Tom Aspinall vs Ciryl Gane in Paris?
Following Ciryl Gane’s victory over Alex Pereira for the interim heavyweight title, White was asked whether there could be the chance the UFC books a rematch between Gane and undisputed champion Tom Aspinall for Paris, and turn the event, which is currently scheduled to be a UFC Fight Night show, into a numbered UFC event.
“I’ll try, sir. I’ll try to get that that done for you,” he smiled. “Listen, I get it. I agree with you, it would be big, and we’ll obviously do whatever we can to make something big happen, especially in Paris. The fanbase out there is great, and I know that all the live events out there are fun. So, we’ll see what we can do.”
Fight For The Troops to return?
White made clear on numerous occasions that a repeat of the White House event, and even more outdoor shows, aren’t on his wishlist for the future, but he did reveal the possible return of a popular event from yesteryear.
“Well, the President and I are talking about doing a ‘Fight For The Troops’ (event) next year. So, obviously, if you did a ‘Fight For The Troops,’ we’d do all that kind of stuff. We did a lot of them in the past. We used to work with the Fisher family, who were very dialed in with the military and could get things done easily. It’s not easy to get things done on military bases and things like that, but when we have the Fisher family, and then obviously the President can make a lot of things happen, so we’re talking about doing it next year… He wanted to do it this year, and I said, ‘Sir, I need a year to recover financially from the White House fight, so give me a year!’”