UFC Fight Night 208 main event
The fight will take place on July 24 in London (UK) at The O2 Arena and will become the main event of the UFC Fight Night 208 tournament. The estimated start of the fight is 00:30 Kyiv time. The fight will be broadcast live on Setanta Sports.
No. 4 UFC heavyweight American Curtis Blades (16-3, 1 NC) will fight No. 6 British Tom Aspinall (12-2).
The Blades, after a brutal knockout loss to Derrick Lewis in February 2021, returned in September with a unanimous decision over Jairzinho Rozenstruik. And in March, Blades finished with strikes at the start of the second round of Chris Dokos.
Aspinall is undefeated in the UFC, having won all five fights in the promotion. The 100% finisher from Liverpool last year was marked by a submission by Andrei Orlovsky and a knockout by Sergei Spivak. In March 2022, in the main event of the London UFC Fight Night 204 tournament, Aspinall defeated Alexander Volkov with a lever arm in the first round.
Prediction for the fight
These are two heavyweight wagons, only Blades is a versatile fighter with an emphasis on wrestling. Aspinall has two submissions in the UFC, but it’s unlikely he’ll try to get Blades on the floor. In terms of fighting to date, Curtis is probably the best in the division.
So Aspinall will try to realize in the stand, having heavy hands for this. The probability that the fight will go the whole distance, we consider low. We prefer Aspinall due to home walls, good takedown defense and advantage in the stance. Blades suffered all three defeats from blows, so the Briton has a good chance to break through the Razor again. However, anything can happen in this fight.
Aspinall wins by knockout in the 2nd round
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