Regardless of who wins, Brazil will reach its 22nd champion of the competition
After Alexandre Poatan’s light heavyweight title, he will celebrate another belt in the Ultimate Fighting Championship () this Saturday (25), in Abu Dhabi, in the . Virna Jandiroba and Mackenzie Dern face off in the strawweight division of the UFC 321 main card to decide who will be the organization’s new champion. The main card will start at 3pm (Brasília time) this Saturday.
Regardless of who wins, Brazil will reach its 22nd UFC champion. The first unprecedented since Alexandre Pantoja, in 2023. Diego Lopes, in 2025, had the opportunity to win the first title in his career, but stopped at Alexander Volkanovski at featherweight.
American-Brazilian, Mackenzie has chosen to defend Brazil in the UFC since joining the organization in 2018. Virna, in turn, has a record of 22 wins and three losses. They meet again for the first time since 2020, this time with the belt vacant after Weili Zhang moved up a category. On that occasion, Mackenzie won by decision after three rounds.
In addition to the Brazilian duel, the main event of the night pits Tom Aspinall, who will defend the heavyweight title, against Frenchman Ciryl Gane face to face. The fight is of interest to Alex Poatan, current light heavyweight champion, who has already revealed that he has the desire to move up another category in the world’s main MMA organization.
Check out the full UFC 321 card
Main card – starts at 3pm (Brasília time) on UFC Fight Pass
Tom Aspinall x Ciryl Gane – for the heavyweight belt
Virna Jandiroba x Mackenzie Dern – for the women’s strawweight belt
umar nurmamedov x Mario Bautista – Peso Galo
Aleksusdud Rakic X Azamat Murzakanov – PESO pesodo
Alexander Volkov x Jailton Malhadinho – heavyweight
Preliminary card – starts at 11am (Brasília time) on UFC Fight Pass
nasrat Haqparast x Quillal Salkilld – Pesso
Ikram Aliskerov x Yang Park – a medio.
Ludovit Klein x Mateusz Rebecki – lever weight
Valter Walker x Louie Sutherland – heavyweight
Nathaniel Wood x Jose Miguel Delgado – peso pena
Hamdy Abdelwahab x Chris Barnett – heavyweight
Azat Maksum x Mitch Raposo – peso mosca
Jaqueline Amorim x Mizuki – women’s strawweight
*With information from Estadão Conteúdo
Published by Nátaly Tenório
