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Tom Aspinall headlines UFC 321 tonight as he makes his long-awaited return to the Octagon. Fighting for the first time since becoming the undisputed UFC heavyweight champion, Aspinall goes up against Ciryl Gane, the 35-year-old Frenchman, whose only defeats in the UFC have come at the hands of Jon Jones and Francis Ngannou, by way of a guillotine submission and unanimous decision respectively. Aspinall was promoted from interim to undisputed after Jones, who the Briton had been pushing to fight in a heavyweight title-unifier, retired from the sport via a statement from UFC president Dana White back in June. The 32-year-old is only the third Brit to hold a UFC championship, and spent 19 months as interim champion, having claimed the title with a win over Sergei Pavlovich in November 2023. Since then, he has defended his title once, knocking out Curtis Blaydes inside a minute of the first round at UFC 304 in Manchester in July last year. Now, he makes his return in Abu Dhabi for UFC 321, headlining a stacked card at the Etihad Arena. Gane has fought more recently than Aspinall, beating Alexander Volkov by split decision in his most recent outing at UFC 310 in December last year. At 13-2 in his professional career, he is certainly a test for Aspinall, but one that the heavyweight champion will be confident in passing with flying colours. On the undercard, Virna Jandiroba takes on Mackenzie Dern in the women’s strawweight division as the co-man event, while Umar Nurmagomedov faces Mario Bautista at bantamweight. UFC 321 takes place today, Saturday October 25, 2025, at the Etihad Arena, Abu Dhabi. The prelims at UFC 321 are due to get underway from 3pm BST on Saturday, which is 6pm local time and 10am ET in the United States. The main card should begin at 7pm BST, which is 2pm ET and 11am PT. UFC 321 card in full Tom Aspinall vs Ciryl Gane - UFC heavyweight title Virna Jandiroba vs Mackenzie Dern - vacant UFC strawweight title Umar Nurmagomedov vs Mario Bautista Alexander Volkov vs Jailton Almeida Aleksandar Rakic vs Azamat Murzakanov Nasrat Haqparast vs Quillan Salkilld Ikram Aliskerov vs Park Jun-yong L'udovit Klein vs Mateusz Rebecki Abdul-Kareem Al-Selwady vs Matheus Camilo Valter Walker vs Louie Sutherland Nathaniel Wood vs Jose Miguel Delgado Hamdy Abdelwahab vs Chris Barnett Azat Maksum vs Mitch Raposo Jaqueline Amorim vs Mizuki Inoue TV channel: In the UK, the UFC 321 main card and prelims can be viewed via pay-per-view on TNT Sports, where coverage begins at 5pm BST. The pay-per-view costs £19.99. Live stream: You can purchase the pay-per-view on discovery+, EE TV, Virgin TV, Sky, and Prime Video, where you can stream the event live. The early prelims are available to watch live via UFC Fight Pass. In the USA, the event is being shown by ESPN+. Live blog: You can follow every fight on Saturday night with Standard Sport’s live blog. Tom Aspinall to win: 1/4 Cyril Gane to win: 11/4 Odds via Betfair (subject to change).
