US EditionUFC 321 full card results: Tom Aspinall vs. Ciryl Gane ends in heartbreak, Mackenzie Dern wins gold
Aspinall kept his heavyweight title after a no-contest caused by eye pokes from Gane while Dern claimed strawweight gold with 85 significant strikes, UFC said.
- Tom Aspinall retained the UFC heavyweight title after UFC 321’s main event was ruled a no-contest due to eye pokes from Ciryl Gane that stopped the fight after roughly one round.
- Early exchanges saw both men trade meaningful shots as Ciryl Gane landed sharp strikes, leaving Tom Aspinall bleeding from the nose before the injury forced a halt.
- After five competitive rounds, Mackenzie Dern outstruck Virna Jandiroba 85, with judges scoring 48-47, 48-47, and 49-46, to win the vacant UFC strawweight title.
- With the belt picture unsettled, promoters may pursue rematch plans in January or February, while Dern's title fills the vacancy left by Zhang Weili's vacating the belt.
- Her recent run — including three straight wins — shows Mackenzie Dern's career resurgence after going 5-4 since 2020, becoming the first to win IBJJF, ADCC, and UFC titles.
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Henry Cejudo recently declared Mackenzie Dern the greatest female combat athlete after her win at UFC 321. Dern secured the strawweight championship with a unanimous decision over Virna Jandiroba.
The French fighter was aiming for a first title in the supreme category.
Tom Aspinall-Ciryl Gane UFC 321 bout ends with controversial no contest after double eye poke
Champion Tom Aspinall and top-ranked Ciryl Gane couldn’t make it through the opening round of their heavyweight main event at UFC 321 inside Etihad Arena before the match was ruled a no-contest.
The Englishman could not continue for an eye injury and thus retained the heavyweight belt, in a billboard in which Mackenzie Dern became new strawweight champion
UFC 321's Main Event Just Ended With A Nasty Eye Poke (And Mackenzie Dern Is Finally A UFC Champion)
Unfortunately UFC 321 just came to a close in the most anticlimactic of fashions - at the end of the first round between Tom Aspinall and Cyril Gane, the champ ate a nasty eye poke that he never recov...
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