Rewatch Rate Aspinall's Power /10

[650lb Sumo]

Tom is clearly a talented athlete, and a fairly big HW at 6'5", 250-260lbs. Although he doesn't have the hugest reach at 78". Effective MMA striking is about a lot of things, and Tom is a good all rounder. I think he scores highly in most if not all categories. People always wonder how good British fighters' wrestling is, but it seems good so far. His accuracy, hand speed, footwork etc. etc. are all great. But this thread is specifically about Big Tom's power.

I posted some gifs. Blaydes and Pavlovich are big names to be stopping in around a minute in the first round. Tybura and Spivac less so, but still relevant wins, who were also despatched in the first round. Notably when Tom went up against Arlovski and Volkov, very high-level strikers, he took them down and submitted them. But he isn't really putting these guys to sleep, he's creating/finding an opening and cracking them hard, and they go down and he finishes up with a smattering of GnP. Which is fair enough. Never really seen him just switch someone off though. Like what Lewis did to Blaydes for example:

How would you rate the Interim Champion's power, and could this be a (slight) weakness?

 

[Portland8242]

His power is atleast 8.5/10.

More than enough power to KO someone with one shot but it's not even the power that makes it game breaking, it's the speed and delivery.

 

[650lb Sumo]

His power is atleast 8.5/10.

More than enough power to KO someone with one shot but it's not even the power that makes it game breaking, it's the speed and delivery.

Has he ever one shot KOed someone? I haven't seen all of his fights, and I don't remember some of those I have seen.

Maybe when he was coming up through the local leagues.

 

[13Seconds]

His power is atleast 8.5/10.

More than enough power to KO someone with one shot but it's not even the power that makes it game breaking, it's the speed and delivery.

Exactly. It's the speed and shot selection. Aspinall is an impressive boxer for MMA.

Derrick Lewis probably has more raw power.

 

[NextGen]

He punches extremely hard. And he has incredibly fast hands with accuracy. He moves like a middleweight. Never seen a HW that fast before.

I think his raw power is 9/10.

 

[GluttonforPunishment]

More speed than power. He's 250 lbs and hits hard enough.

 

[13Seconds]

Has he ever one shot KOed someone? I haven't seen all of his fights, and I don't remember some of those I have seen.

Maybe when he was coming up through the local leagues.

Hard to say but I think Pavlovich was out out

 

[Portland8242]

Has he ever one shot KOed someone? I haven't seen all of his fights, and I don't remember some of those I have seen.

Maybe when he was coming up through the local leagues.

Why would he need to?

He hit Sergei with back-to-back 1-2's that put him out stiff.

If he really leaned into a haymaker like Derrick Lewis then yeah, i'm almost certain he could KO anyone with 1 shot. He doesn't need to though, he has the physical gifts to hide his punches and deliver with with incredible speed.

 

[NextGen]

He definitely has one-punch KO power. See: Pavlovich, Tybura, Collier, etc.

And these are big dudes.

 

[650lb Sumo]

Hard to say but I think Pavlovich was out out

He wasn't - I remember that one.

Edit:

Why would he need to?

He hit Sergei with back-to-back 1-2's that put him out stiff.

If he really leaned into a haymaker like Derrick Lewis then yeah, i'm almost certain he could KO anyone with 1 shot. He doesn't need to though, he has the physical gifts to hide his punches and deliver with with incredible speed.

Incorrect - see above.

 

[deadshot138]

That Blaydes stoppage was weird. Did Blaydes not want to fight?

 

[Portland8242]

Hard to say but I think Pavlovich was out out

He was literally laying on the canvas for atleast a solid minute before regaining his faculties.

 

[Söze Aldo]

Hard puncher, but as already mentioned, it's as much the speed of his punches for an MMA HW.

 

[Portland8242]

He wasn't - I remember that one.

Edit:



Incorrect - see above.

Lol you're trying to argue that Sergei wasn't KO'd?

 

[Superzorro]

For a heavyweight? 5-6/10
If you take all divisions into account, it would obviously be somewhere around 8-9/10.


If you're that big, you don't really need power. I would say it's tenacity and accuracy more than power.

 

[Superzorro]

Lol you're trying to argue that Sergei wasn't KO'd?

KO is a really broad term. There's what he did to Sergei, then there's what Ngannou did to Overeem and Stipe. Some KOs just make you see stars, then others completely shut you off and they have to wake you up.

 

[Sean Chowdhury]

It's weird because I remember him hitting arlovski with a huge combo and failing to get him out of there but he does hit very hard when he places his shot correctly like he did on Pavlovich where he clipped him right on the temple. It's not ngannou/rumble/Lewis/Carwin level power where they can just glance you with their knuckle and knock you out, it's more like stipe or ankalaev where they have KO power if they land a well placed shot

 

[NextGen]

KO is a really broad term. There's what he did to Sergei, then there's what Ngannou did to Overeem and Stipe.

Someone doesn't need to be put to sleep to be KO'd in fairness. Pavlovich was pretty much done after the first hit.

 

[Portland8242]

KO is a really broad term. There's what he did to Sergei, then there's what Ngannou did to Overeem and Stipe. Some KOs just make you see stars, then others completely shut you off and they have to wake you up.

I guarantee you that Sergei didn't even remember his own name until about half hour after the KO

He got put out dude.

 

[JBJ was here]

Has he ever one shot KOed someone? I haven't seen all of his fights, and I don't remember some of those I have seen.

Maybe when he was coming up through the local leagues.

GIF 2 in your original post. Yes, previous shots hurt Pavlovich, but that last shot snapped the neck hard and put the lights right out for a moment all on its own.