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Tom Aspinall reveals details of UFC meeting in London, teases 'big news' in Jon Jones saga

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Tom Aspinall has been sidelined since his successful 60-second interim title defense against Curtis Blaydes in July .

The 31-year-old says he's "feeling very optimistic" about his future after a recent meeting with UFC executives.

Asinall has only fought for a collective three minutes and 37 seconds in his past four fights.

UFC CEO Dana White has maintained confidence in the long-awaited heavyweight title unification bout.

Jon Jones was originally interested in fighting Alex Pereira over Alex Aspinall .

Pereira dropped his light heavyweight title to Magomed Ankalaev at UFC 313 earlier this month .

Jones was vocal about wanting to fight Pereira , but Pereira 's loss means he can no longer compete with him.

Jones said he needed "F

you money" for the fight, otherwise a champion vs. champion fight was his target.