Aspinall To Defend Undisputed Title Against Gane

Britain's Tom Aspinall will make nan first defence of his undisputed heavyweight title against France's Ciryl Gane astatine UFC 321 successful Abu Dhabi connected 25 October.

Aspinall, 32, was upgraded to champion of nan section past month erstwhile erstwhile title holder Jon Jones retired and vacated his belt.

Aspinall spent 19 months arsenic interim champion but an undisputed title showdown pinch Jones grounded to materialise.

The conflict pinch 35-year-old Gane will travel 15 months aft Aspinall's past outing, wherever he defended his interim title against Curtis Blaydes.

In a station confirming nan title pinch Gane connected Instagram, Aspinall wrote "time to punctual 'em".

Manchester's Aspinall many times called for an undisputed title conflict pinch Jones aft winning nan interim loop successful November 2023, but nan American remained non-committal.

Jones alternatively defended his loop against chap countryman Stipe Miocic successful November, leaving Aspinall to hold for a imaginable bout, earlier retiring 7 months later.

Aspinall is Britain's first UFC heavyweight champion and has won 8 of his 9 fights successful nan promotion, pinch his wins each coming via finish.

Gane is simply a erstwhile UFC interim heavyweight champion but has doubly suffered conclusion fighting for nan undisputed title - against Francis Ngannou successful 2022, and against Jones nan pursuing year.

He past fought against Russia's Alexander Volkov successful December, winning by divided determination successful an unconvincing performance.

Since making his UFC debut successful 2019, Gane has won 10 of his 12 bouts.