Tom Aspinall earns biggest win of his career at UFC London

Tom Aspinall earns the largest win of his profession with a first-round end at UFC London.

Tom Aspinall seemed cool, calm, and picked up as he made his stroll to the octagon at UFC London. He adopted it up by placing on a world-class efficiency over Alexander Volkov in his first UFC major occasion.

Aspinall showcased his boxing skillset within the opening seconds in opposition to Volkov. His motion, which at occasions seemed like that of a middleweight, overwhelmed and appeared to confuse Volkov.

However Aspinall closed the present through the use of his grappling. After weaving via a Volkov punch, he secured an enormous takedown and sunk in a nasty arm lock submission to complete the battle in Spherical 1.

Try Aspinall’s first-round end beneath.

After the win, Aspinall referred to as out third-ranked contender Tai Tuivasa for his subsequent UFC take a look at.

Tom Aspinall enters the UFC heavyweight title image

Aspinall got here into the UFC London headliner driving off of a seven-fight successful streak. After making the transfer from Cage Warriors to the UFC in 2020, he earned dominant finishes over the likes of former heavyweight champion Andrei Arlovski and Sergey Spivak.

Volkov had received three of his final 4 bouts getting into the newest UFC major occasion of his profession. After finishes over Walt Harris and Alistair Overeem, he suffered a unanimous choice loss to former interim champion Ciryl Gane earlier than bouncing again with a win over Marcin Tybura at UFC 267.

Volkov had additionally earned vicious knockouts over the likes of former champion Fabricio Werdum and Stefan Struve.

The victory over Volkov places Aspinall proper into the heavyweight title image following a profitable 2022 debut.

UFC London befell on Saturday, March 19, 2022, reside from the O2 Area in London, England. Comply with together with FanSided MMA for all of your information and highlights.