Tom Aspinall has in the short time yielded a number of incredible highlights that he spent in the Octagon.
His success in the heavyweight division has led him to become one of the most popular and exciting hunters in sport today.
The highlights of Aspinall are a large part of that, where the interim champion is a ruthless fight finisher who can close the show in an instant.
His speed and strength are what Aspinall vs Jon Jones makes for so many people, even if many people get tired of the constant conversation around it.
Before he arrived in the UFC, the Brit achieved a quick victory on which he does not look back with good memories because of the impact it had on his opponent.
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Tom Aspinall's Cage Warriors's debut ended in a pathogenic leg injury to his opponent
On February 16, 2019, Tom Aspinall returned to MMA after a three -year break by making his debut about Cage Warriors.
The Brit is very used to not spending too much time in the cage and although his main event at CW 101 was a fast outing, it was not as he hoped.
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Less than 90 seconds in the first round, Aspinall checked a kick of his opponent, Sofiane Boukichou, causing the Frenchman to sustain a horrible leg injury.
It is remarkable that Boukichou, who is still fighting today, would make a remarkable recovery and would compete again later that year, confronted with a debuting Oumar 'Rug Rug Rug' Kane in Ares.
The interim heavyweight champion of the UFC spoke about this fight and how he looks back at Paddy Pimblett's Chattin Pony Podcast during an appearance.
“It was absolutely terrible, you know. I would literally lose rather than that happened. To be honest, I would rather be eliminated than that, as if someone literally could not walk for a year because it was disgusting.
“When he tried to get it, I knew what had happened right away. That was terrible, the worst fight of my career by far.”
Tom Aspinall supported his opponent years before his own devastating injury
Although Sofiane Boukichou needed surgery in England, his team had to fly back to France to return to their daily lives, leaving the hunter himself.
Tom Aspinall put out his hand to ask if he needed something with a photo of the two former opponents who touched social media the next day, even if the heavyweight Elite did not want to publish his friendly gesture.
Three years later, the Brit would suffer his own devastating injury in the cage.
Aspinall has openly spoken about the adversity with which he was confronted with his knee injury that took place only 15 seconds in his first fight with Curtis Blaydes.
He told Pimblett during the podcast that he was trying to think about what he would like and need if he was in that position in helping Boukichou in 2019.