Tom Aspinall beats Sergei Pavlovich to become UFC interim heavyweight champion

Aspinall becomes just the third Briton to become UFC world champion.

Tom Aspinall needed just 69 seconds to become UFC interim heavyweight champion (Frank Franklin II/AP)

British fighter Tom Aspinall needed little over a minute to become the UFC interim heavyweight champion, despite having just two weeks to get ready for his bout with Sergei Pavlovich.

The 30-year-old knocked out his Russian opponent in just 69 seconds with a punishing series of blows at UFC 295 at Madison Square Garden.