Tom Aspinall Shares Thoughts Following UFC London Leg Injury

UFC heavyweight contender Tom Aspinall sounds optimistic about his immediate future following a nasty leg injury at UFC London. Just 15 seconds into his fight against Curtis Blaydes, Aspinall hurt his knee off of a kick, and the fight was immediately s…

UFC heavyweight contender Tom Aspinall sounds optimistic about his immediate future following a nasty leg injury at UFC London. Just 15 seconds into his fight against Curtis Blaydes, Aspinall hurt his knee off of a kick, and the fight was immediately stopped. Blaydes was ruled the TKO victor despite the fight barely getting started. Blaydes…

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Curtis Blaydes Emphatically Rules Out Aspinall Rematch

Curtis Blaydes feels for Tom Aspinall and fans worldwide for the way UFC London ended but not bad enough to grant Aspinall an immediate rematch. At UFC London, one of the best heavyweight fights that could be booked in all of MMA was made when top-10 U…

Curtis Blaydes feels for Tom Aspinall and fans worldwide for the way UFC London ended but not bad enough to grant Aspinall an immediate rematch. At UFC London, one of the best heavyweight fights that could be booked in all of MMA was made when top-10 UFC heavyweights Curtis Blaydes and Tom Aspinall locked horns…

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Fighters React To Blaydes’ Injury Stoppage Win Over Aspinall At UFC London

Curtis Blaydes secured a reluctant injury stoppage TKO win over Tom Aspinall in the main event of UFC London today. It was the second such anti-climactic end to a UFC main event in the last fortnight, with fans in the O2 Arena left wanting for what pro…

Curtis Blaydes secured a reluctant injury stoppage TKO win over Tom Aspinall in the main event of UFC London today. It was the second such anti-climactic end to a UFC main event in the last fortnight, with fans in the O2 Arena left wanting for what promised to be one of the most exciting heavyweight…

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5 Positives & 5 Negatives From UFC London

On Saturday night, the MMA leader brought us UFC London, live from The O2 arena in England’s capital. The event marked the second UK-held card of 2022, with the success of the promotion’s visit in March spurring the UFC to make the trip acr…

On Saturday night, the MMA leader brought us UFC London, live from The O2 arena in England’s capital. The event marked the second UK-held card of 2022, with the success of the promotion’s visit in March spurring the UFC to make the trip across the pond again just four months later. Returning to the Octagon…

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Curtis Blaydes Wants The Winner of Tai Tuivasa vs Ciryl Gane

Curtis BlaydesCurtis Blaydes is looking forward to facing the winner of Ciryl Gane and Tai Tuivasa, after his win over Tom Aspinall at UFC: London. The fight didn’t go exactly how Blaydes envisioned the bout going, as he won via TKO/injury in 15 seconds. Aspinall’s knee blew out as he went to take a step back, […]

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Curtis Blaydes is looking forward to facing the winner of Ciryl Gane and Tai Tuivasa, after his win over Tom Aspinall at UFC: London.

The fight didn’t go exactly how Blaydes envisioned the bout going, as he won via TKO/injury in 15 seconds. Aspinall’s knee blew out as he went to take a step back, after landing a leg kick on Blaydes. It was another unfortunate end to a card, just one week after the Yair Rodriguez vs Brian Ortega fight.

Blaydes claimed that he wan’t even going to go to his wrestling, and wanted to stand and throw hands with Aspinall. He was asked in his post-fight interview if that was the plan.

“Yeah, everyone was hyping up his speed. He’s not as fast as you guys think he seems to be. I know it was only 15 seconds, but every exchange he got touched. A lot of his highlights when he’s sparking these guys, they’re stagnant… I don’t believe the hype, I just don’t think he’s that fast.” Blaydes said.

Curtis Blaydes will only fight the winner of Gane vs Tuivasa, and won’t fight down the rankings

“Heading into this fight I envisioned the winner, who is me, facing the winner of Gane and Tuivasa. I’m not ‘gonna pass up an opportunity to fight those guys.” Blaydes said

He continued on to another question, asking whether he would rather fight again instead of waiting for Gane and Tuivasa.

“No, why would I do that? That doesn’t help me with the rankings at all. Staying active? You don’t have to stay active. You have to beat highly ranked opponents. So I’m going to wait for the winner, I will not be taking numbers 6-8. It doesn’t help me, it helps them. I’m not looking to give any handouts.”

Blaydes was firm that he would like to fight the winner of Gane and Tuivasa. A win over one of them, would insure him a title fight as well.