When is Blaydes vs Aspinall?
Curtis Blaydes is set to square off against Tom Aspinall, as the main event of UFC Fight Night London, on Saturday 23rd July 2022 at The O2 in London.
The fight is scheduled for 5 rounds in the Heavyweight division, which means there is no weight limit.
Blaydes vs Aspinall stats
Curtis Blaydes steps into the ring with a record of 16 wins, 3 loses and 0 draws, 11 of those wins coming by the way of knock out.
Tom Aspinall will make his way to the ring with a record of 12 wins, 2 loses and 0 draws, with 9 of those wins by knock out and 3 by submission.
The stats suggest Aspinall has a slight advantage in power over Blaydes, with a 75% knock out percentage over Blaydes' 69%.
Curtis Blaydes is the older man by 2 years, at 31 years old.
Aspinall has a height advantage of 1 inch over Blaydes. Despite this, he has 2-inch reach advantage.
Blaydes is the more experienced professional fighter, having had 5 more fights, and made his debut in 2014, 6 months earlier than Aspinall, whose first professional fight was in 2014. He has fought 29 more professional rounds, 46 to Aspinall's 17.
Blaydes vs Aspinall form
Blaydes has beaten 4 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 2 of them, going to the judges twice.
In his last fight, he defeated Chris Daukaus at UFC Fight Night Columbus on 26th March 2022 by knockout in the 2nd round at Nationwide Arena, Columbus, United States.
Previous to that, he had defeated Jairzinho Rozenstruik at UFC 266 on 4th September 2021 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas.
Going into that contest, he had been beaten by Derrick Lewis at UFC Vegas 19 on 20th February 2021 by knockout in the 2nd round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.
Before that, he had beat Alexander Volkov at UFC Vegas 3 on 20th June 2020 by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.
He had won against Junior dos Santos at UFC on ESPN+ 24 on 25th January 2020 by knockout in the 2nd round at PNC Arena, Raleigh.
Aspinall has won 5 of his most recent fights, stopping 3 of them, going the distance twice.
In his last fight, he beat Alexander Volkov at UFC Fight Night London on 19th March 2022 by submission in the 1st round at 02 Arena, London, United Kingdom.
Previous to that, he had beat Sergey Spivak at UFC Vegas 36 on 4th September 2021 by knockout in the 1st round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas, United States.
Going into that contest, he had defeated Andrei Arlovski at UFC Vegas 19 on 20th February 2021 by submission in the 2nd round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.
Before that, he had won 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.
He had defeated Mickael Ben Hamouda at Cage Warriors 107 on 28th September 2019 by knockout in the 1st round at Exhibition Centre, Liverpool, England.
Activity check
In terms of recent activity, Curtis Blaydes has been fighting more than Tom Aspinall.
Curtis Blaydes last fought 1 month and 26 days ago, while Tom Aspinall's last outing was 2 months and 3 days ago.
Blaydes' last 5 fights have come over a period of 2 years, 3 months and 27 days, meaning he has been fighting on average every 5 months and 18 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 14 rounds, meaning that they have lasted 2.8 rounds on average.
Aspinall's last 5 fights have come over a period of 2 years, 7 months and 24 days, meaning he has been fighting on average every 6 months and 12 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 6 rounds, meaning that they have lasted 1.2 rounds on average.
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