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Tom Aspinall Recalls Turning Down UFC Deal to Continue at Cage Warriors

The UFC heavyweight champion said he rejected a UFC contract when he was 25-years-old to get more experience in MMA at Cage Warriors. “I didn’t think I had enough experience to fight in the UFC,” he said. He added that Matchups later dried up because “there’s not a lot of heavyweights” in Cage Warriors, so he accepted the UFC offer.