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.

Tom Aspinall has verbally agreed to his next UFC fight. The new undisputed heavyweight champion, Aspinall no longer has to wait in the shadow of Jon Jones, who put a halt to the Brit's career for over two years.