Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2024-07-27, pretty good mma bout: Tom Aspinall vs Curtis Blaydes 2 gets three stars (UFC Performance of the Night – take a look at our ranking of the Best Mma Fights of 2024).Blaydes 2 vs Aspinall is scheduled to take place Saturday, July 27th, at the Co-op Live in Manchester (England), in a 5-round heavyweight (265 lbs, 120 kg) bout; it is valid for the interim UFC heavyweight championship and it is on the undercard of Leon Edwards vs Belal Muhammad 2 – UFC 304. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Tom Aspinall record
The black belt in Bjj and current interim Ufc Hw champion Tom Aspinall entered this fight with a pro mma record of 14-3-0 (100% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.2 heavyweight in the world (currently the #1 in this division is Jon Jones).
He lost the first bout against Curtis Blaydes in 2022 (Curtis Blaydes vs Tom Aspinall I) but then he has beat Marcin Tybura (Tom Aspinall vs Marcin Tybura) and Sergei Pavlovich (Sergei Pavlovich vs Tom Aspinall).
Curtis Blaydes record
His opponent, Curtis Blaydes, has a record of 18-4-0 (72% ko/tko victory rate – he has never won via submission) and he entered as the No.4 in the heavyweight division.
He lost to Sergei Pavlovich last year (Sergei Pavlovich vs Curtis Blaydes) but he came back to win with Jailton Almeida in March 2024 (Curtis Blaydes vs Jailton Almeida).
Fight card
Here is the UFC 304 full fight card (we are going to update it after the weigh-in):
MAIN CARD (live on ESPN PPV)
Leon Edwards vs Belal Muhammad 2
Tom Aspinall vs Curtis Blaydes 2
Bobby Green vs Paddy Pimblett
Gregory Rodrigues vs Christian Leroy Duncan
Arnold Allen vs Giga Chikadze
PRELIMINARY CARD (live on ESPN 2 / ESPN+)
Nathaniel Wood vs Daniel Pineda
Molly McCann vs Bruna Brasil
Caolan Loughran vs Jake Hadley
Manel Kape vs Muhammad Mokaev
EARLY PRELIMINARY CARD (live on ESPN+ / UFC Fight Pass)
Preston Parsons vs Oban Elliott
Marcin Prachnio vs Modestas Bukauskas
Sam Patterson vs Kiefer Crosbie
Michael Parkin vs Lukasz Brzeski
Alice Ardelean vs Shauna Bannon
Countdown – Video preview
Watch the official video of the full episode of UFC 304 countdown Tom Aspinall vs Curtis Blaydes 2, a documentary to know better the life of both fighters and how they prepare for their bout.
Full fight video / highlights
Here we are going to post a selection of the best videos about the bout Tom Aspinall vs Curtis Blaydes 2 as soon as the match ends. If you have seen the full fight you can rate it at the bottom of this post. (All videos are hosted on free video platforms such as Youtube, Dailymotion, Facebook, etc. and not uploaded by AllTheBestFights.com)
Official highlights – Spanish
Result
Who won Aspinall vs Blaydes 2 fight?
Tom Aspinall defeated Curtis Blaydes via TKO at 1:00, round 1.
Post-fight interview
Listen the words of the winner or the two fighters after their bout, here is the UFC 304 post-fight octagon interview of Tom Aspinall and Curtis Blaydes.
