Tom Aspinall has loads of promise within the UFC’s heavyweight division.
The English fighter has impressed many in his run via the division prior to now couple of years. On this spectacular begin, certainly one of his most convincing wins got here towards Sergey Spivak again at UFC Battle Evening 204 in September 2021. Aspinall confirmed off his unbelievable hand velocity to rapidly put away the Moldovan fighter in lower than three minutes.
You’ll be able to watch Aspinall’s win within the video above.
Aspinall returns to the octagon this Saturday in the primary occasion of UFC Fight Night 224 at The O2 in London. He takes on veteran Marcin Tybura in a key heavyweight bout.
Aspinall (12-3 MMA, 5-1 UFC) is coming off his first defeat within the octagon, the place he suffered a knee damage 15 seconds into his struggle with Curtis Blaydes final July in London. Aspinall required surgical procedure and rehab, however he’s now totally match to compete. Previous to the knee damage, Aspinall was on an eight-fight profitable streak.
Tybura (24-7 MMA, 11-6 UFC) is arguably on his greatest profession kind. The Polish fighter is 7-1 in his previous eight bouts and has defeated notable names similar to Ben Rothwell, Greg Hardy, Blagoy Ivanov, Walt Harris and others. His lone defeat got here in 2021 towards Russia’s Alexander Volkov. For extra on the cardboard, go to MMA Junkie’s occasion hub for UFC Fight Night 224.
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