The UFC octagon was in Abu Dhabi for Saturday’s UFC 321: Aspinall vs. Gane pay-per-view occasion. The combat card was headlined by two world title bouts.
The primary occasion, the heavyweight title bout between champion Tom Aspinall and former interim titleholder Ciryl Gane, resulted in a no contest after Aspinall was unable to proceed after receiving an unintentional eye poke.
Mackenzie Dern captured the ladies’s strawweight championship within the co-main occasion defeating Virna Jandiroba by unanimous choice. Following the occasion, UFC CEO Dana White introduced the winners of the performance-based bonuses.
Struggle of the Night time honors went to the light-weight bout between Ľudovít Klein and Mateusz Rębecki. The back-and-forth combat resulted in a majority deciosn for Klein. Each males earned an additional $50,000.
Heavyweight Valter Walker banked a ‘Efficiency of the Night time’ bonus for his first-round heel hook submission win over Louie Sutherland on the preliminary card.
Quillan Salkilld earned a bonus for his first-round knockout of Nasrat Haqparast within the featured preliminary bout. Salkilld landed a head kick when Haqparast thought he was going low rendering the German unconscious.
UFC 321: Aspinal vs. Gane happened at Etihad Enviornment in Abu Dhabi. 13,220 spectators attended the sold-out occasion. It was the twenty second time the combat promotion held an occasion in Abu Dhabi.
