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UFC London 2022 card in full: Pimblett vs Leavitt, McCann vs Goldy, Blaydes vs Aspinall

The UFC London fight card has been finalised which will see a stacked event return to the capital on Saturday night.

The July 23 card was confirmed in April after UFC president Dana White was blown away by the March 19 card - the first in the UK since 2019. White named the March 19 card as the greatest Fight Night event in its history - and immediately stated he would make plans to return to the UK this year.

Whilst initially having no plans to return until 2023, White shuffled events around before announcing the July 23 card, which will see Tom Aspinall return to action as he takes on explosive heavyweight Curtis Blaydes.

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Liverpool stars Paddy Pimblett and Molly McCann will both return to the UFC London octagon for the event.

March 19 saw a stacked card at the O2 Arena, with incredible fights throughout the night - including Pimblett's first-round win, McCann's incredible KO and Aspinall's statement victory as every British fighter except for one was able to win their match-ups in a huge night for British MMA.

After Aspinall's win over Alexander Volkov, he was seen talking to White on the UFC's official social media pages and it has been tentatively agreed that he will once again headline the card.

Confirmed fights

Curtis Blaydes vs Tom Aspinall (heavyweight)

Jack Hermansson vs Chris Curtis (middleweight)

Paddy Pimblett vs Jordan Leavitt (lightweight)

Nikita Krylov vs Alexander Gustafsson (light heavyweight)

Molly McCann vs Hannah Goldy (women’s flyweight)

Paul Craig vs Volkan Oezdemir (light heavyweight)

Prelims

L’udovit Klein vs Mason Jones (lightweight)

Marc Diakiese vs Damir Hadzovic (lightweight)

Nathaniel Wood vs Charles Rosa (bantamweight)

Makwan Amirkhani vs Jonathan Pearce (featherweight)

Muhammad Mokaev vs Charles Johnson (flyweight)

Jai Herbert vs Kyle Nelson (lightweight)

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