Overview
- In comments to Hablemos MMA, published by MMA Junkie, Waldo Cortes-Acosta urged the UFC to introduce an interim heavyweight championship.
- He said he wants to fight Alexander Volkov or Ciryl Gane for that belt, calling either matchup acceptable.
- He outlined a path where the interim winner would face Tom Aspinall after a possible Gane–Aspinall rematch, which he presented as his proposal.
- Yahoo Sports reports Aspinall is out indefinitely and could need multiple eye surgeries, and there is no UFC announcement on an interim title.
- Cortes-Acosta is leveraging his UFC 324 stoppage of Derrick Lewis and recent momentum to argue for immediate contention.