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 Achieve to earn himself another Try at welterweight gold as he takes on American Sean Brady.

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Jan Blachowicz and Carlos Ulberg meet in a pivotal co-feature Event-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 Bracket Primary 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 Profession-highlight at UFC London in July 2022 when she flattened Luana Carolina with a devastating spinning elbow.

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

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

The 34-year-Aged could not have caught Carolina any better and her Adversary 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 Achieve of his UFC Profession against Jordan Leavitt in July 2022, Pimblett delivered a powerful post-fight interview that Yet sticks in the memories of MMA fans today.

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

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‘The Baddy’ woke up in the Timely 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-Aged then went on to survive a tough Beginning Stage against his American Adversary, before picking up a second Stage submission Achieve.

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

“Listen, if you’re a man and you’ve Obtained 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 Subsequent week. So, please let’s get rid of this stigma and men, Begin 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.

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

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

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

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

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

Tom Aspinall headlines London return – March 2022

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

The Brit was the Primary to land a significant blow at the O2 Coliseum before impressively dragging his 6ft7in Russian Adversary to the canvas with relative ease.

Volkov Achieved it to his feet and tried his best to evade Aspinall’s subsequent shots, but the Mancunian was Indomitable and and brought his Adversary to the floor again.

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

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

He is Predicted to take on Jon Jones in the biggest fight of his Profession 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 Primary British fighter to Achieve 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 Coliseum in February 2016.

‘The Count’ survived a controversial Weighty knockdown in the third Stage to Setback Silva via unanimous decision, with all three judges scoring the Event 48–47 in the Brit’s favour.

The pair shared a Pretty 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.

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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 Observe 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 Achieve 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.