For the UFC Heavyweight Championship, Tom Aspinall’s first title defense will be against Ciryl Gane.
Aspinall has not lost a single fight in three years. In Aspinall’s last six fights, five of them came by way of submission or TKO. Aspinall’s professional record currently stands at 15 wins and 3 losses.
This isn’t Gane’s first shot at the UFC Heavyweight title. In fact, Gane is a former UFC Interim Heavyweight Champion. Despite losing to Jon Jones, Gane did rebound with two big wins over Serghei Spivac and Alexander Volkov. Currently, Gane’s professional record is 13 wins and 2 losses.
For the vacant strawweight title, Virna Jandiroba is set to fight Mackenzie Dern.
Jandiroba is currently in the middle of a five fight winning streak thanks to Angela Hill, Marina Rodriguez, Loopy Godinez, Amanda Lemos, and Yan Xiaonan. Jandiroba is a former Invicta FC Strawweight Champion and has gotten most of her wins via submission. Jandiroba’s professional record stands at 22 wins and 3 losses.
Mackenzie Dern is in the midst of a two-fight winning streak. The UFC strawweight is a mixed bag in her last six fights as Dern has both won and lost three; however, her strong wins over Loopy Godinez (by unanimous decision at UFC on ABC: Sandhagen vs. Nurmagomedov) and Amanda Ribas (by submission at FC Fight Night: Dern vs. Ribas 2) got her within the top five of the division rankings. Dern’s professional record currently stands at 15 wins and 5 losses.
Check out the line-up for tonight’s UFC 321
UFC 321 Main Event on ESPN+ PPV:
265 lbs.: UFC Heavyweight champion Tom Aspinall vs. Ciryl Gane
UFC 321 Main Card on ESPN+ PPV (2 p.m. ET):
115 lbs.: Mackenzie Dern vs. Virna Jandiroba for vacated strawweight title
135 lbs.: Umar Nurmagomedov vs. Mario Bautista
265 lbs.: Alexander Volkov vs. Jailton Almeida
205 lbs.: Aleksandar Rakic vs. Azamat Murzakanov
UFC 321 ‘Prelims’ Card on ESPN+ (10 a.m. ET):
155 lbs.: Nasrat Haqparast vs. Quillan Salkilld
185 lbs.: Ikram Aliskerov vs. Jun Yong Park
155 lbs.: Ludovit Klein vs. Mateusz Rebecki
265 lbs.: Valter Walker vs. Louie Sutherland
145 lbs.: Nathaniel Wood vs. Jose Miguel Delgado
265 lbs.: Hamdy Abdelwahab vs. Chris Barnett
125 lbs.: Azat Maksum vs. Mitch Raposo
115 lbs.: Jaqueline Amorim vs. Mizuki Inoueg