Hey everyone! As always, before we move into the next UFC (Blaydes vs Aspinall), here's a reminder of what went down with Brian Ortega v Yair Rodriguez (plus our post fight discussion thread).
Right, it's on to the next UFC 🎉 and the main card is full of UK MMA talent all over again, here we go with another UFC London, Blaydes vs Aspinall at the O2 🇬🇧
Curtis Blaydes's record is:
16-3-0 (Win-Loss-Draw)
Curtis Blaydes is coming off a win over Chris Daukaus, prior to that it was a win over Jairzinho Rozenstruik.
Tom Aspinall's record is:
12-2-0 (Win-Loss-Draw)
Tom Aspinall is coming off a win over Alexander Volkov, prior to that it was a win over Sergey Spivak.
Tom Aspinall hasn't lost a fight in the UFC, he's on an eight fight winning streak after a DQ against Lukasz Parobiec, prior to that he submitted to Stuart Austin due to a heel hook.
Curtis Blades has some incredible experience behind him after competing against the likes of:
- Derrick Lewis
- Alexander Volkov
- Junior dos Santos
- Francis Ngannou
- Alistair Overeem
- Mark Hunt
- Francis Ngannou
I mean, look at that list... 🤯
There is so much going on with this card including the return of Paddy Pimblett, Molly McCann, Alexander Gustafsson and Nathaniel Wood hidden away in the prelims.
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Curtis Blaydes vs Tom Aspinall Main Card
| Curtis Blaydes vs Tom Aspinall Main Card | Weight | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Curtis Blaydes | vs | Tom Aspinall | 265 |
| Jack Hermansson | vs | Chris Curtis | 185 |
| Paddy Pimblett | vs | Jordan Leavitt | 155 |
| Nikita Krylov | vs | Alexander Gustafsson | 205 |
| Molly McCann | vs | Hannah Goldy | 125 |
| Paul Craig | vs | Volkan Oezdemir | 205 |
Curtis Blaydes vs Tom Aspinall Prelims
| Curtis Blaydes vs Tom Aspinall Prelims | Weight | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Marc Diakiese | vs | Damir Hadžović | 155 |
| Makwan Amirkhani | vs | Jonathan Pearce | 145 |
| Nathaniel Wood | vs | Charles Rosa | 145 |
| Muhammad Mokaev | vs | Charles Johnson | 125 |
| Jai Herbert | vs | Kyle Nelson | 155 |
| Mandy Böhm | vs | Victoria Leonardo | 125 |
| Nicolas Dalby | vs | Claudio Silva | 170 |
Curtis Blaydes vs Tom Aspinall Live Betting Odds
Curtis Blaydes vs Tom Aspinall Global start times
When does Curtis Blaydes vs Tom Aspinall go down?
- The next UFC Date is July 23rd at the O2 Arena, London, England
- Approx start time is around 5 p.m. BST, 9 a.m PT, and 12pm ET
- Main card starts around 8 p.m. BST
- Main event octagon walkouts at around 10:00 p.m. BST (approx)
So [Blades and Aspinall] should make their way to the Octagon at around 10:15 p.m. BST, (obviously that depends on how long the prelims fights last).
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Top comments (24)
Love these London cards, love to see the support those athletes have over there and they always get stacked cards since the UFC isn’t always out there! I feel like it’s easy to sleep on this card if you don’t really know. There’s more than a few great matchups this weekend but I think the sleeper fight no one is talking about is Craig v. Oezdemir, im just hurt Darren Till is out again. Would’ve been awesome to see him return in front of a home crowd! Still have to decide who I’m picking in the main event 🤔
Glad u like em mate, MMA still pretty niche here with lots of stigma attached 😬 - the crowd are insane. Tell me more about Craig v. Oezdemir…
@louisingro are you attending this one in person?
Agree with Till, I love his fighting style but also find him a very frustrating watch with all the feints
Sorry about the no posts lately dude I've been down hill I'm health but getting back slowly but surely, yeah mate I attended UFC London, the fight card overall wasn't nothing special, but the atmosphere, the fans I met, the weigh ins which I attended with Oliviera, O'Malley and Belal, meeting Arnold Allen outside, it was all so worth it.
Wow man, sounds amazing. I am going to try and get there in the future. In terms of getting it all sorted, where did you u buy tickets, travel from, stay hotel wise etc? Was it an all weekend thing? Did you get to see the O'Malley v Yan press conference?
Yeah man was a great surreal experience, so I am signed up with UFC fightclub, so you get ticket access before general sale, but that's not even a safe bet that you'll get one like I didn't, I was lucky enough to get a great seat via a resale ticket through the official O2 ticket website itself, so as I've mentioned before I am from Portsmouth, I work on the railway so I don't have to pay for train tickets and if my pals travel with me they don't either (beers on them :) ), so what we did was travel via Portsmouth to Waterloo, then underground Jubilee line to O2 (north Greenwich) that easy. I didn't stay up there as I had a lift sorted to take us back home after the event, so we went up the Friday to watch the weigh ins and the UFC 280 conference which was a nice added bonus, the next day we travelled back up to catch the event, of course being the UFC nerd I am I watched the whole fight card even if it was hard at times haha, Paddy's walkout and the loved he received is real and way more real than what you see on the TV, the lad is a superstar, meeting Arnold Allen randomly was a great pleasure, the man is a cool guy and had time for everyone that approached him. My plan next years is to do two events, UK one again then I'm thinking about a Europe card, Holland, Sweden, Germany etc.
Craig v. Oezdemir is probably the least talked about fight on this card IMO. Paul Craig is Charles Oliveira like with his bjj in the way that he’s not scared to get knocked down because he’s gonna bait you into a submission. In his last fight it looked like Krylov was gonna finish him with ground and pound but ended up getting caught in a triangle. His fight before that against Jamahal Hill was a quick one, dislocating his elbow with an armbar and rolling him into a triangle where the ref stopped it way late 🤦🏻♂️ I wanna see if Oezdemir will wanna go to the ground with him even if he knocks him down!
[](Craig v. Oezdemir is probably the least talked about fight on this card IMO. Paul Craig is Charles Oliveira like with his bjj in the way that he’s not scared to get knocked down because he’s gonna bait you into a submission. In his last fight it looked like Krylov was gonna finish him with ground and pound but ended up getting caught in a triangle. His fight before that against Jamahal Hill was a quick one, dislocating his elbow with an armbar and rolling him into a triangle where the ref stopped it way late 🤦🏻♂️ I wanna see if Oezdemir will wanna go to the ground with him even if he knocks him down!
Mike Bisping has Tom Aspinall on his show.
History In The Walls Ft. Tom Aspinall
409 - History In The Walls Ft. Tom Aspinall
Believe You Me with Michael Bisping
Dan Hardy's breakdown for the next UFC courtesy of BT Sport
UFC London: Curtis Blaydes v Tom Aspinall Tactical Breakdown, Dan Hardy's Breakdown Show
It’s fight day boys! Enjoy!!! Especially if you’re in London 🇬🇧 @louisingro (so jealous)
BT Sport app for me! At least it's at a decent time and bundled in with my EE mobile bill 😎
The Severe MMA Podcast team out first with an episode on UFC London this weekend.
Ep. 372: Pimblett, UFC London. CW, UFC Long Island, PFL Europe & more!
Severe MMA Podcast
Dan Hardy's picks for UFC London Blaydes v Aspinall from a podcast perspective:
Outlawed Picks Podcast #57 | UFC London: Curtis Blaydes vs Tom Aspinall
Full Reptile Radio
Full reptile episode on the Paddy v Leavitt matchup 😎😎😎
The War Room #199 | Paddy Pimblett vs Jordan Leavitt | The Dan Hardy Breakdown Show
Full Reptile Radio
What a night 😵💫
Disappointed with the TKO in the main event tho, hope they play that back, I was well invested after those first few exchanges..
Post fight discussion thread
UFC London 🇬🇧 Post Fight Discussion Thread 🧐
lee ・ Jul 24 ・ 1 min read
The first of the free fight releases has come out in prep for the next UFC 👊
Tom Aspinall vs Alexander Volko, Free fight at UFC London
Hardy breaking down Aspinall v Blayes
Curtis Blaydes vs Tom Aspinall, Dan Hardy Breakdown
I keep going on about this but I wish there was a UFC London Embedded
We've almost got a UFC Embedded London episode here!
Here's the media day face offs, I can't seem to find a video that shows all the content in one broadcast..
Some nice footage of Aspinall here, love the new back tattoo ⚔️
I love the energy at these UFC London events, I also love Meatball Molly, she's all heart, watching her crying on the shoulder of Laura Sanko (I think it was her) really got to me last time round. I hope she does it again, that elbow was insane.