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I love Aspinall, but Bisping saying that he could be the GOAT is not happening at all. Like ever... I actually think he'll get caught very soon. His D is suspect.

As far as all the talk about never having seen a HW move like him, how about the Emelianenko brothers? Both had faster hands than him IMO and were as agile.

I think HWs like Cain and DC in their prime would smoke him. I got Frank bodying him too. He's great and exciting and all but let's not get crazy now.

Would love to see him fight Gane, Stipe, and Jon to really gauge how good he is.
 
Nabs said:
I love Aspinall, but Bisping saying that he could be the GOAT is not happening at all. Like ever... I actually think he'll get caught very soon. His D is suspect.

As far as all the talk about never having seen a HW move like him, how about the Emelianenko brothers? Both had faster hands than him IMO and were as agile.

I think HWs like Cain and DC in their prime would smoke him. I got Frank bodying him too. He's great and exciting and all but let's not get crazy now.

Would love to see him fight Gane, Stipe, and Jon to really gauge how good he is.
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"...His D is suspect." :eek:
 
He got hit a few times and it’s the HW division. You gotta have a great defence to keep winning. I’m afraid he gets knocked out before he becomes teh GOAT.
With that said, Jon’s not fighting this man. No way, unless he’s ready to lose.
 
Nabs said:
I love Aspinall, but Bisping saying that he could be the GOAT is not happening at all. Like ever... I actually think he'll get caught very soon. His D is suspect.

As far as all the talk about never having seen a HW move like him, how about the Emelianenko brothers? Both had faster hands than him IMO and were as agile.

I think HWs like Cain and DC in their prime would smoke him. I got Frank bodying him too. He's great and exciting and all but let's not get crazy now.

Would love to see him fight Gane, Stipe, and Jon to really gauge how good he is.
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Hoe many 6'5 260 HWs move like him?
 
kingmob6 said:
He is not even champ yet. Fedor won 28 in a row. Its def premature
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Alot of them fights where in RINGS which is no knock on him as it had top talent. But the rule set alone makes it easier to notch up wins without taking a heap of damage.

While it's an amazing record it was a different time and place and by today's standards you can't really compare the 2.
 
Nabs said:
I love Aspinall, but Bisping saying that he could be the GOAT is not happening at all. Like ever... I actually think he'll get caught very soon. His D is suspect.

As far as all the talk about never having seen a HW move like him, how about the Emelianenko brothers? Both had faster hands than him IMO and were as agile.

I think HWs like Cain and DC in their prime would smoke him. I got Frank bodying him too. He's great and exciting and all but let's not get crazy now.

Would love to see him fight Gane, Stipe, and Jon to really gauge how good he is.
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Ultimately Bisping is a UFC hype guy, he'll push the idea that nothing beyond the last few years matters and in that respect Aspinall does definitely stand out as a big agile guy in a division full of much more plodding fighters

As you say I do think this fight and the Sergei P match seem to show hiis defence is a bit iffy, as I'v said before I do get a bit of the "Rockholds" from him. Unlike Luke of course he does have power in his hands but I kind of get the idea that he thinks he's better than he is defensively with all the feinting and moving whilst actually still being pretty hittable which does seem like a reciepe for getting hurt at some point. To be fair I spose he ate what Pav and Blaydes landed on him without being hurt at all and guys like Jones and Gane are not exactly known for one punch power.

I very much doubt Jones ever fights him though, I think if Stipe or him pull out again he'll likely just retire, probably a match with Gane is next.
 
OldBoy91 said:
Let's be real, nobody is winning 28 fights at HW in this era of MMA.

Aspinall isn't going to get any gifts like Hong Man Choi or Yuji Nagata or Zuluzinho when he's at the height of his powers.
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I'm curious, how would you see a fight with Almeida going? We know Jailton is immediately diving in, but could Tom finish him like Blaydes did or has Jailton learned from that? Would Tom stop his TD's? What's your thoughts?
 
who do you think he's going to get knocked out by? because he's beaten arguably the most dangerous puncher in the division by first rd KO after eating a big punch off of him. i don't know if you noticed but the HW division EVERYONE'S defense is sus.
 
Domitian said:
I'm curious, how would you see a fight with Almeida going? We know Jailton is immediately diving in, but could Tom finish him like Blaydes did or has Jailton learned from that? Would Tom stop his TD's? What's your thoughts?
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Not sure. Almeida could potentially be a hard matchup for Aspinall just because of how relentless he is in pursuing the takedown. I don't think people will be as worried about him after seeing what Blaydes did to him though. He just kind of crumpled and gave up the second Curtis showed any resistance.

Jailton is a lot slower, so he'd be in danger every second the fight stays standing, but the same goes for every other HW.

We haven't seen Aspinall taken down since he was a kid in the sport basically in his early 20s. He is active off his back, using butterfly guard to sweep or go for heel hooks from the bottom. He even throws up triangles from the bottom.

IF Jailton gets Aspinall down, its an interesting fight. If he can't, he is easy pickings.
 
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