Sounds like Dana White and the UFC are
\nconsidering STRIPPING Tom
\nAspinall<\/a> of the heavyweight title \ud83d\ude33<\/p>\n

“We’ll definitely be talking about that. Valentina doesn’t want to
\ntie up the division. And I’m assuming Tom feels the same way.<\/p>\n

I don’t know personally where he is health\u2026 pic.twitter.com\/W5hOEPGDoU<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Championship Rounds (@ChampRDS)
\nSeptember 13, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Tom Aspinall‘s lengthy absence could force the Ultimate Fighting Championship heavyweight title to be vacated. Aspinall has not competed since October last year, when his fight with Ciryl Gane ended in a no contest after illegal eye pokes left him unable to continue. The heavyweight champion suffered injuries to both eyes that required surgery and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":40490,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[150],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-40489","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\/40489","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=40489"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40489\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/40490"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40489"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=40489"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=40489"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}