Tom Aspinall is on a mission to eradicate Ciryl Gane from the UFC title picture in their clash at UFC 321.<\/p>\n
Dana White and the UFC announced the fight news on Tuesday, a welcome update since Jon Jones’ retirement in June. Now the heavyweight title drought is seemingly over, fans can anticipate one of the most stylistically interesting matchups in the division.<\/p>\n
It isn’t new for Gane, however, who gets his third shot at the belt, since losing to Francis Ngannou and Jones in his first two chances at undisputed gold.<\/p>\n
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In an update on his YouTube channel, Aspinall emphasized that he and his team were preparing to snub Gane from the title picture entirely. After multiple alleged ducking accusations, perhaps going 0-3 in title shots will finally remove him from the pool.<\/p>\n
“This is Ciryl’s third title shot, so we are gonna try and get rid of Ciryl Gane from the title picture for good,” Aspinall remarked.” . . . I wanna give him his third title shot loss and get him out of there.”<\/p>\n
It doesn’t look like Aspinall will fight again this year, but with a victory, the timing could be right for two fights in 2026. This would be the first time the heavyweight belt has been on the line more than once in a year since 2018.<\/p>\n
He’ll have to get past Gane first, a notoriously slippy MMA striker. A loss would be devastating for the British champion, who was champing at the bit for a shot at Jones since 2023. No doubt ‘Bones’ would add salt to the wound of a defeat after all this time…<\/p>\n
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