UFC Fight Night 208 is headlined by a tasty heavyweight showdown between American Curtis Blaydes and British Tom Aspinall. Both fighters are ranked in the top ten of their division with Blaydes currently sitting at number 4 and Aspinall occupying the 6th position. A win for Aspinall paves the way for a potential match-up against the UFC Heavyweight title holder, Francis Ngannou. The fight promises to be full of fireworks as the fighters are two of the best strikers in the heavyweight division engage.
Location: O2 Arena, London
Date: 23.07.2022; 21:00
Where to watch: ESPN+
Curtis Blaydes
After making a losing debut in the UFC against Francis Ngannou, the now 31-year-old American heavyweight has had a stellar career in the promotion amassing a record of 11 wins and 3 losses with two of the losses coming against Ngannou, the current UFC heavyweight champion. Becoming a professional in 2014, Razor has competed in the Resurrection Fighting Alliance (RFA) where he went 5-0 winning all five via TKO before joining the UFC. He earned a Performance of the Night award with a second-round TKO of Chris Daukaus in March 2022 at UFC on ESPN 33.
Curtis Blaydes, Tale of the Tape
- Age: 31
- Weight: 259 Ibs
- Height: 6’ 4”
- Reach: 80”
- Total fights: 20
- Record: 16-3-1 (No contest)
Tom Aspinall
The British heavyweight has had a perfect record since making his UFC debut against Jake Collier in July 2020 at UFC on ESPN 14. In his five wins in the promotion, 3 have come by TKO and 2 by submission. In his last fight in January 2022, Aspinall submitted former Bellator and M-1 Global champion Alexander Volkov via a first-round straight arm bar submission.
Born in Manchester, England the 29-year-old followed his father’s footsteps in taking up mixed martial arts. He has been trained in boxing, wrestling, and Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu. Aspinall has an over 70% knockout rate. His last loss in MMA was in May 2016 via a DQ for the illegal downward elbow.
Tom Aspinall, Tale of the Tape
- Age: 29
- Weight: 259 Ibs
- Height: 6’ 5”
- Reach: 78”
- Total fights: 14
- Record: 12-2-0
Odds
The oddsmakers have installed homeboy Tom Aspinall as the favorite with a win for him priced at 1.722 odds on Bet365.
A win for Curtis Blaydes is at 2.10 odds on Bet365.
Tom Aspinall (W2) by submission is 3.74 odds on 1xbet.
Total Under 3.5 is priced at 1.58 odds on 22bet.