![]() That run of success continued on Saturday night when Aspinall dropped Spivac with an elbow from the clinch, then finished his man with a flurry of ground strikes at the 2:30 mark to register the 11th win of his professional career.Īfter his victory, Aspinall said he wanted to continue his steady rise up the heavyweight rankings Manchester fighter Aspinall, 28, submitted former UFC heavyweight champion Andrei Arlovski in February to move into the UFC's heavyweight rankings. The night's co-main event saw English heavyweight prospect Tom Aspinall score his fourth consecutive win in the octagon with a first-round victory over Moldova's Serghei Spivac. ![]() "That'll give me five or six fights to get my body right and prepare for this last, long title push that I'm trying to make." Aspinall claims quickfire finish "I know Izzy and Whittaker have got a fight coming up. "I'm not broke, I'll sit and wait," he said. "I'm tired of these guys not mentioning my name," said a frustrated Brunson after the fight, before saying he is happy to wait for his title opportunity, rather than continue facing other contenders. But, after Till connected with a big straight left that appeared to hurt Brunson, the American managed to drag Till to the canvas, where he submitted him with a rear-naked choke at the 2:13 mark to extend his winning streak to five fights. Liverpool's Till, 28, looked sharp in the stand-up exchanges early on, but had no answer to Brunson's takedowns.Īfter two rounds spent largely on the mat, Till started to find his mark in round three. In the main event of the evening, Darren Till's hopes of earning a shot at UFC middleweight champion Israel Adesanya were dealt a blow as the English middleweight lost to veteran contender Derek Brunson. Till loses out as Brunson targets title shot Derek Brunson celebrates his victory He made that leap on Saturday at the UFC Apex. Pimblett, 26, was constantly linked with the UFC throughout his time with British MMA promotion Cage Warriors, where he became a featherweight champion.īut, despite twice being offered contracts to join the UFC, Pimblett turned down the chance on both occasions, opting instead to stay on the UK scene until he felt he was ready to make the jump to the world stage. "Get your boy in the main event, or the co-main, and I'll blow the roof off the gaff." ![]() "Dana, Shelby, let's get England back on, lad! Let's get back to the UK. "People are going to be calling me out now. I'm the new main man on the UFC roster," he declared. ![]() He then announced his arrival as a new force in the UFC's lightweight division, before calling on UFC president Dana White and matchmaker Sean Shelby to bring the UFC back to England. "''Me and you will be having this conversation after a first-round finish.' And what happened?"Īfter Bisping mentioned that Pimblett was caught early in the fight, the victorious Englishman shrugged it off, as he grinned: "I'm a Scouser. "What did I tell you, Mike?" he told English UFC Hall of Famer and former middleweight champion Michael Bisping who interviewed him in the ring after his victory at UFC Fight Night 191 in Las Vegas. A right hand from Pimblett stunned the Brazilian, and "The Baddy" followed up with a breathless salvo of strikes that eventually dropped Vendramini and forced referee Mark Smith to step in and wave off the bout at the 4:25 mark. ![]()
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