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5 Defining Moments: Sergei Pavlovich
Sergei Pavlovich now has his moment in the sun.
The 6-foot-3, 260-pound Russian will lock horns with Tom Aspinall for the interim Ultimate Fighting Championship heavyweight crown in the UFC 295 co-main event on Saturday at Madison Square Garden in New York. Pavlovich, 31, steps back into view with the wind of a six-fight winning streak in his sails, his overall record having been buoyed to 18-1. The Eagles MMA export has delivered 15 of his 18 professional victories by knockout or technical knockout, five of them in less than a minute.
As Pavlovich moves ever closer to his high-stakes confrontation with Aspinall, a look at five of the many moments that have come to define him:
1. Golden Nugget