Early in his UFC Fight Night 208 headlining bout against Curtis Blaydes, Aspinall stepped awkwardly and crumbled to the canvas in agony, ending the heavyweight fight just 15 seconds after it began. The 29-year-old Englishman revealed the extent of the damage in a post on his Instagram account on Wednesday.
“Today is surgery day. I’m in London right now and I’m absolutely starving because I can’t eat before surgery,” Aspinall said in a video. “I have suffered a torn MCL, a torn meniscus and some ACL damage, so going to get that fixed today.”
Prior to the unfortunate injury, Aspinall established himself as one of the heavyweight division’s top up-and-coming talents with a five-fight Octagon winning streak that included finishes of Alexander Volkov, Sergey Spivak and Andrei Arlovski. The Team Kaobon representative is 12-3 over the course of a pro tenure that began in 2010.