Entering the main event of UFC London last July, Tom Aspinall’s form was verging on frightening. The Wigan heavyweight was fresh off his eighth straight win, which also marked his eighth straight stoppage, and only one of those fights had reached the second round. Yet none of those victories was as swift as this ‘defeat’.
Aspinall’s knee buckled beneath him just 15 seconds into his bout with Curtis Blaydes, leaving the Briton wincing on the canvas, clutching his knee. Blaydes flung his hands above his head, expressing disbelief, disappointment, and then sympathy for his opponent.
