UFC is again on PPV this weekend when the promotion returns to “Combat Island” in Abu Dhabi. UFC 321 emanates from the Etihad Area with a pair of title fights atop the marquee. Most notably, the primary occasion serves as the primary undisputed title protection for heavyweight champion Tom Aspinall when he takes on Ciryl Gane. Aspinall was elevated from interim titleholder when Jon Jones introduced his abrupt retirement.
Aspinall now will get his probability because the main man after two years of turmoil. He was one in every of 4 fighters ever to defend an interim title as Jones continued to keep away from the matchup whereas preventing simply as soon as towards Stipe Miocic, who made his first look in over 4 years. Aspinall’s lone blemish was avenged in that interim title protection when he TKO’d Curtis Blaydes. Aspinall misplaced that first assembly with Blaydes after struggling a knee damage within the opening minute of the bout. Gane, in the meantime, bounced again from his defeat to Jones with a pair of wins to earn his shot on the crown.
In the meantime, the second title struggle is assured to supply a brand new champion. Zhang Weili vacated the ladies’s strawweight crown when she made the choice to maneuver up and problem Valentina Shevchenko for the flyweight title. That left high contender Virna Jandiroba and Mackenzie Dern ready within the wings to battle it out on Saturday. Jandiroba, 37, is on a five-fight win streak whereas Dern, 32, is 2-2 in her final 4 appearances.
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As well as, Umar Nurmagomedov appears to get again to a title alternative when he takes on streaking contender Mario Bautista. Nurmagomedov, cousin of Corridor of Famer Khabib Nurmagomedov, misplaced his bout with Merab Dvalishvili for the title in January. Nevertheless it’s the lone blemish on an in any other case impeccable resume. UFC CEO Dana White stated on Thursday that if Nurmagomedov — or Bautista — actually impresses, the winner will get the subsequent shot on the champion, after Dvalishvili takes on Petr Yan in December.
Under is the whole struggle card for UFC 321 together with the newest odds. Examine again all week lengthy for the newest information, options and different content material round this huge occasion.
UFC 321 card, struggle odds
- Tom Aspinall (c) -345 vs. Ciryl Gane +275, heavyweight championship
- Mackenzie Dern -155 vs. Virna Jandiroba +130, vacant ladies’s strawweight championship
- Umar Nurmagomedov -625 vs. Mario Bautista +455, bantamweights
- Jailton Almeida -225 vs. Alexander Volkov +185, heavyweights
- Azamat Murzakanov -115 vs. Aleksandar Rakic -105, mild heavyweights
- Nasrat Haqparast -112 vs. Quillan Salkilld -108, middleweights
- Ikram Aliskerov -245 vs. Junyong Park +200, middleweights
- Ludovit Klein -135 vs. Mateusz Rebecki +114, lightweights
- Abdul-Kareem Al-Selwady -118 vs. Matheus Camilo -102, lightweights
- Valter Walker -360 vs. Louie Sutherland +285, heavyweights
- Jose Delgado -148 vs. Nathaniel Wooden +124, bantamweights
- Hamdy Abdelwahab -425 vs. Chris Barnett +330, heavyweights
- Azat Maksum -375 vs. Mitch Raposo +295, flyweights
- Jaqueline Amorim -410 vs. Mizuki Inoue +320, ladies’s strawweights
The place to look at UFC 321
Date: Saturday, Oct. 25 | Begin time: 2 p.m. ET (principal card)
Location: Etihad Area — Yas Island, United Arab Emirates
The place to look at: ESPN+ PPV
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