UFC 321

Last updated
UFC 321: Aspinall vs. Gane
Promotion Ultimate Fighting Championship
DateOctober 25, 2025 (2025-10-25)
Venue Etihad Arena
City Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Event chronology
UFC Fight Night: de Ridder vs. Hernandez UFC 321: Aspinall vs. Gane UFC Fight Night 263

UFC 321: Aspinall vs. Gane is an upcoming mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship that will take place on October 25, 2025, at the Etihad Arena in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. [1]

Contents

Background

The event will mark the promotion's 22nd visit to Abu Dhabi and first since UFC on ABC: Whittaker vs. de Ridder in July 2025. [1]

A UFC Heavyweight Championship bout between current champion Tom Aspinall and former interim champion Ciryl Gane is scheduled to headline the event. [2]

A UFC Women's Strawweight Championship bout for the vacant title between former Invicta FC Strawweight Champion Virna Jandiroba and Mackenzie Dern is expected to take place at the co-main event. Current two-time champion Zhang Weili will vacate her title in order to challenge for the UFC Women's Flyweight Championship. [3] The pairing previously met at UFC 256 in December 2020 which Dern won by unanimous decision. [4]

A bantamweight bout between former UFC Bantamweight Championship challenger Umar Nurmagomedov and Mario Bautista is scheduled to take place at this event. [5] They were originally scheduled to compete in the main event of UFC Fight Night: de Ridder vs. Hernandez one week prior but were moved to this event for unknown reasons. [6]

Fight card

Main card
Weight classMethodRoundTimeNotes
Heavyweight Tom Aspinall (c)vs. Ciryl Gane [a]
Women's Strawweight Virna Jandiroba vs. Mackenzie Dern [b]
Heavyweight Alexander Volkov vs. Jailton Almeida
Light Heavyweight Aleksandar Rakić vs. Azamat Murzakanov
Heavyweight Hamdy Abdelwahab vs. Chris Barnett
Middleweight Ikram Aliskerov vs. Park Jun-yong
FlyweightAzat Maksumvs.Mitch Raposo
Women's StrawweightJaqueline Amorimvs. Mizuki Inoue
  1. ↑ For the UFC Heavyweight Championship.
  2. ↑ For the vacant UFC Women's Strawweight Championship.

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Announced bouts

See also

References

  1. 1 2 Farah Hannoun (2025-07-01). "UFC 321 announced for Oct. 25 in Abu Dhabi". mmajunkie.usatoday.com. Retrieved 2025-07-01.
  2. ↑ Thomas Albano (2025-07-22). "Tom Aspinall to defend UFC Heavyweight title vs. Ciryl Gane at UFC 321". mmanews.com. Retrieved 2025-07-22.
  3. ↑ Nolan King (2025-08-28). "UFC champ vacates title for superfight showdown; contenders to fight for vacant title". mmajunkie.usatoday.com. Retrieved 2025-08-28.
  4. ↑ Damon Martin (2020-12-12). "UFC 256 results: Mackenzie Dern showcases improved striking to win unanimous decision over Virna Jandiroba". mmafighting.com. Retrieved 2025-08-28.
  5. 1 2 Nolan King (2025-08-28). "UFC 321: Umar Nurmagomedov gets rising contender in Abu Dhabi". mmajunkie.usatoday.com. Retrieved 2025-08-30.
  6. ↑ Garrett Kerman (2025-08-04). "Umar Nurmagomedov's return fight against Mario Bautista is set for UFC Vancouver main event". clutchpoints.com. Retrieved 2025-08-04.
  7. ↑ "UFC 321: Aspinall vs. Gane". Ultimate Fighting Championship. Retrieved 2025-07-22.
  8. ↑ Guilherme Cruz (2025-08-26). "Matheus Camilo, Abdul-Kareem Al-Selwady agree to fight at UFC 321". mmafighting.com. Retrieved 2025-08-26.
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