Aspinall, meanwhile, has looked near-unstoppable during his supersonic rise to the top, knocking out highly-rated Sergei Pavlovich to win interim gold before avenging his freak injury loss to Curtis Blaydes - his only title defence while he played the waiting game for Jones.

Former UFC light heavyweight and heavyweight champion Jon Jones is quite interested in fighting at the proposed UFC event at the White House in celebration of the United States' 250th anniversary, per comments made to Joy of Everything's Joe Andaloro in an interview that dropped on social media Wednesday.

UFC CEO Dana White announced heavyweight champion Jon Jones has retired, rather than fight Tom Aspinall – who is the new champ.

Tom Aspinall's first UFC title challenger is set. UFC CEO Dana White announced on Tuesday that Aspinall will defend the UFC heavyweight championship against two-time former title challenger Ciryl Gane in the main event of UFC 321.

Tom Aspinall's first defense of the UFC's undisputed heavyweight championship will come against Ciryl Gane on Oct. 25, UFC CEO Dana White announced Tuesday.

That prolonged saga then came to a deflating end when Jones’ retirement was announced by Dana White following UFC Baku. The development officially made Aspinall the king of heav

Aspinall vs Gane is a fresh match-up — as neither fighter has competed against one another. The fight takes place on the 25th of October in Abu Dhabi at UFC 321. This is the date Aspinall has been targeting ever since he was crowned undisputed champion,

Tom Aspinall was crowned the new UFC Heavyweight Champion following the retirement of Jon Jones, and now his next fight has been announced. Dana White has revealed that Aspinall will make his first official defense against Ciryl Gane.