Hopefully Substance Abuse will reply to your post. We need more mod-fights on Sherdog. Only question is which of you will poke the other in the eye first.Who cares. Aspinall is a paper champ anyway.
Who knows Volkov beat Almeida off his back, if he can keep the same gameplan with Aspinall he might win thisYea TS just setup Volkov vs Aspinall 2 that’s what we all want to see!![]()

ThisHe for sure got a history of dirty fighting
He literally pokes and then even pushed his fingers even deeper AFTER poking ffs. And the kick in the nuts, what else is he aiming kicking up straight like that??? The only thing you can hit like that is the nuts. Totally 10000% intentional. Its actually impossible to do that unintentionally…This
If these aren’t intentional fouls what are?
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"Paper champion" is often used as a pejorative but it originally meant that a champion was named by an organization (written on paper) rather than winning a title fight. Jones wasn't a paper champion because he won the belt in a title fight against Gane.I don't think he tally deserves this shot tbh, but in the context of today's UFC HW division who else deserves it more? It's a shit show in there.
And IMO it is legitimately hilarious that Jones was called a paper champ for annihilating Gane, but Tom isn't in those cross hairs too bad yet - even though he's yet to win or defend that belt, actually.
Who cares. Aspinall is a paper champ anyway.

He for sure got a history of dirty fighting
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If these aren’t intentional fouls what are?
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Jones literally built his legacy on shady tactics and eye pokes. I don't remember a single time one of his opponents put on a show like Tom though.I don’t know man. If framing off your opponent’s face with fingers outstretched is your baked in reaction, you should be kept far away from high stakes fights until you have proven that you’ve corrected that reaction. Gane really dropped a turd in the punch bowl here. He was warned in the locker room. DQ loss is an OK outcome imo. Feed him to Jailton. Volkov hematch next.
He who Fouls is owed nothing.
Gane has already wasted multiple Title shot opportunities -- and has proven inadequate for the task.
Gane couldn't get out of Round 1 without two fingers-to-the-face on Tom, to include the fight ending blatant Double Eye-Poke. That follows his Champ Fight Low Blow on Jon Jones in Round 1.
Dana needs to elevate his HW program -- admittedly, the lack of quality HW Contenders makes Gane's case for a rematch strong -- and perhaps inevitable.
A planet of ~4 billion male humans -- exposes Dana's lack of commitment to properly develop the HW Roster. It's comically alarming as he rolls out a line-up of fat monsters looking exhausted and clueless in HW fat scraps -- Barnett literally showing the ass of Dana's UFC HW Division...