Just a Quick Update on the Big Fights coming up in the Heavyweight Division

[650lb Sumo]

For all you HW fans this is what's coming up in the second half of 2025 at the top of the division:

(1) Jon Jones (Champ): not booked - last fought 6 months ago
(2) Tom Aspinall (Interim Champ): not booked - last fought 10 months ago
(3) Alexander Volkov: not booked - last fought 6 months ago
(4) Ciryl Gane: not booked - last fought 5 months ago
(5) Sergei Pavlovich: not booked - last fought 3 months ago

(6) Curtis Blaydes: fights Rizvan Kuniev on Midsummer's Day - last fought 10 months ago
(7) Jailton Almeida: not booked - last fought 4 months ago
(8) Serghei Spivac: fights Waldo Cortes-Acosta on the 7th of June - last fought 4 months ago
(9) Marcin Tybura: not booked - last fought 2 months ago
(10) Derrick Lewis: fights Tallison Teixeira on the 12th of July - last fought 12 months ago

(11) Tai Tuivasa: not booked - last fought 9 months ago

As you can see June and July is going to be a big period in the division, so pay close attention!

I'll be back in a while with the latest developments.

In case I missed a recent announcement please contribute that.

 

[Alpha_T83]

It's sad to see the heavyweight division so barren. When Tai Tuivasa and Derrick Lewis are still in the top 10, you know things are bad.

 

[Mohawk Banditó]

 

[Kenny Powerth]

Well presented

Please add "Breaking" to the title

 

[WillyWarminski]

FML. Perspective is real.

thanks OP

 

[CieloLuce]

Blaydes is cooked and he is in the top 5?!

They should make Gane vs Almeida

 

[Rorschachxx]

Even if most of these were booked, I can't bring myself to give a shit.

The division is so lacking of fresh talent and fun matchups. I mean how are Tybura, Tuivasa and Lewis all in the Top 10 in 2025?

Jones vs Aspinall is the biggest fight the UFC can make right now. Would be an excellent fight but then what? I don't see anything interesting on the horizon.

Might be the worst male division in the UFC right now.

 

[WoozyFailGuy]

I wonder how hard Jon is going to campaign for the Cyril Gane rematch to cap off his career.

HW dead for the most part, the division will remain cursed until Jones retires. It is karmic.

 

[HI SCOTT NEWMAN]

Its just depressing and sad to see.

Most of the UFC cards don't even have HW fights anymore on them, I can't believe how bad the division has become.

Its not only that division is really weak now its also the fact that most of them barely ever even fight, we get a UFC HW title like once every 2 years, its ridiculous. The only guy that actually fights often is Derrick Lewis and even he has slowed down now because he is gonna retire very soon, outside of him everyone has just been so inactive, very little actual fighting.

 

[JBJ was here]

They should make Gane vs Almeida

Let's wait for an injury update on Gane before booking him. That foot was totally fucked up, and it's not encouraging that there's been complete radio silence on the matter since he posted the initial x-rays/MRIs.

 

[CieloLuce]

Let's wait for an injury update on Gane before booking him. That foot was totally fucked up, and it's not encouraging that there's been complete radio silence on the matter since he posted the initial x-rays/MRIs.

He has been silent for a while.

 

[Jawth]

Blaydes is cooked and he is in the top 5?!

They should make Gane vs Almeida

No, only because Tom is gonna end up fighting one of them because Jones is chicken shit

 

[usernamee]

This has to be the worst year of matchmaking so far. So much shit just ain't getting booked. What the fuck are these assholes doing?? Too focused on the boxing project??

 

[KO Shotz]

They should make Gane vs Almeida

This

 

[CC27]

think might wait to see how Jones/Tom plays out before booking Gane/Jailton. If They cant get Jones to fight then Tom has to fight one of them next for title.

 

[Only Here for Attachments]

I'm reporting Sean Shelby and Mick Maynard for employment fraud

 

[cburm]

Big fights coming after June is an odd assumption..
More like the UFC hw division is dead after June . With the loss of every top hw they've had there's not even a gage on the talent they have...

If UFC was smart theyd pay Stipe the bag to fight Tom.. the hype and the fight would be great alone.. and would give Tom a title fight deservance

 

[El Fernas]

Weird that Aspinall hasnt fought in a while.

 

[Mongoosemk12]

All the A-level HWs are over getting paid in slap fighting league or whatever.

 

[Marko Polo]

Jon has nearly killed the HW division