The primary occasion bouts for UFC 320 and UFC 321 PPVs have been introduced, that includes Ankalaev vs Pereira 2 and Aspinall vs Gane, respectively. Dana White made the announcement by way of a video on Tuesday.
UFC 320, which was initially set as Noche UFC 3 in September, takes place at T-Cell Enviornment in Las Vegas on October 4. The primary occasion is a light-weight heavyweight championship rematch between present champion Magomed Ankalaev (20-1-1, 1 NC) and former champion Alex Pereira (12-3) of Brazil. Ankalaev dethroned Pereira by unanimous determination in March.
The co-main occasion is a bantamweight title battle between Merab Dvalishvili (20-4) of Georgia and Cory Sandhagen (18-5) of Aurora, CO. Dvalishvili made his second profitable protection in June, defeating Sean O’Malley by submission within the third spherical of their rematch. Sandhagen is coming off a second-round stoppage win towards Deiveson Figueiredo in Might.
Additionally confirmed for UFC 320 is a light-weight heavyweight bout between Jiri Prochazka (31-5-1) of Czech and LA native Khalil Rountree Jr. (14-6, 1 NC). Former champion Prochazka stopped Jamahal Hill within the third spherical in January. Rountree Jr. defeated Hill by unanimous determination in June.
The UFC 321 primary occasion options Tom Aspinall (15-3) of England defending his heavyweight title towards former interim champion Ciryl Gane (13-2) of France. The battle card airs reside from Etihad Enviornment in Abu Dhabi in October 25.
Aspinall, who initially received the interim title by knockout towards Curtis Blaydes final July, was promoted to full champion in June after Jon Jones introduced his retirement. Driving a two-fight profitable streak, Gane makes his third try to overcome the division after unsuccessfully difficult Jones and Francis Ngannou.
Different bouts throughout each playing cards are anticipated to be confirmed shortly.
The present UFC 320 lineup is as follows:
Magomed Ankalaev (c) vs. Alex Pereira – UFC gentle heavyweight title
Merab Dvalishvili (c) vs. Cory Sandhagen – UFC bantamweight title
Jiri Prochazka vs. Khalil Rountree Jr.
Edmen Shahbazyan vs. Andre Muniz
The present UFC 321 lineup is as follows:
Tom Aspinall (c) vs. Ciryl Gane – UFC heavyweight title
Alexander Volkov vs. Jailton Almeida
Aleksandar Rakic vs. Azamat Murzakanov
