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Tom Aspinall has revealed that he would flip down a £37.5million ($50m) offer to star in a Netflix show. The 32-year-old is getting ready for his return to the Octagon this Saturday night time, where he’ll face Ciryl Gane in Abu Dhabi. Aspinall’s last combat was a knockout victory over Curtis Blaydes in Manchester back in July 2024.

He was anticipated to take on his arch-rival Jon Jones this 12 months, but the American failed to publicly commit to the bout. Eventually, ‘Bones’ selected to retire from the game, main to Aspinall being topped the undisputed champion. His upcoming match with Gane has been long anticipated. The two fighters have exchanged verbal blows on quite a few events as they have been linked to a combat, but ‘Bon Gamin’ has been accused of avoiding the conflict as he didn’t need to combat down in the rankings.

Gane was given another alternative to face the Brit, but he declined in favour of a function in a French Netflix Original movie ‘Ok.O.’ The 35-year-old took a break from the cage before returning to the Octagon last December, defeating Alexander Volkov via cut up choice.

While mutual respect exists between both Aspinall and Gane, the previous appeared to take a dig at his forthcoming opponent, declaring he would flip down a mega-money Netflix deal while remaining an energetic competitor.

“I would not do a Netflix Documentary for $50million while I’m still active in fighting, no chance, you couldn’t pay me enough money to do it. I’m 100 per cent committed to my craft, 100 per cent,” Aspinall told RMC Sport Combat.

Gane will undoubtedly symbolize Aspinall’s most difficult examination to date inside the octagon. The Frenchman has competed for the undisputed championship on two separate events beforehand.

He initially suffered a choice defeat to Francis Ngannou in 2022, before being submitted by Jones 12 months later in Las Vegas. Aspinall has been on a exceptional rampage since becoming a member of the UFC and has only progressed past the opening spherical once since his promotional bow in 2020.

Despite this, Gane stays brimming with self-assurance and is satisfied he can develop into the first combatant to drag the Wigan fighter into the later levels. The Frenchman’s audacious feedback emerged during the UFC 321 media day on Wednesday and moments afterwards, Aspinall was made conscious of his challenger’s assertions – with the heavyweight sensation delivering ‘Bon Gamin’ a warning.

“Did he say the word deep waters?” Aspinall responded, before persevering with: “Everybody who said the word deep waters gets knocked out in the first minute.

“I don’t suppose I’m better than anyone. I feel that every combat I’m going into, I actually respect my opponent. Especially Ciryl. I feel there’s this notion in the media that and the followers that Ciryl is perhaps not that good – which is full bull****.

“I think he is really good and super-talented. He has been at the top of the division for a number of years which is never easy to do. He has been an interim champion himself. He has obviously had two title shots for the undisputed title as well. I think that people expect it to be an easy fight… I don’t expect it to be that at all. I am prepared for a really hard fight.”

When is Tom Aspinall vs Ciryl Gane?

Aspinall’s combat with Gane is scheduled to happen on October 25 at the Etihad Arena in Abu Dhabi. The duo’s encounter will top the UFC 321 pay-per-view invoice.

Alexander Volkov and Jailton Almeida will also function at the event – apparently competing for the primary heavyweight contender place. A lightweight-heavyweight conflict between Aleksandar Rakic and Azamat Murzakanov has been confirmed, with Mitch Raposo set to face off against Azat Maksum.

The co-main event will see Virna Jandiroba and Mackenzie Dern battle it out for the vacant ladies’s strawweight title. TNT Sports subscribers can tune into the preliminary card on TNT Sports 4 and TNT Sports Box Office from 5pm in the UK and Ireland.

The main card is set to kick off at 7pm UK time. In the headline bout, Gane is predicted to enter the cage first around 9:30pm UK time, adopted immediately by Aspinall.

Please observe, all combat occasions are subject to change relying on the length of the undercard. Fans in the UK and Ireland can completely watch the main card live on TNT Sports Box Office for a price of £19.99.