UFC 321 takes place Oct. 25 in Abu Dhabi headlined by the UFC heavyweight champion Tom Aspinall defending his undisputed title for the first time against former interim champ Ciryl Gane.
The co-main event sets the stage for the soon-to-be vacated UFC strawweight title to be contested between Mackenzie Dern and Virna Jandiroba.
Aspinall (15-3) became the outright UFC heavyweight champion when former champ Jon Jones vacated the title announcing his retirement. That capped off a very long wait for Aspinall that he had hoped ended with a matchup against Jones.
That wasn’t to be so now he faces a former champion in Gane.
Gane (13-2) became the interim champion when he beat Derrick Lewis at UFC 265. He lost that title when at UFC 270 when then heavyweight champion Francis Ngannou returned to action and unified the titles.
In the co-main event the UFC strawweight title will be up for grabs between Dern and Jandiroba. With Weili Zhang vacating to challenge for Valentina Shevchenko’s flyweight title the 115 belt is primed for a new champ.
Before they even get close to the fight Aspinall and Gane met in Paris on Thursday to announce tickets on sale and take questions from the media.
Hosted by former UFC middleweight champion Michael Bisping the presser took place during UFC Paris fight week.
