Overview

• UFC 321 is set for Oct. 25 in Abu Dhabi with Tom Aspinall defending the undisputed heavyweight title against Ciryl Gane.
• The pair held a press conference in Paris and staged their first staredown with a respectful handshake and little trash talk.
• Aspinall said he is focused on the opponent rather than the hardware, stating he “doesn’t really care about belts.”
• Gane arrives as a former interim champion who previously missed out on undisputed gold against Francis Ngannou and Jon Jones.
• Mackenzie Dern will face Virna Jandiroba in the co-main to claim the soon-to-be-vacant strawweight belt after Weili Zhang moved to pursue a flyweight challenge.