Aspinall prioritises sleep when he gets home after training but for Andy, this is the time when he often watches fight footage of Gane.
“Tom watches him too but he doesn’t have any say in what we’re going to do for eight to 12 weeks,” says Andy.
Aspinall and his team respect Gane and they know the nature of heavyweight MMA, where the tide of the fight can turn in an instant, means preparation can sometimes be thrown out of the window.
“You never know what you’re doing outside of fight training, if it’s working or not, until you get in the fight, and then you don’t know what’s going to happen in the fight,” says Andy.
“I just think Tom’s got to be trained as good as he can be and his body’s got to be able to react.”
Aspinall spent 19 months as interim champion waiting for an undisputed title fight with Jon Jones to materialise before the American retired.
In that time, Aspinall defended the interim title once against Curtis Blaydes, 15 months ago.
Aspinall ends the interview by revealing his desire to get the heavyweight division moving again.
“I just want to be active. I think one of the things about the heavyweight champ is, they’ve not been very active,” said Aspinall.
“So I would like to fight regular. Twice, three times a year, and keep the division moving.”
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