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'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.

Gane ultimately won the Aspinall sweepstakes, beating out Jailton Almeida and Alexander Volkov to secure the first shot at unseating the Englishman. It will mark the Frenchman’s third shot at becoming undisputed champ and, if things go to plan for the heavyweight king, his last.