UFC champ Aspinall inks business deal with boxing promoter Hearn
UFC heavyweight champion Tom Aspinall has signed with Eddie Hearn’s newly established Matchroom Talent Agency.
The signing and the institution of Matchroom’s new company was introduced on Thursday in an enormous transfer for each Aspinall the British promoter.
Hearn, who’s chairman of Matchroom Boxing and has guided the careers of former two-time heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua and two-time undisputed ladies’s champion Katie Taylor, will now handle and advise Aspinall in his first transfer into MMA.
The UFC champion had teased an announcement on social media on Thursday with the caption “back to business.”
Matchroom will host a information convention in London on Friday.
Hearn mentioned he believes the transfer is a perfect subsequent step for each him and Matchroom and hailed Aspinall as the right first signing.
“It has become a guiding principle to seek out people who are humble but heroic in equal measure. Their journey is our journey. Their triumph, our purpose,” Hearn mentioned.
“UFC world heavyweight champion Tom Aspinall is the perfect embodiment of that — and he is the ideal, inaugural member of our team.”
Welcome to the workforce UFC Heavyweight Champ @AspinallMMA – Time to get what’s yours 👑
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—Eddie Hearn (@EddieHearn) March 5, 2026
The transfer comes amid a rising rivalry between Hearn and UFC boss Dana White, who’s now additionally main Zuffa Boxing.
The two promoters have gone backwards and forwards within the media in latest weeks, with White touchdown a big blow by signing British fighter Conor Benn from Hearn, who Matchroom had hoped can be their greatest star within the coming years.
Meanwhile, Aspinall, who stays underneath combating contract with the UFC, hasn’t fought since he defended his title in October towards Ciryl Gane.
The fight was stopped when Aspinall was poked in the eye on multiple occasions. He has since undergone surgery. He has now opted to have Hearn assist information his subsequent strikes.
“I’m really excited to welcome Eddie [Hearn] and the Matchroom Sport group in a commercial and advisory role, and to become the first athlete to join the new Matchroom Talent Agency,” Aspinall mentioned.
“Eddie has built one of the biggest brands in Sport and understands how to take athletes to the next level, both inside and outside of competition.”
