Aspinall, 32, has been nearly flawless since graduating to the company from the Cage Warriors promotion five years ago, winning eight of nine bouts and avenging an injury-prompted loss to Curtis Blaydes with a 60-second KO in July.

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 .

UFC 321 has reportedly received a very late addition in the form of a lightweight bout between Nasrat Haqparast and Quillan Salkilld.