UFC heavyweight Tom Aspinall is worried Kamaru Usman rushed into a trilogy fight with Leon Edwards too soon after his KO loss.
Usman, 35, looks to win back his UFC welterweight title less than seven months after losing it to Edwards in their rematch. 'The Nigerian Nightmare' was dominating the fight before being knocked out with a last-gasp head-kick to lose his belt with less than a minute remaining. It was Usman's first defeat in almost a decade and almost marked the only time he's been knocked out in his professional career.
Aspinall has questioned whether the former champion is facing Edwards on too quick of a turnaround following his KO defeat, stating: "The thing that concerns me is that was a heavy knockout, like six or seven months ago. Can the brain physically recover that quick from something like that?
