UFC 321: Aspinall vs. Gane Full Card, Preview

The UFC is back to its numbered pay-per-view cards this weekend for UFC 321, set for Oct. 25, at the Etihad Arena on Yas Island in Abu Dhabi. UFC 321 follows an unusual daytime schedule in North America to accommodate the Abu Dhabi time zone. 

Date: Saturday, Oct. 25, 2025

Prelims Start: 10 a.m. ET/7 a.m. PT

• Jaqueline Amorim vs. Mizuki Inoue (Women's Strawweight)
• Azat Maksum vs. Mitch Raposo (Men’s Flyweight)
• Hamdy Abdelwahab vs. Chris Barnett (Heavyweight)
• Nathaniel Wood vs. Jose Miguel Delgado (Featherweight)
• Valter Walker vs. Louie Sutherland (Heavyweight)
• Abdul-Kareem Al-Selwady vs. Matheus Camilo (Lightweight) 
• Ludovít Klein vs. Mateusz Rębecki (Lightweight)
• Ikram Aliskerov vs. Park Jun-yong (Middleweight)
• Nasrat Haqparast vs. Quillan Salkilld (Lightweight)

Main Card Start: 2 p.m. ET/11 a.m. PT

• Aleksandar Rakic vs. Azamat Murzakanov (Light Heavyweight)
• Alexander Volkov vs. Jailton Almeida (Heavyweight)
• Umar Nurmagomedov vs. Mario Bautista (Men’s Bantamweight)
• Co-Main Event: Virna Jandiroba vs. Mackenzie Dern (Vacant Women’s Strawweight Championship)
• Main Event: Tom Aspinall (C) vs. Ciryl Gane (Heavyweight Championship)

How to Watch: The entire event will be available for streaming with an ESPN+ subscription, with the main card available for pay-per-view purchase.

Stacked Card with Title Fights

As one of the last remaining pay-per-view events under the ESPN banner, this card will have two title fights, with a heavyweight title on the line and a new strawweight champion to be crowned.

In the co-Main event, the vacant strawweight championship between Virna Jandiroba and Mackenzie Dern represents a significant moment for the 115-pound division. With the dominant former champion Zhang Weili vacating the strawweight belt to vie for the flyweight title, this rematch of their 2020 bout (which Dern won by decision) will determine the division’s new queen.

Before that, Umar Nurmagomedov faces Mario Bautista in a matchup which was originally scheduled for UFC Vancouver last week but moved to this Abu Dhabi card. Nurmagomedov enters the Octagon for the first time since January, after a failed but valiant shot at the title against Merab Dvalishvili. 

The main card also features a compelling heavyweight contender bout between Alexander Volkov and Jailton Almeida. Volkov, who lost a controversial split decision to Gane at the end of last year, looks to bounce back into the win column against a tough stylistic matchup in Almeida, a relentless grappler. The winner of this bout will likely be rewarded with a heavyweight title shot.