From stunning Jorge Masvidal KO to Michael Bisping legend killing and one fiece elbow – UFC London best moments

The UFC makes its 16th appearance in London this weekend for what promises to be another electrifying night in the capital. Birmingham’s Leon Edwards seeks a dominant victory to earn himself another shot at welterweight gold as he takes on American Sean Brady. talkSPORTEdwards faces Brady in the main event of UFC London[/caption] Jan Blachowicz and Carlos Ulberg meet in a pivotal co-feature match-up, while Liverpudlian Molly McCann makes her return to the Octagon against Alexia Thainara. The London card also features some of British MMA‘s biggest stars, including Nathaniel Wood, Lone’er Kavanagh, Jai Herbert and Mick Parkin. MMA’s biggest league first appeared in the big smoke in July 2002 in front of 5,000 people at the Royal Albert Hall and it has since witnessed some of the greatest fighters in UFC history lock horns. From Michael Bisping‘s iconic fight with Anderson Silva to Tom Aspinall‘s heavyweight domination and Jorge Masvidal‘s nasty knockout over Darren Till, these are talkSPORT.com’s top five best UFC London moments. Molly McCann’s spinning elbow(s) – March 2022 McCann secured a career-highlight at UFC London in July 2022 when she flattened Luana Carolina with a devastating spinning elbow. The Liverpudlian had made history by becoming the first female to feature in a British UFC main card and celebrated in sensational fashion. View Tweet: https://t.co/ouOuaQhWe8 McCann had got up close and personal with her Brazilian counterpart before spinning out and uncorking a ferocious reverse elbow. The 34-year-old could not have caught Carolina any better and her opponent went to sleep instantly. ‘Meatball’ followed up with another spinning elbow, also in London, four months later when she fought Hannah Goldy. However, she has lost three of her last four bouts in Dana White‘s promotion and will look to get back on track against Thainara this weekend. Paddy Pimblett’s speech – July 2022 After picking up the biggest win of his UFC career against Jordan Leavitt in July 2022, Pimblett delivered a powerful post-fight interview that still sticks in the memories of MMA fans today. Pimblett, who is known for his charismatic personality, got serious and emotional as he talked about losing one of his friends to suicide the day before his fight at UFC London. Pimblett defeated Leavitt at UFC London in July 2022getty Before delivering a powerful speech about mental healthBT Sport ‘The Baddy’ woke up in the early hours of the Friday morning before fight night to a message that told him his best friend, Rikki, had taken his own life. The now-30-year-old then went on to survive a tough opening round against his American opponent, before picking up a second round submission victory. “There’s a stigma in this world that men can’t talk,” Pimblett told British UFC legend Michael Bisping after his victory. “Listen, if you’re a man and you’ve got weight on your shoulders and think the only way you can solve it is by killing yourself, please speak to someone! Speak to anyone. “I know I’d rather my mate cry on my shoulder than go to his funeral next week. So, please let’s get rid of this stigma and men, start talking!” Jorge Masvidal’s monstrous left hoook – March 2019 Masvidal silenced the London crowd six years ago when he knocked out Darren Till in devastating style. Till has never truly recovered from the viral KOGetty Images - Getty Till was hoping to reestablish himself as a top welterweight contender by defeating Masvidal on home soil. At this point, many believed ‘Gamebred’ was at the end of his long career following a two-year lay off and consecutive defeats. Liverpool’s Till looked to have confirmed this when he scored a first-round knockdown and went hunting for a finish. However, in the subsequent round, Masvidal caught Till with an insane left hook that knocked out the Brit, who ate a follow-up shot as he fell to the canvas. Till bounced back from the defeat eight months later by defeating Kevin Gastelum, but lost three on the bounce before leaving the UFC for good. Where to buy UFC London tickets *If you click on a link in this boxout we will earn affiliate revenue. Please note that Stubhub and Viagogo are ticket resale sites and as such, tickets may be listed at above face value prices. With the UFC only coming to the UK a handful of times per year, the opportunity to see MMA’s biggest stars in action can be limited. However, this month UK-based MMA fans will have the opportunity to see the excitement live as the UFC returns to the 02 arena for UFC Fight Night 254, Edwards vs Brady. See some of the UK’s finest as Leon Edwards, Molly McCann, Nathaniel Wood and more take to the Octagon in what’s set to be a thrilling night of fights. To get tickets to UFC London, follow the links below. UFC Fight Night: Edwards vs Brady (02 Arena, 22 March) UFC London ticke

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From stunning Jorge Masvidal KO to Michael Bisping legend killing and one fiece elbow – UFC London best moments

The UFC makes its 16th appearance in London this weekend for what promises to be another electrifying night in the capital.

Birmingham’s Leon Edwards seeks a dominant victory to earn himself another shot at welterweight gold as he takes on American Sean Brady.

Edwards faces Brady in the main event of UFC London[/caption]

Jan Blachowicz and Carlos Ulberg meet in a pivotal co-feature match-up, while Liverpudlian Molly McCann makes her return to the Octagon against Alexia Thainara.

The London card also features some of British MMA‘s biggest stars, including Nathaniel Wood, Lone’er Kavanagh, Jai Herbert and Mick Parkin.

MMA’s biggest league first appeared in the big smoke in July 2002 in front of 5,000 people at the Royal Albert Hall and it has since witnessed some of the greatest fighters in UFC history lock horns.

From Michael Bisping‘s iconic fight with Anderson Silva to Tom Aspinall‘s heavyweight domination and Jorge Masvidal‘s nasty knockout over Darren Till, these are talkSPORT.com’s top five best UFC London moments.

Molly McCann’s spinning elbow(s) – March 2022

McCann secured a career-highlight at UFC London in July 2022 when she flattened Luana Carolina with a devastating spinning elbow.

The Liverpudlian had made history by becoming the first female to feature in a British UFC main card and celebrated in sensational fashion.

View Tweet: https://t.co/ouOuaQhWe8

McCann had got up close and personal with her Brazilian counterpart before spinning out and uncorking a ferocious reverse elbow.

The 34-year-old could not have caught Carolina any better and her opponent went to sleep instantly.

‘Meatball’ followed up with another spinning elbow, also in London, four months later when she fought Hannah Goldy.

However, she has lost three of her last four bouts in Dana White‘s promotion and will look to get back on track against Thainara this weekend.

Paddy Pimblett’s speech – July 2022

After picking up the biggest win of his UFC career against Jordan Leavitt in July 2022, Pimblett delivered a powerful post-fight interview that still sticks in the memories of MMA fans today.

Pimblett, who is known for his charismatic personality, got serious and emotional as he talked about losing one of his friends to suicide the day before his fight at UFC London.

Pimblett defeated Leavitt at UFC London in July 2022

Before delivering a powerful speech about mental health

‘The Baddy’ woke up in the early hours of the Friday morning before fight night to a message that told him his best friend, Rikki, had taken his own life.

The now-30-year-old then went on to survive a tough opening round against his American opponent, before picking up a second round submission victory.

“There’s a stigma in this world that men can’t talk,” Pimblett told British UFC legend Michael Bisping after his victory.

“Listen, if you’re a man and you’ve got weight on your shoulders and think the only way you can solve it is by killing yourself, please speak to someone! Speak to anyone.

“I know I’d rather my mate cry on my shoulder than go to his funeral next week. So, please let’s get rid of this stigma and men, start talking!”

Jorge Masvidal’s monstrous left hoook – March 2019

Masvidal silenced the London crowd six years ago when he knocked out Darren Till in devastating style.

Till has never truly recovered from the viral KO

Till was hoping to reestablish himself as a top welterweight contender by defeating Masvidal on home soil.

At this point, many believed ‘Gamebred’ was at the end of his long career following a two-year lay off and consecutive defeats.

Liverpool’s Till looked to have confirmed this when he scored a first-round knockdown and went hunting for a finish.

However, in the subsequent round, Masvidal caught Till with an insane left hook that knocked out the Brit, who ate a follow-up shot as he fell to the canvas.

Till bounced back from the defeat eight months later by defeating Kevin Gastelum, but lost three on the bounce before leaving the UFC for good.

Where to buy UFC London tickets

*If you click on a link in this boxout we will earn affiliate revenue. Please note that Stubhub and Viagogo are ticket resale sites and as such, tickets may be listed at above face value prices.

With the UFC only coming to the UK a handful of times per year, the opportunity to see MMA’s biggest stars in action can be limited.

However, this month UK-based MMA fans will have the opportunity to see the excitement live as the UFC returns to the 02 arena for UFC Fight Night 254, Edwards vs Brady.

See some of the UK’s finest as Leon Edwards, Molly McCann, Nathaniel Wood and more take to the Octagon in what’s set to be a thrilling night of fights.

To get tickets to UFC London, follow the links below.

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Tom Aspinall headlines London return – March 2022

Aspinall proved to be the real deal when he produced a stunning first-round finish over Alexander Volkov in March 2022.

The Brit was the first to land a significant blow at the O2 Arena before impressively dragging his 6ft7in Russian opponent to the canvas with relative ease.

Volkov made it to his feet and tried his best to evade Aspinall‘s subsequent shots, but the Mancunian was relentless and and brought his opponent to the floor again.

Aspinall made Volkov pay this time, going straight for the armbar and the latter had no other choice but to submit.

Aspinall beat Volkov in the first round for a career best win

He has since gone on to claim UFC interim gold in the heavyweight division

The Brit suffered a horrible injury in his next fight, also in London, against Curtis Blaydes, before becoming the UFC’s interim heavyweight champion by knocking out Sergei Pavlovich.

He is expected to take on Jon Jones in the biggest fight of his career this year to unify the UFC heavyweight division once and for all.

Michael Bisping defeats Anderson Silva – February 2016

Four months before he became the first British fighter to win a UFC title, Bisping initiated a legend killing in his own back yard.

Bisping went toe-to-toe with arguably the greatest UFC fighter of all time in Anderson Silva for five rounds at the O2 Arena in February 2016.

‘The Count’ survived a controversial heavy knockdown in the third round to defeat Silva via unanimous decision, with all three judges scoring the contest 48–47 in the Brit’s favour.

The pair shared a beautiful moment of sportsmanship after the bout as both men fell to their knees in the middle of the cage and embraced in front of an appreciative London crowd.

Bisping was heavily dropped at the end of round three by SIlva

INGLEWOOD, CA - JUNE 04: Michael Bisping of England stands with his title belt after his first round knockout win against Luke Rockhold in their UFC middleweight championship bout during the UFC 199 event at The Forum on June 4, 2016 in Inglewood, California. (Photo by Harry How/Zuffa LLC/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images) — But bounced back to defeat the MMA legend and claim UFC gold against Rockhold four months later

UFC Hall of Famer Bisping was bloodied up after the fight and was emotional in his post-octagon interview.

“I used to stay up until five in the morning to watch this guy, every time,” he said.

“I wanted to fight him, I wanted to test him… he is a guy that I wanted to fight for so long.”

Bisping knocked out Luke Rockhold in one of the most epic UFC upsets of all time to win the middleweight title after being Silva.

He then defended it against Dan Henderson before losing it to MMA icon Georges St-Pierre and leaving the UFC after another loss to Kevin Gastelum less than one month after the loss.