By The Numbers: Tom Aspinall vs. Marcin Tybura

Nearly one full year has passed since Tom Aspinall’s meteoric rise in the Ultimate Fighting Championship was halted by forces outside of his control.

The 6-foot-5 Englishman will return to the Octagon for his first assignment of 2023 when he confronts former M-1 Global champion Marcin Tybura in the UFC Fight Night 224 headliner on Saturday at the O2 Arena in London. Aspinall has rattled off eight wins over his past nine outings. He last competed at UFC Fight Night 208, where a knee injury resulted in a 15-second technical knockout loss to Curtis Blaydes on July 23. Tybura, meanwhile, steps into the cage on a modest two-fight winning streak. He last suited up on Feb. 4, when he laid claim to a unanimous decision over Blagoy Ivanov at UFC Fight Night 218.

As Aspinall and Tybura approach their forthcoming battle in England, a look at some of the numbers that have accompanied them to this point:

30: Years of age for Aspinall, who was born on April 11, 1993 in Atherton, England.

9: Aspinall victories by knockout or technical knockout, accounting for 75% of his career total (12). His list of UFC victims: Sergey Spivak, Alan Baudot and Jake Collier. Aspinall owns three other victories by submission (25%).

200,000: Dollars in post-fight bonuses banked by Aspinall across his six appearances in the UFC. He has been awarded “Performance of the Night” on four different occasions.

5: Sub-minute finishes on the Aspinall resume. He struck Michael Piszczek into submission in 15 seconds at an MMA Versus UK show on Dec. 13, 2014, tapped Ricky King with a heel hook in 49 seconds at a British Association of Mixed Martial Arts event on Feb. 21, 2015, punched out Satisch Jhamai in nine seconds at BAMMA 19 on March 28, 2015, disposed of Michael Ben Hamouda with punches in 56 seconds under the Cage Warriors Fighting Championship banner on Sept. 28, 2019 and took care of the aforementioned Collier with a knee strike and follow-up punches in 45 seconds at UFC on ESPN 14 on July 25, 2020.

.671: Cumulative winning percentage between the three opponents—Blaydes, Lukasz Parobiec and Stuart Austin—who have defeated Aspinall. They boast a combined record of 46-22-2.

37: Years of age for Tybura, who was born in Uniejow, Poland, on Nov. 9, 1985.

6: Tybura wins by submission, accounting for 25% of his career total (24). His methods of choice: four rear-naked chokes, one triangle armbar and one north-south choke. Tybura holds nine other wins by knockout or technical knockout (37.5%) and nine more by decision (37.5%).

1,383: Total strikes landed by Tybura as a UFC heavyweight, placing him fourth on the promotion’s all-time list at 265 pounds. Only Andrei Arlovski (1,751), Stipe Miocic (1,537) and Cain Velasquez (1,465) have connected with more.

4: Men other than Tybura who have held the undisputed M-1 Global heavyweight championship. They are Alexander Volkov, Guram Gugenishvili, Kenny Garner and Damian Grabowski.

160: Combined victories between the seven opponents—Volkov, Augusto Sakai, Shamil Abdurakhimov, Derrick Lewis, Fabricio Werdum, Tim Johnson and Stephan Puetz—who have beaten Tybura. They sport a cumulative .735 winning percentage at 160-57-2.