UFC's Tom Aspinall Breaks Silence With Shocking UFC Heavyweight Title Update

On Monday, September 14, 2026, Tom Aspinall officially vacated the UFC Heavyweight Championship, responding via social media to remarks made by UFC CEO Dana White the previous Saturday. Aspinall had previously won the interim title by defeating Sergei Pavlovich at UFC 295 in Madison Square Garden on November 11, 2023. His decision to vacate leaves the UFC heavyweight division without a champion and back to square one.