Tom Aspinall is prepared to vacate his heavyweight strap if the UFC offers his friend and training partner Ante Delija a world title shot.

Delija got off to a flying start to his UFC career last month when he blasted away Marcin Tybura in the opening stanza to earn a No.9 spot in the 265lbs rankings.

Aspinall believes the Croatian contender is 'two or three fights' away from competing for the belt.

And if this prophecy proves to be true, then Aspinall will gladly step to one side.

“My friend and training partner [Ante Delija] just got to the UFC, and just beat a guy in the Top 10, so he’s potentially 2-3 wins away from a title shot,” Aspinall told the ShxtsNGigs podcast.

“So the thing is, if I never won a title, I never touched gold before, we’d have to fight. Because that was my

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