On paper, UFC 321 wasn't terribly remarkable by any stretch of the imagination. With Tom Aspinall being a wide betting favorite to defend his heavyweight title against Ciryl Gane and a strawweight title fight that felt like a consolation prize after Zhang Weili vacated the title to move up a division and challenge for the women's flyweight championship, the top of the card was one of the weaker pay-per-views of 2025.
Unfortunately, the fight card played out worse than it appeared on paper.
An unprecedented no-contest in the main event left fight fans feeling empty. Outside of a must-see head kick knockout by Quillan Salkilld , an absurd fourth consecutive heel hook submission finish from heavyweight Valter Walker and Azamat Murzakanov 's of Aleksandar Rakic , it was a rough

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