Tom Aspinall is in very good spirits after suffering a 15-second TKO loss to Curtis Blaydes at UFC London on Saturday.

The No. 6 heavyweight returned to the O2 House for his second consecutive headliner, this time in opposition to Blaydes. The fight got off to a snappy get began with every men exchanging punches when Aspinall threw a leg kick and collapsed to the canvas in agony. Clutching his right kind knee, Aspinall remained on the canvas as cageside physicians addressed his injury and removed him from the Octagon.

The loss to Blaydes was once his first inside the UFC, on the other hand Aspinall is taking it in stride. The 29-year-old addressed his ‘freak injury’ on social media and vowed to return stronger once he recovers.

“Final night time time wasn’t my night time time, my training camp inside the assemble up to the fight has been just right,” wrote Aspinall on Instagram. “Once in a while these things happen; now might be the time to recuperate, rebuild and are to be had once more stronger! Wanted to say a huge due to the UFC, the scientific medical doctors and paramedics that sorted me. Alternatively, moreover to the fanatics! For all of the messages you’ve sent and reinforce you’ve given me, inside the assemble up to the fight and after the freak injury. You’re all glorious!

“Want to thank Curtis for being an actual gentleman, it didn’t work out how we every wanted, on the other hand to go back and notice me after for a beer makes you a legend in my eyes,” persisted Aspinall. “In spite of everything, my workforce and my family. We all know this is elite recreation, we live to fight some other day! Large love, Tom.”

Aspinall moreover shared his post-fight interaction with Blaydes inside the fighter lodge.

“A beer makes everything truly really feel upper,” wrote Aspinall. “What a person, large Curtis and his workforce popped up to say hello. Freak accidents happen unfortunately, this night time wasn’t my night time time.”

There were no details given on the extent of the wear and tear. UFC color commentator Michael Bisping said on the broadcast that the cageside physicians idea it in most cases is a torn MCL, an injury that would leave Aspinall on the sidelines for a lot of months depending on its severity.

Aspinall was once in the past on a five-fight win streak that built-in ‘Potency of the Evening time’ awarded finishes of Andrei Arlovski, Sergey Spivak and Alexander Volkov.