Blaydes vs Aspinall

Who won Blaydes vs Aspinall?

Curtis Blaydes beat Tom Aspinall by knockout in the 1st round during the main event of UFC Fight Night London, on Saturday 23rd July 2022 at The O2 in London.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 5 rounds in the Heavyweight division, which meant the weight limit was 265 pounds (18.9 stone or 120.2 KG).

Blaydes vs Aspinall stats

Curtis Blaydes stepped into the octagon with a record of 16 wins, 3 losses and 0 draws, 11 of those wins coming by the way of knock out.

Tom Aspinall made his way to the cage with a record of 12 wins, 2 losses and 0 draws, 9 of those wins coming by knock out and 3 by submission.

This was Curtis Blaydes' 19th fight in the UFC, having made his debut for the promotion in 2016. Tom Aspinall marked his 9th fight for them, having made his own debut for the promotion in 2020.

Curtis Blaydes' UFC record stood at 13-5-0, while Tom Aspinall's came in at 8-1-0.

The stats suggested Aspinall had a slight advantage in power over Blaydes, with a 75% knock out percentage over Blaydes' 69%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Aspinall had a large advantage over Blaydes, boasting a 25% submission rate over Blaydes' 0%.

Curtis Blaydes was the older man by 3 years, at 34 years old.

Aspinall had a height advantage of 1 inch over Blaydes. Despite this, he had a 2-inch reach advantage.

Blaydes was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 5 more fights, and made his debut in 2014, 6 months earlier than Aspinall, whose first professional fight was in 2014. He had fought 30 more professional rounds, 51 to Aspinall's 21.

Blaydes vs Aspinall form

Blaydes had beaten 4 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 2 of them, going to the judges twice.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had won against Tom Aspinall at UFC Fight Night London on 23rd July 2022 by knockout in the 1st round at The O2, London, United Kingdom.

Previous to that, he had beaten Chris Daukaus at UFC Fight Night Columbus on 26th March 2022 by knockout in the 2nd round at Nationwide Arena, Columbus, United States.

Going into that contest, he had defeated Jairzinho Rozenstruik at UFC 266 on 4th September 2021 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas.

Before that, he had lost to Derrick Lewis at UFC Vegas 19 on 20th February 2021 by knockout in the 2nd round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

He was victorious against Alexander Volkov at UFC Vegas 3 on 20th June 2020 by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

Activity check

Blaydes' last 5 fights had come over a period of 4 years, 8 months and 21 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 11 months and 11 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 13 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.6 rounds on average.

Aspinall's last 3 fights had come over a period of 6 years and 25 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 2 years and 9 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 3 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 1 rounds on average.

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