Former UFC middleweight champion Michael Bisping has sent a warning to British heavyweight Tom Aspinall ahead of his UFC return this weekend.
Aspinall returns to the Octagon for the first time in 12 months when he takes on Marcin Tybura in the headline contest of Saturday's UFC London event.
The fight will be Aspinall's first since picking up a knee injury against Curtis Blaydes last summer, and while Bisping believes that his fellow countryman can become a future UFC champion, it is no foregone conclusion that he will make easy work of Tybura.
"Tom is without question a future UFC champion but I'm not saying he beats Marcin Tybura," Bisping told Betway.
"Tybura is a real threat. Tybura is no walk in the park. He's big, strong and maybe able to shut down some of the things Tom does well.
"Will Tom be able to blast through him and double leg him like he's done other people? I don't know if he can. Tom's done that in the past.
"On the feet Tom's deadly but so is Tybura. It's a very competitive fight, who knows, Tom could blow through him or we might see Tybura get a hold of him, ragdoll him and control him.”