Tom Aspinall knew something big was happening the moment he received a phone Tuesday from “one of the highest-up people in the UFC” who never calls him. The person called inquiring if he could be ready to fight in just under two weeks at UFC 295. Then at 4 a.m. on Wednesday, Aspinall got the call : With heavyweight champion Jon Jones injured and forced out of his fight with Stipe Miocic , the offer was for Aspinall to face fellow top contender Sergei Pavlovich for the interim title in the UFC 295 co-main event Nov. 11 at Madison Square Garden. Of course he said yes
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