Dvalishvili (21-4 MMA) will be making a quick turnaround after defeating Cory Sandhagen at the UFC 320 event in October. ‘The Machine’ has successfully captured the promotion’s world bantamweight title three times in 2025, all while defeating Umar Nurmagomedov, Sean O’Malley and the aforementioned ‘Sandman’.
Petr Yan (19-5 MMA) will enter tonight’s main event rematch on a three-fight winning streak. During that impressive stretch, ‘No Mercy’ has defeated Song Yadong, Deiveson Figueiredo and Marcus McGhee, respectively.
UFC 323 is headlined by a men’s flyweight title fight, pitting challenger Joshua Van against reigning champion Alexandre Pantoja.
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Van (15-2 MMA) will enter his first career title fight on a five-fight winning streak, with his most recent victory coming against former title challenger Brandon Royval in a ‘FOTN’ effort at the UFC 317 event in June. Three weeks prior to that victory, ‘The Fearless’ earned a TKO victory over Bruno Gustavo da Silva at UFC 316 in Newark.
Meanwhile, Alexandre Pantoja (30-5 MMA) will be tonight’s co-headliner on an eight-fight winning streak. ‘The Cannibal’ was most recently seen in action at the UFC 317 event in June, where he successfully promotion’s 125lbs title for the fourth straight time with a submission victory over Kai Kara-France.
Also on tonight’s UFC 323 main card lineup is a highly anticipated men’s bantamweight bout between Henry Cejudo and Payton Talbott.
Cejudo (16-5 MMA) will compete in what is expected to be his final bout Octagon appearance in hopes of snapping a three-fight losing skid. The former two-division UFC champion has suffered three straight decision losses to Aljamain Sterling, Merab Dvalishvili and Song Yadong respectively. ‘Triple C’ recorded his most recent win in May 2020 at UFC 249, when he defeated Dominick Cruz to successfully defend the promotion’s 135-pound title.
Meanwhile, Payton Talbott (10-1 MMA) was most recently seen in action at the UFC 317 event in June, where he scored a unanimous decision victory over Felipe Lima. Prior to that win, the 27-year-old suffered the first defeat of his professional career, suffering at the hands of Raoni Barcelos.
If that’s not enough to pique your interest, the UFC 323 main card lineup kicks off with a promising light heavyweight bout between former division titleholder Jan Blachowicz and Bogdan Guskov.
Blachowicz (29-11-1 MMA) will enter tonight’s bout with hopes of breaking a three-fight winless drought. The Polish powerhouse previously competed in March’s UFC event in London, dropping a decision to perennial contender Carlos Ulberg. Prior to that setback, Jan had suffered a loss to Alex Pereira and a draw against Magomed Ankalaev.
Meanwhile, Bogdan Guskov (18-3 MMA) is currently on a four-fight winning streak, with his most recent victory coming by way of a first-round knockout over Nikita Krylov at the July event in Abu Dhabi. ‘Czarevitch’ has gone 4-1 since entering the league Octagon in September 2023, with his only loss coming in his promotional debut against Volkan Oezdemir.
Check out all of tonight’s live results and highlights below (refresh for updates):
UFC 323 main card (ESPN+ PPV, 10 p.m. ET)
Merab Dvalishvili (135) vs. Petr Yan (135) –
Alexandre Pantoja (125) vs. Joshua Van (124.5) –
Brandon Moreno (125) vs. Tatsuro Taira (126) –
Henry Cejudo (136) vs. Payton Talbott (136) –
Jan Blachowicz (206) vs. Bogdan Guskov (206) –
UFC 323 televised prelims (ESPN2/ESPN+, 8 p.m. ET)
Grant Dawson (156) vs. Manuel Torres (156) –
Terrance McKinney (156) vs. Chris Duncan (156) –
Maycee Barber (125.5) vs. Karine Silva (125.5) –
Nazim Sadykhov (155.5) vs. Fares Ziam (156) –
UFC 323 Early Preliminaries (ESPN+, 6 p.m. ET)
Marvin Vettori (186) vs. Brunno Ferreira (189)* –
Edson Barboza (155.5) vs. Jalin Turner (155) –
Iwo Baraniewski (206) vs. Ibo Aslan (205.5) –
Mansur Abdul-Malik (185.5) vs. Antonio Trocoli (186) –
Muhammad Naimov (146) vs. Mairon Santos (147.5)* –
Who will you pick to win tonight’s rematch of the bantamweight title fight between Merab Dvalishvili and Petr Yan?
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