With a host of highlight-reel performances against the Heavyweight division’s cream of the crop such as Marcin Tybura, Alexander Volkov, and Sergei Pavlovich, Tom Aspinall has easily embarked on one of the most meteoric rises in UFC history. With all but one of his promotional victories coming in the first round, many were already touting that the Englander would be fighting for 265-lb. gold at some point.
At UFC 295, Aspinall lived up to those lofty expectations by starching the aforementioned Pavlovich in the very first round to claim the Interim UFC Heavyweight Championship, becoming only the third English fighter to win a UFC title.