UFC 295: Sergei Pavlovich vs. Tom Aspinall by the numbers - ESPN

After injuries created major short-notice shake-ups on last month's UFC 294 fight card, the theme continued with this weekend's pay-per-view. And once again both the main event and the future of the division are involved.

Following the announcement that heavyweight champion Jon Jones had withdrawn from the UFC 295 main event due to a torn pectoral tendon, UFC CEO Dana White quickly announced that rising heavyweight contenders Tom Aspinall (13-3) and Sergei Pavlovich (18-1) will fight for the interim title in the co-main event Saturday (10 p.m. ET on ESPN+ PPV).

While Jones vs. former heavyweight champion Stipe Miocic was certainly going to be compelling, the new matchup actually has the potential to be an even more entertaining fight — and bring more intrigue to the next two fights for the heavyweight title.

Here's a look at the numbers behind this weekend's co-main event, a matchup between two of the most dominant fighters in the history of the UFC heavyweight division.

Pavlovich and Aspinall have a combined 14 fights inside the Octagon. Of those fights, only one has made it past the first round. Each of Pavlovich's seven UFC fights has ended in a first-round knockout, even his one loss to Alistair Overeem in his promotional debut in November 2018. Aspinall's only fight that made it to the second round was against Andrei Arlovski in February 2021. Aspinall went on to beat Arlovski by second-round submission.

Aspinall's lone UFC loss came on July 23, 2022, when he suffered a horrific leg injury just 15 seconds into his main event against Curtis Blaydes. After injuring his knee while throwing his first strike of the bout, Aspinall was out of action for 364 days.

The British fighter made his return to the Octagon on July