Rico Verhoeven is amused at the idea of Conor McGregor or anyone else trying to use his sparring footage with interim UFC champion Tom Aspinall as analysis for a potential title unifier with Jon Jones.
Verhoeven, the current GLORY Kickboxing heavyweight champion, is a good friend of Aspinall, with the pair frequently using each other in training camps for their respective bouts. They were in the gym recently, with Aspinall (15-3 MMA, 8-1 UFC) getting some rounds for his potential backup role at UFC 309 this month when Jones (28-1 MMA, 22-1 UFC) took on Stipe Miocic, as well as assisting Verhoeven ahead of his title defense with Levi Rigters at GLORY COLLISION 7 on Dec. 7 in the Netherlands.
After Jones defeated Miocic by third-round TKO, UFC CEO Dana White said he will do everything in his power to make the fight with Aspinall next. In anticipation of that, Aspinall recently said on “The Ariel Helwani Show” that Jones is worried about facing him because of the lack of fight footage he has to prepare off.
