Virtually a 12 months to the day of his stunning knee damage suffered at UFC London towards perennial contender, Curtis Blaydes, the hotly-tipped, Tom Aspinall is slated to make his Octagon comeback within the capital this weekend – closing as a tough and quick betting favourite to topple Polish veteran, Marcin Tybura in his fight sports activities return.
Aspinall, the present quantity 5 ranked heavyweight contender, has been sidelined from lively blended martial arts competitors for a 12 months forward his comeback this weekend, struggling a catastrophic knee damage within the opening seconds of his second consecutive headliner on UK soil final summer time.
Blowing out his knee inside simply 15-seconds of the opening body, Atherton native, Aspinall noticed his promotional-perfect Octagon run come to a halt towards Blaydes, with the Illinois native prospering from the previous’s misfortune.
This weekend, on house soil as soon as once more, will try to return to the winner’s enclosure at UFC London – headlining an albeit lacklustre card, taking over heavyweight staple, Tybura.
And over on Betway on the time of publication, Aspinall might be backed as excessive as a -500 betting favourite to defeat the previous M-1 International heavyweight titleholder, with Tybura a hefty betting underdog at +300.
12-3 as an expert, Group Kaobon staple, Aspinall, who has been tipped to comply with within the footsteps of fellow UK favorites, Michael Bisping, and present welterweight champion, Leon Edwards to himself safe gold sooner or later, will look to reignite that title run this weekend at The O2 Enviornment.
An alum of Cage Warriors, previous to his damage TKO loss to Blaydes, Aspinall had loved a roughshod run by way of the heavyweight ranks within the UFC, toppling the likes of former champion, Andrei Arlovski, in addition to upcoming UFC Paris headliner, Sergei Spivak, and in his premiere fundamental occasion conflict, Alexander Volkov.
And linked with a future championship outing – doubtlessly as quickly as his subsequent bout, ought to he return triumphantly towards Tybura this weekend in London, Aspinall has been backed to potential earn himself a blockbuster title pairing with present champion, Jon Jones, forward of the American’s title battle return towards Stipe Miocic in November at UFC 295.
Additionally closing as a powerful betting favourite over at Betway besides, Liverpool veteran, Molly McCann is at present sitting as a -200 favourite to defeat the +150 betting underdog, Julija Stoliarenko in her return to the Octagon.
Sidelined since that includes towards the highly-touted, Erin Blanchfield at UFC 281 again in November of final 12 months at Madison Sq. Backyard, McCann seems to be to bounce again to the winner’s enclosure following a vastly one-sided first spherical kimura loss to the New Jersey native.
In one other attention-grabbing line forward of UFC London, Scottish grappling ace, Paul Craig might be backed as a +175 betting underdog forward of his battle with Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu counterpart, Andre Muniz – with the Brazilian sat as a -225 betting favourite.
The pairing with come as Craig’s first on the middleweight restrict over the course of his skilled profession, following back-to-back losses towards each Volkan Oezdemir, and in the beginning of the 12 months, Johnny Walker at UFC 283 in Brazil.
