Curtis Blaise vs Tom Azpinar
Jack Hermanson vs Darren Till
Nikita Krylov vs Alexander Gustavsen
The 212th tournament of the UFC Fighting Night will be held on July 24, Beijing time, once again at the O2 Stadium in London, the capital of the United Kingdom. The headline main game of the day has been determined to be a heavyweight showdown, with American star Curtis Blaise playing against homegrown rising star Tom Aspinar, and another middleweight match, Sweden's Jack Hermanson against local star Darren Trier.
Curtis Blaise (16-3, 11 K, 0 S) is 31 years old and has a height of 193cm with an arm span of 203cm. He started his professional MMA career in 2014 and joined the UFC in 2016 with a score of (5-0) and has achieved (11-3, 1 N) results in the UFC so far. In his UFC debut, he was defeated by Francis Ngannou's TKO in the second set, after which he won five consecutive games and 1 resultless, and in 2018, he was again defeated by the first TKO in the second match with Nagano. Another four consecutive wins were played in 2019, ending in February 2021 by Derrick Lewis's second KO defeat streak and the most recent two-game winning streak, with a point-out victory over Jairzinho Rozenstruik last September and chris Daukaus in the second set in March of this year. Blaise is currently ranked 4th in the UFC official rankings.
Tom Azpinar (12-2, 9 K, 3 S) is 29 years old and has a height of 196cm with an arm span of 198cm. He started his professional MMA career in 2014 and joined the UFC in 2020 with a (7-2) result and three consecutive wins, and has won five consecutive victories at the UFC so far. 100% career termination rate, 11 first-turn terminations, only one second-turn finish. Among them, Andrei Arlovski was demoted in the second set last February, TKO Sergey Spivak in the first set in September last year, and Alexander Volkov in the first set in March this year. Azpinar is currently ranked 6th in the UFC official rankings in the heavyweight category.
Jack Hermanson (22-7, 11 K, 6 S) is 33 years old and has a height of 185cm with an arm span of 197cm. He began his professional MMA career in 2010 and won the CMFC MiddleWeight Championship in 2014 and defended his title twice. He won the WFS MiddleWeight Championship in 2015 and joined the UFC in 2016 with a (13-2) result and eight consecutive wins, and has achieved a (9-5) result in the UFC so far. After losing the first TKO of Thiago Santos in 2017, he began to play four consecutive wins in 2018, ending his second TKO winning streak in September 2019, downlifting Kelvin Gastelum in the first set in July 2020 and losing points to Marvin Vettori in December. The 2021 points victory over Edmen Shahbazyan just lost to Sean Strickland in February. Hermanson is currently 7th in the welterweight of the UFC official rankings.
Darren Till (18-4-1, 10 K, 2 S) is 29 years old and has a height of 183cm with an arm span of 189cm. He started his professional MMA career in 2013 and joined the UFC in 2015 with a (12-0) result, and has achieved a (6-4-1) result in the UFC so far. Tyron Woodley, who challenged former UFC sub-middleweight champion Tyron Woodley in September 2018 with an unbeaten golden body, was unfortunately demoted in the second set and suffered a career first defeat, was defeated by Jorge Masvidal in the second ko in March 2019, and rose to the middle point in November to beat Kelvin Gastelum. Suffering two recent straight losses, the 2020 points loss to Robert Whittaker just lost in September 2021 by Derek Brunson in the third set. Tyre is currently 8th in the welterweight of the UFC official rankings.
The tournament also confirmed a light heavyweight showdown, with Sweden's Alexander Gustavsen (18-7, 11 K, 3 S) against Ukrainian toughster Nikita Krylov (27-9, 11 K, 15 S).
Match Match Chart:
Heavyweight Competition:
Curtis Blaydes (#4) vs. Tom Aspinall (#6)
Middleweight Competition:
Jack Hermansson (#7) vs. Darren Till (#8)
Light Heavyweight Competition:
Nikita Krylov (#11) vs. Alexander Gustafsson
Flyweight Competition:
Muhammad Mokaev vs. Charles Johnson
Past interviews
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