The result of the fight between the Russians Sergei Pavlovich and British Tom Aspinall cannot be called an accident, ASA heavyweight champion tells Evgeny Goncharov .
On Sunday night in New York, Aspinall knocked out Pavlovich in the first round and became the interim UFC heavyweight champion. This broke Pavlovich’s six-fight winning streak in the first round. For the Russian, this defeat was the second of his career. He previously lost in his UFC debut in November 2018, when he lost to Alistair Overeem in the first round. All eight of Pavlovich’s UFC fights ended in the first round.
“The fight didn’t go the way we hoped.” I’m talking about MMA fans in Russia. I supported Sergei and believed he could win. But that’s how it happens in fights, when two finishers enter the fight – someone goes down. Before the fight, everyone knew someone was going to go down, but we thought someone would be Aspinall. It was clear that Aspinall was faster and Sergei had to catch him in oncoming traffic. Unfortunately, Pavlovich did not succeed. Aspinall was the first to strike the first blow. That’s all.
The fight proved fleeting, Aspinall was faster. Although it was clear that Sergei was also moving well, taking shortcuts and throwing punches. But he missed earlier, such is the result. We have what we have. There are no accidents in such fights. Apparently Aspinall was supposed to win today. We wish Sergei a recovery so that he can quickly return to the winning path,” Goncharov told .
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