Tom Aspinall will get his wish.
Aspinall (8-2 MMA, 1-0 UFC) will face Serghei Spivac (11-2 MMA, 2-2 UFC) on the UFC’s Oct. 10 card, which is expected to take place at Yas Island in Abu Dhabi, UFC officials announced Tuesday.
British heavyweight @AspinallBJJ gets his wish! 🇬🇧
He faces Serghei Spivac on Oct 10 pic.twitter.com/OtFxhMcDiM
— UFC Europe (@UFCEurope) September 1, 2020
After taking out Jake Collier in just 45 seconds in his UFC debut in July, Aspinall called out Spivac for a fall showdown and got what he asked for. The Team Kaobon heavyweight prospect has finished his past four fights, all in Round 1.
Spivac has split his first four UFC appearances and is coming off a majority decision win over Carlos Felipe in July, the first time he’s gone the distance in a win.
With the addition, the latest Oct. 10 lineup includes:
- Marlon Moraes vs. Cory Sandhagen
- Edson Barboza vs. Sodiq Yusuff
- Markus Perez vs. Rodolfo Vieira
- Seungwoo Choi vs. Youssef Zalal
- Ben Rothwell vs. Marcin Tybura
- Thomas Almeida vs. Alejandro Perez
- Tracey Cortez vs. Bea Malecki
- Chris Daukaus vs. Rodrigo Nascimento
- Abu Azaitar vs. Joaquim Buckley
- Tom Aspinall vs. Serghei Spivac
