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.