Merab Dvalishvili has an idea of whom a Bantamweight title shot should get after UFC 320.
Dvalishvili is planned to risk his gold against Cory Sandhagen on October 4. The competition will serve as the Co-Main event of UFC 320. “The machine” has long since called Sandhagen a worthy challenger, and the two even had a staredown in the Octagon after Dvalishvili defeated Sean O’Malley at UFC 316.
While Dvalishvili expects Sandhagen to be at its best, he unveiled on the “Full podcast,” Who he thinks would be the rightful No. 1 candidate once UFC 320 was completed (via Inappropriate).
“I don’t overlook Cory Sandhagen. It will be a tough fight. But God wants to be willing, I’m going to do my best to win this fight, and if I win, I want a quick turn and I want to fight in December,” said Dvalishvili on the “full shipping podcast.”
“I will ask the UFC to give me another fight in December or even November. I don’t care. Petr Yan is now the clear competition. He earns it. I don’t want him to wait too long. I can take a quick turn and fight against him, and after we see who the next candidate will be.”
Yan has confronted with both Dvalishvili and Sandhagen. ‘No grace’ was defeated by DvalishHvili via a unanimous decision in 2023. Yan has a victory over Sandhagen, which was disputed for the interim UFC Bantamweight Championship in 2021.
Since the loss for Dvalishhvili, Yan has secured a three-fighter-winning series. In that period he defeated Deiveson Figueiredo, Song Yadong and Marcus Mcghee. Yan will pay close attention to the confrontation between Dvalishvili and Sandhagen, but a combination of crucial bantam weight looms. Umar Nurmagomedov is responsible for Mario Bautista in a fight with title implications, depending on the outcome.
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