Fans react with disbelief and frustration across social media. What should have been a grand return for heavyweight champion Tom Aspinall turned into one of the most disappointing main events in recent memory.

For the first time in UFC history, a no contest was immediately declared in the main event of a title fight after an inadvertent eye poke brought an early end to UFC 321 in Abu Dhabi on Saturday .

Some might have predicted a first-round stoppage when Tom Aspinall and Ciryl Gane met in the main event of UFC 321 on Saturday, but no one could have foreseen the stoppage being because of an incidental eye poke.

When Jon Jones retired from MMA in early 2025, he did so under somewhat complicated circumstances. By the time he hung up the gloves, he was irrefutably one of the greatest fighters in MMA history—maybe the best outright.

Nurmagomedov (19-1 MMA, 7-1 UFC) swept the scorecards to snap Mario Bautista's eight-fight win streak on Saturday's main card at Etihad Arena. Nurmagomedov went 11 of 14 in takedowns, but Bautista (16-3 MMA, 10-3 UFC) did a good job of popping back up on most of the attempts, which surprised him.

Kayla Harrison, an Olympic gold medalist from Middletown, Ohio, is the reigning UFC Women's Bantamweight Champion. Harrison has overcome personal challenges, including surviving sexual abuse, which she uses to empower others through her Fearless Foundation.

Alex Pereira was not pleased with the unfortunate outcome to UFC 321’s main event and has promised to “make the heavyweight division great again” alongside Jon Jones. On Saturday, UFC heavyweight champion Tom Aspinall headlined UFC 321 in a title fight against two-time challenger,

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