Saturday night time will mark the UFC’s second journey to London in simply 4 months, with March’s scintillating version of the occasion forcing combined martial arts’ flagship promotion right into a speedy return.
Tom Aspinall, Paddy Pimblett and a bunch of British fighters secured assertion wins at UFC London in March, sending the O2 Enviornment into raptures on a night that broke Struggle Night time and O2 Enviornment data.
Aspinall’s first-round submission of Alexander Volkov that night time has earned him one other main-event spot this Saturday, with Curtis Blaydes set to face throughout the Octagon from the British heavyweight in what could possibly be a conflict to crown a No 1 contender.
Pimblett, in the meantime, was arguably the star on the O2 Enviornment in March, through the first version of UFC London since 2019. The Liverpudlian light-weight will tackle Jordan Leavitt right here as he appears to additional construct his profile.
Right here’s all that you must learn about a stacked card.
When is it?
UFC London takes place on Saturday 23 July on the O2 Enviornment.
The prelims will start at 5pm BST, with the primary card following at 8pm. Ring walks for the primary occasion are anticipated to happen at roughly 10pm.
How can I watch it?
The cardboard will air stay on BT Sport within the UK, with the broadcaster’s app and web site additionally streaming the fights.
Within the US, ESPN+ will stream the motion stay, as will the UFC’s Struggle Move.
Odds
Aspinall – 4/6; Blaydes – 11/10
Pimblett – 4/11; Leavitt – 15/8
Full odds right here, by way of Betfair.
Predictions
Aspinall is going through his hardest check but, however his trajectory and performances thus far means that he’ll be capable to utilise his eclectic skillset to discover a well past Blaydes. All three of Blaydes’ skilled losses have come by way of knockout, although all had been in opposition to heavier hitters than Aspinall (Derrick Lewis as soon as and Francis Ngannou twice). The American has a grappling benefit, so anticipate Aspinall to maintain the combat standing and don’t be shocked if he outpoints Blaydes; if the Briton is to cease the vacationer, it would doubtless be by means of voluminous strikes fairly than a one-punch KO.
Pimblett is equally taking up his most harmful opponent thus far, and the Liverpudlian has been in worrying positions in each of his UFC outings – significantly when he was dropped in his most up-to-date combat. As such, “Paddy The Baddy”’s declare of “Scousers don’t get knocked out” appears like it could sooner or later come again to hang-out him, however Leavitt has achieved most of his wins by way of submission. Due to this fact, it’s within the grappling exchanges that the American will provide the best menace right here. If Pimblett could make the bout a placing affair, he might properly document a scrappy knockout as he did in his UFC debut. That mentioned, he too has a major variety of submission wins, so sticking to placing could be a tactic influenced by his benefit in that realm – not due to any drawback in grappling.
Full card
Curtis Blaydes vs Tom Aspinall (heavyweight)
Jack Hermansson vs Chris Curtis (middleweight)
Paddy Pimblett vs Jordan Leavitt (light-weight)
Nikita Krylov vs Alexander Gustafsson (gentle heavyweight)
Molly McCann vs Hannah Goldy (ladies’s flyweight)
Paul Craig vs Volkan Oezdemir (gentle heavyweight)
Prelims
Marc Diakiese vs Damir Hadzovic (light-weight)
Nathaniel Wooden vs Charles Rosa (bantamweight)
Makwan Amirkhani vs Jonathan Pearce (featherweight)
Muhammad Mokaev vs Charles Johnson (flyweight)
Jai Herbert vs Kyle Nelson (light-weight)
Mandy Bohm vs Victoria Leonardo (ladies’s flyweight)
Claudio Silva vs Nicolas Dalby (welterweight)
L’udovit Klein vs Mason Jones (light-weight)
Kaynak: briturkish.com