It wouldn’t be a UFC battle week with out somebody catching some warmth. Former two-weight world champion and present UFC commentator, Daniel Cormier has been caught discussing the heavyweight division with present champion, Tom Aspinall… and to say that he doesn’t assume extremely of the division is an understatement. Aspinall launched footage to his YouTube channel, which noticed DC not shroud the division in any gold to say the least.
Taking Aspinall to 1 aspect, Daniel Cormier stated:“With these match-ups on this division, what sort of run you’ll be able to go on, might be loopy and it would change your life”.
We all know that the heavyweight division doesn’t have a wealthy historical past of a long-time champion making a number of defences. Former champion, Stipe Miocic, holds the heavyweight file with simply three. Cormier is implying that Aspinall has the possibility to go on and doubtlessly beat that file.
Daniel Cormier Slams Jailton Almeida
Persevering with his dialog with the heavyweight champion, Daniel Cormier went on to say:“I imply what’s it, Almeida is preventing erm, Jailton can’t battle”.
When requested by Aspinall who DC thought would win, he didn’t give a solution. Aspinall stated he believed Alexander Volkov would win the battle and Cormier replied stating, “Yeah however you beat him”.
He additionally stated:“You’re on the verge of some loopy sh*t man. Lock in, maintain working exhausting although, you’ve received to maintain working exhausting”.
Aspinall reassured DC that he’s “working more durable now than I ever was“.
You’ll be able to see the entire trade right here:
Tom Aspinall launched some behind the scenes footage of Daniel Cormier speaking to him.
The Heavyweight division simply caught a large stray from DC 😭#UFC321
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— Verdict (@VerdictMMA) October 22, 2025
In direction of the top of the trade, Daniel Cormier and Tom Aspinall appeared to poke enjoyable at former opponent Volkan Oezdemir. Aspinall joked saying that DC “Couldn’t imagine your luck” when he was matched with Oezdemir, to which each males laughed and DC replied with “Did I win the lottery son?”.
UFC 321
UFC 321 goes down this weekend from Abu Dhabi, UAE. The headline battle will see Tom Aspinall meet Ciryl Gane for the UFC heavyweight championship in a battle that many are seeing as an intriguing match-up. Each males are fast, mild on their ft, and questions will likely be answered on Saturday evening.
The co-main occasion sees the vacant strawweight title on the road in a rematch between Mackenzie Dern and Virna Jandiroba. Dern received the nod within the first battle, nonetheless, Jandiroba is coming into the battle in higher kind.
Elsewhere, Mario Bautista and Umar Nurmagomedov meet at bantamweight for a possible primary contender’s battle. Jailton Almeida and Alexander Volkov additionally meet in an thrilling heavyweight conflict.
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