UFC Fight Night: Blaydes vs. Aspinall | ||||
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Information | ||||
Promotion | Ultimate Fighting Championship | |||
Date | July 23, 2022 | |||
Venue | The O2 Arena | |||
City | London, England | |||
Attendance | 17,813[1] | |||
Total gate | $4,320,679[1] | |||
Event chronology | ||||
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UFC Fight Night: Blaydes vs. Aspinall (also known as UFC Fight Night 208 and UFC on ESPN+ 66) was a mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship that took place on July 23, 2022, at The O2 Arena in London, England.[2]
A heavyweight bout between Curtis Blaydes and Tom Aspinall headlined the event.[3]
Former UFC Welterweight Championship challenger Darren Till and Jack Hermansson were originally expected to headline UFC on ESPN: Hermansson vs. Vettori in December 2020, but the middleweight bout was scrapped after Till was injured.[4] They were then expected to meet at this event.[5] In turn, Till pulled out once again due to injury on July 6 and was replaced by Chris Curtis.[6]
Main card (ESPN+) | |||||||
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Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
Heavyweight | Curtis Blaydes | def. | Tom Aspinall | TKO (knee injury) | 1 | 0:15 | |
Middleweight | Jack Hermansson | def. | Chris Curtis | Decision (unanimous) (29–28, 29–28, 30–27) | 3 | 5:00 | |
Lightweight | Paddy Pimblett | def. | Jordan Leavitt | Submission (rear-naked choke) | 2 | 2:46 | |
Light Heavyweight | Nikita Krylov | def. | Alexander Gustafsson | KO (punches) | 1 | 1:07 | |
Women's Flyweight | Molly McCann | def. | Hannah Goldy | TKO (spinning back elbow and punches) | 1 | 3:52 | |
Light Heavyweight | Volkan Oezdemir | def. | Paul Craig | Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 30–27) | 3 | 5:00 | |
Preliminary card (ESPN+) | |||||||
Lightweight | Ľudovít Klein | def. | Mason Jones | Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 30–27) | 3 | 5:00 | |
Lightweight | Marc Diakiese | def. | Damir Hadžović | Decision (unanimous) (30–26, 30–26, 30–27) | 3 | 5:00 | |
Featherweight | Nathaniel Wood | def. | Charles Rosa | Decision (unanimous) (30–26, 30–26, 30–27) | 3 | 5:00 | |
Featherweight | Jonathan Pearce | def. | Makwan Amirkhani | TKO (punches) | 2 | 4:10 | |
Flyweight | Muhammad Mokaev | def. | Charles Johnson | Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 30–27) | 3 | 5:00 | |
Lightweight | Jai Herbert | def. | Kyle Nelson | Decision (unanimous) (29–28, 29–28, 29–28) | 3 | 5:00 | |
Women's Flyweight | Victoria Leonardo | def. | Mandy Böhm | Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 30–27) | 3 | 5:00 | |
Welterweight | Nicolas Dalby | def. | Cláudio Silva | Decision (unanimous) (29–28, 29–28, 29–27) | 3 | 5:00 |
The following fighters received $50,000 bonuses.[8]
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