Desperate to Save Dana White’s Face, Hunter Campbell’s Last Minute Deal With Tom Aspinall After Jon Jones Shocker Revealed

The Jon Jones vs. Stipe Miocic heavyweight title clash set for UFC 295 in November 2023 was one of epic proportions and consequences. Last year was a rollercoaster ride for Dana White Why, you ask? Well, the UFC supremo had to deal with back-to-back PPV main events falling through. One such event was UFC 295. Had Jones not torn his pectoral muscles, the PPV could have given us the biggest clash in UFC heavyweight history. Instead, we saw the rise of arguably the next big thing in the UFC 265 lbs division!

Approximately a year after the hubbub, the promotion of their documentary “Fight Inc: Inside the UFC” by Roku has unveiled some exhilarating scenarios that happen backstage in the fight business. In one such clip, we could witness Hunter Campbell booking the Tom Aspinall vs. Sergei Palvovich fight. Let us see how the interaction went through between them.

Dana White and Hunter Campbell’s race against time to save UFC 295

The second half of 2023 was nothing less than a war for the promotion. After saving UFC 294 from two sabotaged fights, Jon Jones came out of the syllabus for Dana White. Just a week ahead of his clash against Miocic, ‘Bones’ tore his pectoral muscles which forced Dana White to call his protege Hunter Campbell and his team to save UFC 295. In the latest “Fight Inc: Inside the UFC” we could witness that the UFC supremo was absolutely devastated by the news and it was Campbell who took charge.

So how did Campbell manage the situation so effectively? Well, it is simple, he made a call to the Aspinall and Palvovich camps and informed them about the clash, and voila! It must be noted that the entire UFC’s top management was kind of forced to give Aspinall the Interim heavyweight belt as there was no other way to clinch in such big stars to fight on such short notice.

“Alright, listen, this is between you and I. I’m probably going to announce it shortly. You and Sergei Pavlovich are going to be fighting for the interim title. Like I told you, crazy sh*t happens, you never know!” said Campbell in a conversation with Tom Aspinall on the phone. The Interim champ was sleeping when the phone rang as described by him and he just got the news and said yes.

Well, Tom Aspinall vs. Sergei Pavlovich was not the only fight that Hunter Campbell wanted to make. The UFC supremos’s protege wanted something much more than that.

Hunter Campbell was looking to rope in a lightweight title fight at UFC 295

Charles Oliveira and Islam Makhachev were supposed to clash at UFC 294 but just a week ahead of their clash, Oliveira suffered a nasty cut above his eye that rendered him out of the event and Alexander Volkanovski had to step up. Makhachev defeated the former featherweight champion in the very first round and thus was deemed for a back-to-back clash by Campbell.

Hunter Campbell was sure that he could clinch in the lightweight greats for a clash and promised Dana White for it as well, “The other thing we can do is try and see if Islam and Oliveira can fight. Islam took a single punch, and Oliveira is still in shape, and his cut would be ready by then too. I think I can pull that off,” said Campbell. However, team Oliveira denied any clash for the Brazilian till he fully recovered from his injuries.

Hunter Campbell tried his best to save UFC 295 and he for sure succeeded in it. Nonetheless, Jon Jones is now ready to return and looks like it will be against Miocic. Do you believe that the heavyweight champion will come back with a bang? State your thoughts in the comments below.