Russian UFC fighter Sergei Pavlovich will be the favorite for the next fight with Briton Tom Aspinall, said mixed style fighter Alexey Makhno.
Earlier, UFC chief Dana White said Pavlovich would fight Aspinall for the organization’s interim heavyweight title. The fight will take place at UFC 295 in New York on November 11. The fight became possible because current champion Jon Jones was injured and will fight Stipe Miocic.
— I consider Pavlovich a favorite, of course. But I am biased in this fight, Sergei and I are on good terms, we have known each other for a long time. Aspinall is dangerous, but stylistically convenient for Pavlovich. Tom will have to hit from top to bottom, and Sergei will come closer, in this component he is more dangerous.
At the same time, not a single Aspinall fight went beyond the second round, almost all of them ended in the first. Pavlovich’s last fights also ended quickly, but he had fights lasting three rounds and one lasting five rounds. He has experience. Plus, Tom comes in. In any case, of course, there is danger, but here I see our fighter as the 70/30 favorite. The time has come for Sergei, he simply gained maximum and unshakable confidence in himself and his abilities. It’s really his time to be a champion,” Makhno told RB Sport.
Pavlovich has 18 wins and one loss in MMA and is on a six-fight winning streak. Aspinall has 13 wins and three losses. In the UFC, the Briton fought six fights, in which he won five victories.
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