Curtis Blaydes vs Tom Aspinall Prediction: Expecting the American Fighter to Win

The UFC Fight Night 208 mixed martial arts tournament will take place July 23 in London. In the main event of the evening, the top fighters of the league, Curtis Blaydes from USA and Tom Aspinall from England will meet.

The bout will take place in the heavyweight division. Curtis Blaydes is number four in the official UFC rankings and Tom Aspinall is sixth. In bookmaker's betting odds the English fighter is a slight favorite.

The fans know Curtis Blaydes very well, who was pointed out his mistakes and shortcomings by Alexander Volkov. However, after him, Blades was suddenly knocked out by Derrick Lewis. Then, he got two solid wins, returned to the title race, and in his last fight won by technical knockout over dangerous Chris Daukaus. Curtis is a top wrestler, but he wins mostly by technical knockouts. But these are all consequences of his phenomenal aggressive fighting - he breaks them in parterre and punches them with powerful ground and pound. The fighter is strong physically, but not so great standing, there are questions about his cardio as well.

Tom Aspinall is on his way to the title bout, having already eight wins in a row. So everything goes on to the point that if he wins, he might get a chance to fight for the belt.

All his victories came within the distance. In fact, almost all of them happened in the first round, only experienced Andrei Arlovski survived till the second one. It's funny, that in his three previous fights Aspinall finished fighters from former Soviet Union - Arlovski, Spivak, and Volkov.

In my opinion, Curtis Blaydes is the toughest challenge in the division. So, for me to look past that, it’s basically suicide. When I’ve got a fight, all I’m thinking about is my opponent. I couldn’t care less about what anybody else does. For me, I think if I start thinking about other opponents. I’m just taking my eye off the challenge in front of me. It’s heavyweight MMA, you can’t be surprised by anything. Not even in this division, but in this sport, you can never be surprised. The heavyweights are so big, we can all beat each other

Tom Aspinall before the bout with Blaydes

Bookmakers see the Englishman as the favorite as he is going undefeated and fights at home. But Alexander Volkov, whose style is similar to his, has taught Blades a lot. Obviously, Curtis will learn from his mistakes. But he probably won't do it right away, and in the first two rounds, he'll just try to survive. Tom Aspinall has never even made it to the third round, and there will be five rounds here, so the championship ones should be Blades' territory.

Nevertheless, the bookmakers consider the Englishman to be the favorite and that's good news for the bettor.

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