Pavlovich vs Aspinall

Who won Pavlovich vs Aspinall?

Tom Aspinall beat Sergei Pavlovich by during the co-main event of UFC 295, on Saturday 11th November 2023 at Madison Square Garden in New York City.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Tom Aspinall.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 5 rounds in the Heavyweight division, which meant the weight limit was 265 pounds (18.9 stone or 120.2 KG).

This contest was for the UFC heavyweight championship.

Pavlovich vs Aspinall stats

Sergei Pavlovich stepped into the octagon with a record of 18 wins, 1 loss and 0 draws, 15 of those wins coming by the way of knock out.

Tom Aspinall made his way to the cage with a record of 13 wins, 3 losses and 0 draws, 10 of those wins coming by knock out and 3 by submission.

Sergei Pavlovich's UFC record stood at 6-2-0, while Tom Aspinall's came in at 7-1-0.

The stats suggested Pavlovich had a slight advantage in power over Aspinall, with a 83% knock out percentage over Aspinall's 77%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Aspinall had a large advantage over Pavlovich, boasting a 23% submission rate over Pavlovich's 0%.

Sergei Pavlovich was the same age as Tom Aspinall, at 31 years old.

Aspinall had a height advantage of 2 inches over Pavlovich. Despite this, he had 6-inch reach advantage.

Pavlovich was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 3 more fights, and made his debut in 2014, 7 days later than Aspinall, whose first professional fight was in 2014. He had fought 8 more professional rounds, 28 to Aspinall's 20.

Pavlovich vs Aspinall form

Aspinall had beaten 4 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 2 of them, going the distance twice.

In his last fight before this contest, he had lost to Curtis Blaydes at UFC Fight Night London on 23rd July 2022 by knockout in the 1st round at The O2, London, United Kingdom.

Previous to that, he had won against Alexander Volkov at UFC Fight Night London on 19th March 2022 by submission in the 1st round at 02 Arena, London.

Going into that contest, he had beaten Sergey Spivac at UFC Vegas 36 on 4th September 2021 by knockout in the 1st round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas, United States.

Before that, he had defeated Andrei Arlovski at UFC Vegas 19 on 20th February 2021 by submission in the 2nd round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

He was victorious against Alan Baudot at UFC Fight Island 5 on 10th October 2020 by knockout in the 1st round at UFC Fight Island, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.

Activity check

Pavlovich's last 4 fights had come over a period of 5 years, 4 months and 25 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 4 months and 8 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 4 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 1 rounds on average.

Aspinall's last 5 fights had come over a period of 3 years, 6 months and 8 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 8 months and 14 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 6 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 1.2 rounds on average.

What were the odds on Pavlovich vs Aspinall?

Sergei Pavlovich was a 9/10 (-110) underdog going into the contest, while Tom Aspinall made his way into the ring at 9/10 (-110) with oddsmakers.