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UFC Fight Night: Blaydes vs. Aspinall UFC 277: Peña vs. Nunes 2 UFC Fight Night: Blaydes vs. Aspinall (also known as UFC Fight Night 208 and UFC on ESPN+ 66 ) was a mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship that took place on July 23, 2022, at The O 2 Arena in London , England.
Blaydes faced Tom Aspinall on July 23, 2022, at UFC Fight Night 208. [49] Blaydes won the fight via TKO after Aspinall suffered a knee injury and was unable to defend himself in the opening minute of the fight. [50] Blaydes faced Sergei Pavlovich on April 22, 2023, at UFC Fight Night 222. [51] He lost the fight via technical knockout in the ...
The win earned Aspinall his third Performance of the Night bonus award. [30] Aspinall was scheduled to face Shamil Abdurakhimov on 19 March 2022, at UFC Fight Night 204. [31] However, on 21 January 2022, it was announced that Aspinall would instead face Alexander Volkov. [32] Aspinall won the fight via straight armbar submission in round one. [33]
Aspinall suffered a knee injury just 15 seconds into a fight with Blaydes in July 2022. Since then, Aspinall has knocked out Marcin Tybura and Pavlovich, while Blaydes has gone 1-1. The American ...
Curtis Blaydes feels underrated, doesn't expect to go five full rounds against 'absolute monster' Tom Aspinall Curtis Blaydes feels underrated, expects a short night against 'absolute monster' Tom ...
An interim UFC Heavyweight Championship bout between the title holder Tom Aspinall and Curtis Blaydes co-headlined the event. [7] They previously met at UFC Fight Night: Blaydes vs. Aspinall in July 2022 in which Blaydes won after Aspinall injured his knee fifteen seconds into the bout keeping him out of competition for a year. [8]
Blaydes' sole focus is on increasing his earnings. He said he'll make more money if he's the champion and that's what is driving him now.
The event was the first in London since UFC Fight Night: Till vs. Masvidal in March 2019. The UFC was expected to return to the city in March 2020 at UFC Fight Night: Woodley vs. Edwards and in September 2021 at UFC Fight Night: Brunson vs. Till, but the first event was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and the latter was relocated to Las Vegas.