In the main event in Las Vegas, Dvalishvili puts his bantamweight title on the line against Petr Yan, in a rematch two years in the making. Dvalishvili outpointed the former champion as he closed in on a title shot, and the Georgian has been dominant since winning gold.
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• Follow UFC 323 live as Dvalishvili and Pantoja defend their titles in Las Vegas
Tonight, surprisingly, he is seeking a fourth consecutive successful title defense in 12 months. This year, Dvalishvili outpointed Umar Nurmagomedov and Cory Sandhagen and submitted rival Sean O’Malley, the man he dethroned in 2024.
And in the co-main event of UFC 323, another dominant champion enters the cage, looking for a fifth consecutive title defense. Flyweight king Pantoja faces rising star Joshua Van, 24, who could become the youngest active UFC champion with a win.
This is all you need to know.
When is UFC 323?
UFC 323 will take place on Saturday, December 6 at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. He initial preliminaries will start in 23:00 GMT (3 pm PT / 5 pm CT / 6 pm ET), followed by the regular preliminaries in 01:00 GMT Sunday (5 pm PT / 7 pm CT / 8 pm ET on Saturday). He main card then it starts at 3am GMT Sunday (7 pm PT / 9 pm CT / 10 pm ET on Saturday).
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How can I see it?
in the ukthe event will be broadcast live TNT Sports and can also be accessed through Discovery+, EE TV, Virgin Media, Amazon Prime Video and Sky Sports. in the united states, ESPN+ will transmit the action. UFC Fight Pass is a means to watch the prelims in both countries.
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Former UFC bantamweight champion Petr Yan (Getty Images)
Dvalishvili – 2/9; Yan – 3/10
Pantoja – 4/9; Van – 7/4
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fight card
Subject to change; ‘C’ denotes champion
main card
Alexandre Pantoja has been dominant as men’s flyweight champion (Getty Images)
Merab Dvalishvili (C) vs Petr Yan 2 (bantamweight title)
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Alexandre Pantoja (C) vs Joshua Van (flyweight title)
Brandon Moreno vs Tatsuro Taira (flyweight)
Henry Cejudo vs Payton Talbott (bantamweight)
Jan Blachowicz vs Bogdan Guskov (light heavyweight)
Preliminaries
Grant Dawson vs Manuel Torres (lightweight)
Terrance McKinney vs. Chris Duncan (lightweight)
Maycee Barber vs Karine Silva (women’s flyweight)
Nazim Sadykhov vs Fares Ziam (lightweight)
First preliminaries
Marvin Vettori vs Brunno Ferreira (middleweight)
Edson Barboza vs Jalin Turner (lightweight)
Iwo Baraniewski vs Ibo Aslan (heavyweight)
Mansur Abdul-Malik vs Antonio Trocoli (middleweight)
Mairon Santos defeated. Muhammad Naimov by TKO in the third round (punches, 0:21)