“UFC London” will go down as the night Tom Aspinall turned the corner from heavyweight super-prospect to true contender.
Facing the biggest challenge of his young career in the headline fight of UFC Fight Night 204 at London’s O2 Arena, Aspinall made it look shockingly easy, running right through Alexander Volkov in just 3 minutes and 45 seconds. The Russian giant only landed one strike of any real consequence; the rest was all one-way traffic, as Aspinall beat Volkov to the punch, took him down with ease and used a nifty kimura transition to lock on a straight armbar for the finish.