Interim heavyweight champion Tom Aspinall managed to fool Ariel Helwani ahead of UFC 304.
Tom Aspinall has played a hilarious prank on Ariel Helwani and the rest of the MMA world on the eve of his fight with Curtis Blaydes at UFC 304., 31, takes on Blaydes in the co-main event on Saturday, with the British fighter desperate to stay on track for a shot at current division champion Jon Jones.following their 2022 clash, which ended in just 15 seconds after the Brit injured his knee in the opening exchanges of the fight.
"When it gets to about 4 am, I get my alarm on, I go outside, do a bit shadowboxing in the hay bales - and then I do the old traveller method of dipping your knuckles in petrol for about 20 minutes as the sun is coming up, and that hardens your knuckles." He released new footage of himself on the phone to the reporter from a different angle, clearly showing there was no petrol in the bucket.
Helwani then asks if he can "keep the gag going" but Aspinall replies: "We've got to drop it. People think it's real!"
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