Tom Aspinall: From Family Gym to UFC Interim Heavyweight Champion
Post Run High
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🗓️ 22 May 2025
⏱️ 24 minutes
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Summary
UFC interim heavyweight champion, Tom Aspinall, joins Kate Mackz for a candid post-run interview, exploring the heart behind his rise from a family gym to global fame. Tom shares his martial arts upbringing, guided by his dad’s wisdom, and how he stays grounded despite millions of eyes watching. From debunking MMA stereotypes to revealing the mental toughness behind his fights, he opens up about resilience, family, and his goals to stay healthy and unbeaten. Perfect for fighters, runners, and anyone chasing dreams; this episode is a knockout of inspiration.
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| 0:00.0 | Hi guys, welcome back to Post Run Hi. Today I'm sharing a conversation. I had a little while |
| 0:09.1 | back with Tom Aspinall, who is the interim UFC heavyweight champion. Tom and I ran a few |
| 0:14.1 | miles through Midtown Manhattan and then sat down to record this conversation at the hotel |
| 0:18.8 | where the fighters stay. And we actually filmed in the same |
| 0:22.1 | room where the weigh-ins happened just a few hours before the UFC 309 way-ins. So the room |
| 0:28.1 | definitely had a calm before the storm type of energy with Madison Square Garden gearing up for |
| 0:33.8 | the John Jones versus D. Pei-Miotich fight. And over the years, I have had the chance to interview |
| 0:38.6 | all kinds of athletes from recreational runners to Olympians to pros in a range of sports. And I have to say |
| 0:45.5 | UFC fighters are quickly becoming some of my favorite athletes to feature. Every time I've had |
| 0:52.1 | the opportunity to chat with somebody from UFC, |
| 0:54.9 | I am in awe by how focused, disciplined, and humble they are. This conversation with Tom was special |
| 1:01.1 | for a lot of reasons, but one that really stood out was having his dad, Andy Aspinall, there with us. |
| 1:06.8 | Andy's not just Tom's dad, he's his coach, his training partner, and his biggest supporter. |
| 1:11.9 | He's been there since day one, helping shape Tom's entire career. And if you're a UFC or |
| 1:17.0 | fighting fan, you know how much grit and sacrifice it takes to get to the top. Seeing them together |
| 1:23.0 | and learning about their dynamic brought back so many memories for me because I grew up with a dad |
| 1:27.2 | like that too who was always showing up, running drills with us in the backyard, and pushing |
| 1:31.3 | us to be our best in anything we did. So I know what that kind of father child or parent child |
| 1:36.9 | support looks and feels like. And on top of that, my family is full of UFC fans. So the second |
| 1:42.2 | they found out that I'd be running and sitting down with |
| 1:44.8 | Tom Aspinall, my phone did not stop blowing up. Also, just to note, this was one of the very first |
| 1:50.0 | times I did a full sit down interview after a run. So if you've been listening to Post Run High |
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