UFC 321 ON ESPN+ PPV [10/25 at 2pm ET] “Return To Fright Island” (Gane/Aspinall, Dern/Jandiroba II)

[THEREALBRAND]

Event: UFC 321: “Aspinall vs. Gane”
Date: Sat., Oct. 25, 2025
Location: Etihad Arena on “Fight Island” in Abu Dhabi
Start times: ESPN+ PPV, ESPN+ (10 a.m. ET Prelims | 2 p.m. ET Main Card)

UFC 321 Main Event on ESPN+ PPV:​

265 lbs.: UFC Heavyweight champion Tom Aspinall vs. Ciryl Gane

UFC 321 Main Card on ESPN+ PPV (2 p.m. ET):​

115 lbs.: Mackenzie Dern vs. Virna Jandiroba for Zhang Weili’s vacated strawweight title (details here)
135 lbs.: Umar Nurmagomedov vs. Mario Bautista
265 lbs.: Alexander Volkov vs. Jailton Almeida
205 lbs.: Aleksandar Rakic vs. Azamat Murzakanov

UFC 321 ‘Prelims’ Card on ESPN+ (10 a.m. ET):​

185 lbs.: Ikram Aliskerov vs. Jun Yong Park
155 lbs.: Ludovit Klein vs. Mateusz Rebecki
155 lbs.: Matheus Camilo vs. Abdul-Kareem Al-Selwady
145 lbs.: Nathaniel Wood vs. Jose Miguel Delgado
265 lbs.: Hamdy Abdelwahab vs. Chris Barnett
125 lbs.: Azat Maksum vs. Mitch Raposo
115 lbs.: Jaqueline Amorim vs. Mizuki Inoue
*Fight card, bout order and number of fights remain subject to change.*

War Mackenzie

 

[aceboon]

I've fallen all the way off in MMA cuz how in the hell is Dern fighting for a belt??

 

[J Money]

@Supreme this one is for you you deviant

 

[J Money]

The size difference is insane between these 2

 

[THEREALBRAND]

I've fallen all the way off in MMA cuz how in the hell is Dern fighting for a belt??

Weili vacating the belt opened the door for Dern. Jandiroba was the clear number one contender, and she has recent wins over Xiaonon & Lemos and Suarez was coming off of a loss. Dern has a win over Jandiroba and wasn’t coming off a loss when the fight was made, so her getting the shot made sense.