MOSCOW, Jan 21 Heavyweight bout between Englishman Tom Aspinall and Russian Alexander Volkov will mark the return of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) to London on March 19, ESPN reports, citing UFC President Dana White. The UFC has not held an event in London since March 2019. The promotion's first event, canceled in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, was scheduled to take place at the O2 Arena on March 21 of that year. Volkov and Aspinall are ranked fifth and tenth in the UFC heavyweight rankings. Initially, the Englishman was supposed to fight the Russian Shamil Abdurahimov, but later he was replaced by Volkov. Volkov has eight wins and three losses in fights under the auspices of the UFC.
