Aspinall vs. Gane is a No Contest, Dern Title

ABU DHABI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES – OCTOBER 25: Tom Aspinall of England reacts after struggling a watch poke in opposition to Ciryl Gane of France within the UFC heavyweight championship combat throughout the UFC 321 occasion at Etihad Enviornment on October 25, 2025 in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. (Picture by Chris Unger/Zuffa LLC)

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Highlights

• UFC 321 fundamental occasion ends in chaos as Tom Aspinall vs. Ciryl Gane is dominated a no contest after a double eye poke.
• Mackenzie Dern wins her first UFC championship, defeating Virna Jandiroba for the vacant strawweight title.
• UFC 321 delivers knockout finishes, bonus winners, and units up intrigue for potential UFC 323 matchups.

Properly, that’s not what anybody wished to see within the UFC 321 fundamental occasion. On Saturday in Abu Dhabi, the UFC heavyweight title combat between champion Tom Aspinall and Cyril Gane ends in a no contest as a consequence of unintended foul. Gane poked Aspinall in each eyes on the shut of the primary spherical and the champion was unable to proceed.

To say folks had been disenchanted is an understatement.

Greater than seemingly, this combat might want to run again ASAP. Gane was dealing with Aspinall fairly simply within the first body. He’d already precipitated the champion’s swollen eye and a bloody nostril along with his jab and well-placed straights.

Aspinall didn’t look good early within the combat. To some, it appeared he was in search of a manner out. He was clearly upset throughout the post-fight interview and bothered by the gang booing him.

Aspinall’s not exaggerating, this was a fairly nasty poke–and in each eyes.

Even nonetheless, some fighters nonetheless weren’t shopping for Aspinall’s description of the poke.

As it’s, we should see how rapidly this one could be rebooked. It’s a must to marvel if there may be area on the UFC 323 card. Because it stands, there are 13 fights.

A 14-fight card is just not unprecedented and it may additionally assist an already sturdy lineup of fights be much more engaging on the ultimate PPV card within the ESPN period. We’ll see.

Mackenzie Dern Wins Strawweight Championship

It was an extended journey, however Mackenzie Dern achieved her aim of turning into a UFC champion. She outlasted Virna Jandiroba in a hard-fought battle within the UFC 321 fundamental occasion to seize the beforehand vacant UFC girls’s strawweight title. Dern prevailed by way of unanimous resolution (49-46, 48-47×2) to grow to be the Weili Zhang had been the champ, however she moved as much as flyweight to problem Valentina Shevchenko for the 125-pound crown.

Dern shook off 9 takedowns to regulate the placing in opposition to Jandiroba, and she or he additionally secured a pair of takedowns of her personal to grow to be the ninth champion within the division’s historical past and simply the sixth completely different fighter to carry the crown.

She additionally grew to become the primary girl to win the IBJFF world, ADCC gold medal and UFC championship. The win places her in rarified air as one of many few girls (Kayla Harrison, Holly Holm) to win championships and medals on the prime of a number of fight sports activities.

Here’s a take a look at all the outcomes with highlights of every end together with bonus winners acknowledged.

UFC 321 Major Card Outcomes

UFC Heavyweight Championship Bout: Tom Aspinall (c) – Ciryl Gane (NO CONTEST)

UFC Strawweight Championship Bout: Mackenzie Dern def. Virna Jandiroba by way of unanimous resolution (49-46, 48-47×2) – New UFC Girls’s Strawweight Champion

Umar Nurmagomedov def. Mario Bautista unanimous resolution (30-27×3)

Alexander Volkov def. Jailton Almeida by way of cut up resolution (29-28×2, 28-29)

BONUS WINNER – Azamat Murzakanov def. Aleksandar Rakic by way of first-round KO (Punch)

UFC 321 Prelims Outcomes

BONUS WINNER – Quillan Salkilld def. Nasrat Haqparast by way of first-round KO (Head Kick)

Ikram Aliskerov def. Jun Yong Park by way of unanimous resolution (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)

Ludovit Klein def. Mateusz Rebecki by way of majority resolution (29-28, 28-27, 28-28)

BONUS WINNER – Valter Walker def. Louie Sutherland by way of first-round submission (Heel Hook)

Nathaniel Wooden def. Jose Miguel Delgado by way of unanimous resolution (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)

Hamdy Abdelwahab def. Chris Barnett by way of unanimous resolution (29-26, 29-27, 29-27)

Mitch Raposo def. Azat Maksum by way of unanimous resolution (30-26, 29-27, 29-27)

Mizuki Inoue def. Jaqueline Amorim by way of unanimous resolution (30-27, 30-27, 29-28)