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The transition between Alexander Volkov and Ciryl Gane from UFC 308 to UFC 310 is complete

A heavyweight rematch is set for the final UFC pay-per-view of the year – a new home after an injury forced a move.

An injury to Alexander Volkov (38-10 MMA, 12-4 UFC) forced the promotion to rebook his fight against Ciryl Gane (12-2 MMA, 9-2 UFC) from next month's UFC 308 to UFC 310 in December. The campaign made the move official on Friday.

UFC 310 (pay-per-view, ESPN, ESPN+) takes place on December 7th at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. UFC 308, the fight's original venue, takes place on October 26 at the Etihad Arena in Abu Dhabi.

Former Bellator champion Volkov has won four straight fights against Jairzinho Rozenstruik, Alexandr Romanov, Tai Tuivasa and Sergei Pavlovich and is firmly back in the title fight. This is where he found himself when he fought Gane for the first time in mid-2021. In that headliner, Gane walked away with a unanimous decision victory.

Volkov subsequently rebounded with a victory over Marcin Tybura, then was submitted by current interim champion Tom Aspinall before starting his current 4-0 run. This run included knockouts against Rozenstruik and Romanov in the first round and a submission against Tuivasa in the second round.

Gane defeated Volkov in his first fight while he was in the process of climbing up the heavyweight rankings. This moved him to 9-0 and led to an interim heavyweight title fight with Derrick Lewis at UFC 265, which he won by third-round knockout. Gane dropped a decision to Francis Ngannou in a title unification fight in January 2022, but it didn't take long for him to work his way back.

After a bonus-winning third-round knockout of Tuivasa, Gane was given another title shot when he fought Jon Jones for the belt vacated by Ngannou's move to the PFL. But Jones submitted him in about two minutes, became champion and brought Gane back into the field.

A year ago, Gane bounced back with a knockout win over Sergei Spivac in front of his home fans in Paris that set up the decisive fight with Volkov.

With the addition, the UFC 310 lineup now includes:

  • Dominick Reyes vs. Anthony Smith
  • Virna Jandiroba vs Tatiana Suarez
  • Ciryl Gane vs. Alexander Volkov
  • Clay Guida vs. Chase Hooper
  • Michael Chiesa vs. Max Griffin

For more information on the card, check out MMA Junkie's UFC 310 event hub.

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