Overview
- Eddie Hearn said his team told the UFC on Wednesday that undisputed heavyweight champion Tom Aspinall has been cleared to compete and is available for a return.
- Aspinall posted that he is back in full training and appears to have started a roughly 12‑week camp that would align with a potential September rematch.
- Ciryl Gane captured the interim heavyweight title on June 14 by stopping Alex Pereira, making a unification bout the clear sporting next step for the division.
- The primary obstacle to booking the rematch is contract and pay negotiations driven by Hearn’s demand that Aspinall be paid more fairly for a high‑revenue fight.
- If talks stall the booking could shift the fight’s timing or site and would test whether the UFC will renegotiate champion pay, a change that could affect other fighters and Aspinall’s health calculations.