Tom Aspinall places the undisputed heavyweight championship on the road for the primary time Saturday towards Ciryl Gane at UFC 321.
The occasion in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, additionally encompasses a second title combat that’s all however assured to crown a brand new champion. Virna Jandiroba and Mackenzie Dern will vie for the strawweight title vacated by Zhang Weili, who’s shifting as much as flyweight to problem for that belt.
Aspinall (15-3) has received three fights in a row, all in 1 minute, 13 seconds or sooner. He’s No. 4 within the ESPN males’s pound-for-pound rankings.
For Gane (13-2), that is his third UFC heavyweight title problem. A winner of two fights in a row, he’s No. 2 within the ESPN heavyweight high 10.
Jandiroba (22-3) and Dern (15-5) met in 2020, with Dern successful a unanimous resolution. Jandiroba is No. 10 within the ESPN girls’s pound-for-pound rankings and No. 2 at strawweight. Dern is No. 6 at 115 kilos.
Brett Okamoto, Andreas Hale, Jeff Wagenheim and Dre Waters are following all the motion.