The featured bouts for the UFC’s return to Abu Dhabi are official following Friday’s weigh-ins.
In the main event, England’s Tom Aspinall will take on the first formal defence of his heavyweight championship when he squares off with France’s Ciryl Gane in a bout pitting two of the most athletic and technical heavyweights on the roster. Both men came in well under the heavyweight requirement of 265-pounds, with Aspinall the heavier of the two at 255-pounds. Gane, meanwhile, tipped the scales at 247.5.
In the co-main, the former Invicta champion Virna Jandiroba fights Mackenzie Dern for the vacant women’s strawweight championship — with both competitors making weight at 115-pounds.
There were just two misses on the card: Jose Delgado came in a pound heavy for a featherweight fight against England’s Nathaniel Wood, while Azat Maksum was three pounds over for a flyweight battle against Mitch Raposo.
The full UFC 321 weigh-in results are:
MAIN CARD
- (c) Tom Aspinall (255) vs. Ciryl Gane (247.5)
- Virna Jandiroba (115) vs. Mackenzie Dern (115)
- Mario Bautista (135.5) vs. Umar Nurmagomedov (136)
- Jailton Almeida (237) vs. Alexander Volkov (261.5)
- Azamat Murzakanov (205.5) vs. Aleksandar Rakic (205)
PRELIM CARD
- Nasrat Haqparast (156) vs. Quillan Salkilld (155.5)
- Ikram Aliskerov (185.5) vs. JunYong Park (185.5)
- Ludovit Klein (156) vs. Mateusz Rebecki (155.5)
- Louie Sutherland (264.5) vs. Valter Walker (244)
- Jose Delgado (147) vs. Nathaniel Wood (146) — Delgado missed weight
- Hamdy Abdelwahab (265) vs. Chris Barnett (261)
- Azat Maksum (129)** vs. Mitch Raposo (125.5) — Maksum missed weight
- Jaqueline Amorim (116) vs. Mizuki Inoue (115)
