UFC interim heavyweight champion Tom Aspinall had an interaction with content creator Nina-Marie Daniele last year that went viral on social media. During an interview with Daniele, Aspinall went on to ask her an NSFW question.
"Have you ever been fi***red by an MMA fighter before?... What would it take?"
Check out the interaction between Tom Aspinall and Nina-Marie Daniele's interaction below:
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Aspinall's comment stirred quite a controversy as people criticized the heavyweight for asking an inappropriate question.
Daniele later uploaded a video to X where she addressed the controversy. The content creator defended Aspinall and shared that she was not offended by the 31-year-old's question.
"I absolutely love Tom Aspinall's humor! The reason he asked me that crazy question is because we follow each other on Instagram and sees all the weird questions my followers ask me. Aspinall is funny AF and he didn't offend me AT ALL! He was trying to get a reaction out of me and he got a good one LOL. I asked him some crazy a** questions too!"
Check out Nina-Marie Daniele's response below:
What's next for Tom Aspinall in the UFC?
Tom Aspinall is all set to defend his UFC interim heavyweight title on July 27. He will lock horns against Curtis Blaydes at UFC 304. The event will be held at the Co-op Live in Manchester, England and a title fight between Leon Edwards and Belal Muhammad will serve as the headliner.
The fight between Aspinall and 'Razor' will be a rematch as the two athletes first locked horns in July 2022. The fight was a short-lived affair as the British fighter suffered a knee injury just 15 seconds into the contest. The bout was stopped and Blaydes was declared the winner by TKO.
Since that encounter, Aspinall has scored back-to-back knockout victories against Marcin Tybura and Sergei Pavlovich. 'Razor', on the other hand, is coming off a knockout victory against Jailton Almeida.
So, it will be interesting to see how a second clash between the two heavyweights will unfold come fight night.