For the first time since 2013, an interim title will be defended in the UFC when Tom Aspinall puts his belt on the line in a rematch with Curtis Blaydes in the co-main event of UFC 304.
Aspinall (14-3, 7-1 in UFC) won the interim heavyweight championship on short notice at UFC 295 with a knockout win over Sergei Pavlovich. In eight fights in the Octagon, Aspinall owns a 7-1 record with the one loss coming as the result of a torn MCL he suffered in the cage almost exactly two years before UFC 304.