Tom Aspinall’s best fighter of 2025 has fought only once this year.
Aspinall recently named lightweight champion Ilia Topuria as his “Fighter of the Year.”
“The fighter that stands out for me is Ilia Topuria,” Aspinall said on his YouTube channel. “I just think he is unbelievable.”
Topuria has competed only once this year, when he knocked out Charles Oliveira to win the vacant lightweight title in June. For Aspinall, Topuria’s knockout of Oliveira is also the best knockout of the year. However, the heavyweight champion admits that he might be biased due to the live atmosphere, as he was in attendance for the event.