Most UFC stars have tattoos and Tom Aspinall is no stranger to it. He gets to flaunt his numerous tattoos inside the octagon for all his fights. The fighter with a 14-3-0 record takes his tattoos as seriously as his fights. Aspinall is one tough nut to crack and his tattoos speak about the same. Since childhood, he remembers being a tough kid doing martial arts in the living room with his dad. And now he is a world-famous fighter representing his country in the UFC with his simplistic style of fighting.

The fighter might not overcomplicate things in the fight world, but he does have pretty complicated tattoos all over his body and flaunts them during his fight. Each tattoo he has holds some meaning to him, so let’s see what they mean to the UFC star.

What is the meaning of Tom Aspinall’s back tattoo?

Aspinall had an amazing victory over Alexander Volkov in March 2022, during the UFC Fight Night. He then decided to get a huge back tattoo that covers his whole back and is pretty similar to the tattoo that his opponent also has. During an interview with the NY Post, he was asked whether he stole the tattoo idea from his opponent. He said, “Maybe I did; maybe I didn’t.” All in all, ‘Honey Badger’ wanted to get his whole body tattooed even on his torso and chest, and decided to start with his back.

He donned a similar manta ray tattoo to ‘Drago’ and got it done in the UK by Sean Crane. The tattoo is of a foo dog or fuu lion. The Siamese style ink took almost 50 hours to finish and is a detailed design with vibrant colors that cover his whole back. He even kept it unfinished since his fight camp was starting and he sat for 3 to 6 hours each session for this piece.

He has more tattoos on his arm as well as his chest, influencing each of them during his fight inside the octagon.

 Other tattoos on Tom Aspinall’s body

The first tattoo that many people might notice is on his left arm, which is covered up because half of his bicep is tattooed in complete black ink. Fans scrutinized the cover-up and saw a tribal pattern that was tattooed before and was covered up by him later. He even did a video on his back tattoo one year ago where he described how he was going for 3-hour sessions and increased it to 6 hours so that it was completed before camp started. It is clear that Tom Aspinall is very passionate about getting tattoos and maybe he will get more in the future.

Apart from the left arm, he has a snake coiling up his right arm with intricate design designs. He also has galaxy stars, an anchor, and a bird on his left arm. Aspinall covered his right bicep with a beautiful Japanese calligraphy tattoo which might mean ‘jiu-jitsu’ if roughly translated. There are other bird tattoos and clouds that cover his whole right bicep. He also has a particular date on his right shoulder written in Roman numerals.

Other than his back tattoo, one of the most attention-grabbing tattoos that the fighter has is on his chest, which is of the Roman Colosseum, where several soldiers are gathered. He even has tattoos on his fingers and stars covering up his left bicep. He once declared that he was redoing all the tattoos on his arms.

So we might be able to see some new intricate designs on Aspinall’s arms very soon. He might get new tattoos after fighting against either Alex Pereira or Jon Jones.