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.

Tom Aspinall will look to officially begin his undisputed heavyweight title reign in the UFC 321 main event when he clashes with former interim titleholder Ciryl Gane.

This article was originally published on www.si.com/fannation/mma as Tom Aspinall's comeback event gets heavyweight title eliminator. Tom Aspinall's return card, UFC 321, is looking good, with the addition of two ranked fights.