Interim heavyweight champion Tom Aspinall will get an opportunity to avenge his final loss when he faces Curtis Blaydes within the UFC 304 co-main occasion on July 27 in Manchester, England. UFC CEO and President Dana White introduced the match on Thursday in a video posted to social media.
“The (UFC 304) co-main occasion will probably be interim heavyweight champion Tom Aspinall, he will probably be going through Curtis Blaydes,” White stated within the video announcement. “It is a rematch from two years in the past the place Aspinall suffered an unlucky knee harm. Aspinall has 14 wins, all by end, and all however one is within the very first spherical. He faces Curtis Blaydes who just lately stopped the surging Jailton Almeida at UFC 299.”
Aspinall (14-3) gained the interim title by knocking out Sergei Pavlovich at UFC 295 final November. With champion Jon Jones anticipated to return from harm and tackle former two-time titleholder Stipe Miocic later this 12 months, Aspinall is not ready on the champion.
Blaydes (18-4, 1 NC) is coming off a ‘Efficiency of the Evening’ win over Almeida. When Blaydes and Aspinall first met within the UFC Battle Evening 208 important occasion, the struggle barely acquired began earlier than Aspinall fell to the canvas holding his knee. Blaydes picked up the TKO win however the first struggle solely lasted 15 seconds. If ever there was a struggle that wanted to be run again, it is this one.
