As 17,081 fans in the O2 Arena nearly dragged the domed venue into the River Thames amid scenes of joyous chaos, Tom Aspinall remained the calmest man in the building.
He had a greater claim than anyone to indulge in the carnage at UFC London, having sparked those scenes with a first-round submission of Alexander Volkov, but Aspinall was able to take in the “madness” rather than be overawed by it.
