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 .

Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) ventured forth to Etihad Arena in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. Finally, after a ludicrously long wait, Tom Aspinall could enter the cage and attempt to defend undisputed Heavyweight gold.

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.

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.

Light heavyweight titleholder Alex Pereira fired off a post on X, calling out former two-weight world champion Jon Jones for a scrap that would "make the heavyweight division great again."

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.” On Saturday, UFC heavyweight champion Tom Aspinall headlined UFC 321 in a title fight against two-time challenger,

Alemeida (22-4 MMA, 8-2 UFC) repeatedly took down Volkov (39-11 MMA, 13-6 UFC) throughout the bout, but was largely unable to muster up any damage. In Round 1, Volkov reversed Almeida and landed ground-and-pound to likely to steal the round.