Aspinall vs Arlovski

Who won Aspinall vs Arlovski?

Tom Aspinall beat Andrei Arlovski by submission in the 2nd round, during the main card of UFC Vegas 19, on Saturday 20th February 2021 at UFC APEX in Las Vegas.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Heavyweight division, which meant there was no weight limit.

Aspinall vs Arlovski stats

Tom Aspinall stepped into the ring with a record of 9 wins, 2 loses and 0 draws, 8 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 1 by submission.

Andrei Arlovski made his way to the ring with a record of 30 wins, 19 loses and 0 draws, with 17 of those wins by knock out and 3 by submission.

The stats suggested Aspinall had a massive power advantage over Arlovski, boasting at 89% knock out percentage over Arlovski's 57%.

Tom Aspinall was the younger man by 14 years, at 29 years old.

Aspinall had a height advantage of 2 inches over Arlovski. That also extended to a 1-inch reach advantage.

Aspinall was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 38 less fights, and made his debut in 2014, 15 year and 8 months later than Arlovski, whose first professional fight was in 1999. He had fought 103 less professional rounds, 18 to Arlovski's 121.

Aspinall vs Arlovski form

Andrei Arlovski had beaten 3 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight before this contest, he had won against Tanner Boser at UFC Vegas 13 on 7th November 2020 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at UFC APEX, Las Vegas, United States.

Previous to that, he had won against Philipe Lins at UFC Fight Night Jacksonville on 13th May 2020 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena, Jacksonville.

Going into that contest, he had beat Ben Rothwell at UFC on ESPN 4 on 20th July 2019 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at AT&T Center, San Antonio.

Before that, he had been beaten by Shamil Abdurakhimov at UFC Fight Night 136 on 15th September 2018 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Olimpiyskiy Arena, Moscow, Russia.

He had lost to Tai Tuivasa at UFC 225 on 9th June 2018 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at United Center, Chicago, United States.

Activity check

Aspinall's last 3 fights had come over a period of 3 years, 7 months and 15 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 2 months and 17 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 3 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 1 rounds on average.

Arlovski's last 5 fights had come over a period of 4 years, 3 months and 22 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 10 months and 11 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 15 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3 rounds on average.