Tom Aspinall is uncertain the best way to deal with combating Curtis Blaydes in a single day at UFC 304.
Aspinall (14-3 MMA, 7-1 UFC) defends his interim title in a rematch towards Curtis Blaydes (18-4 MMA, 13-4 UFC) within the July 27 co-main occasion (pay-per-view, ESPN, ESPN+) at Co-op Stay in Manchester, England.
The UFC 304 predominant card begins at 3 a.m. BST (10 p.m. ET) on ESPN+ pay-per-view, following the standard begin occasions for U.S. pay-per-views. Which means Aspinall is predicted to make the stroll at round 4:30 a.m. native time.
Aspinall initially had an thought of doing his coaching camp in Las Vegas to regulate to the odd timings, however shortly realized that it wouldn’t be too sensible.
“In all honesty, I don’t know proper now,” Aspinall advised Submission Radio. “I’m a bit misplaced on the considered it. My authentic thought was I’m going to go to Vegas. I’m going to coach in Vegas, and I’m going to get on Vegas time and I’m going to stay with that.
“Then I used to be, like, sh*t, Vegas is like 18 hours away. For me to be on Vegas time after which 5, six days earlier than the combat come again to Manchester and journey 18 hours, that’s exhausting simply inside itself whether or not you’re on a time distinction or not. So I pushed that to the facet.”
Aspinall thinks it’s greatest to hunt assist and recommendation from others. He finds it bizarre to need to fully alter his sleep schedule whereas being within the U.Ok.
“In all honesty, I f*cking – I don’t know,” Aspinall mentioned. “I don’t know what I’m doing at this level. I’m going to talk to a few individuals most likely who’re so much smarter than I’m and see if we are able to make some form of compromise.
“I used to be considering one thing like possibly I’ll try to sleep at like 9 p.m., get up about 1 or 2 (a.m.), simply be awake for a few hours, after which possibly work out at like 5, possibly return to sleep for a few hours at like 7, 8. I don’t actually know … I don’t actually know.”
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