Bumpy though it may have been, Tom Aspinall’s road led in only one direction: straight to the top.
The Team Kaobon star captured the interim Ultimate Fighting Championship heavyweight title and did so in spectacular fashion when he wiped out Sergei Pavlovich with punches in the first round of their UFC 295 co-headliner on Nov. 11, 2023 at Madison Square Garden in New York. Aspinall slammed the door shut 69 seconds into Round 1.
Pavlovich zapped the Englishman with a left hook during one of their first exchanges but never managed to follow up.