UFC Announces Full Official UFC 323 Fight Card

The final UFC Pay-per-view card of 2025 and the ESPN era has been announced. The promotion announced the five-fight main card at the recent UFC 322 event. Last weekend, while the promotion was in Qatar for a UFC Fight Night event, the rest of the card was made official.

UFC 323 takes place on Saturday, December 6 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. Headlining the event are two title fights.

In the UFC 323 main event, UFC bantamweight champion Merab Dvalishvili looks to defend his title for the fourth time in 2025 when he takes on former champion Petr Yan in a rematch. With a win, Dvalishvili becomes the first UFC champion to defend a UFC title four times in a calendar year.

In the co-main event of UFC 323, UFC flyweight champion Alexandre Pantoja looks to defend his crown against rising Joshua Van.

UFC 323 Pay-Per-View Card

Merab Dvalishvili vs. Petr January 2

Alexandre Pantoja vs. Joshua Van

Brandon Moreno vs. Tatsuro Taira

Henry Cejudo vs. Payton Talbott

Jan Błachowicz vs. Bogdan Guskov

UFC 323 Preliminary Card

Grant Dawson vs. Manuel Torres
Terrance McKinney vs. Chris Duncan
Maycee Barber vs. Karine Silva
Nazim Sadykhov vs. Farès Ziam
Marvin Vettori vs. Brunno Ferreira
Edson Barboza vs. Jalin Turner
Iwo Baraniewski vs. Ibo Aslan
Mansur Abdul-Malik vs. Antonio Trocoli
Muhammad Naimov vs. Myron Santos

*Battle map subject to change

UFC 323 Main Event: Merab Dvalishvili vs. Peter Jan

Merab Dvalishvili (21-4), a longtime training partner of former UFC bantamweight champion Aljamain Sterling, stepped into the spotlight of the promotion’s 135-pound division in September 2014 when he scored a unanimous decision victory over then-champion Sean O’Malley in the main event of UFC 306.

The 34-year-old Dvalishvili joined the UFC in 2017 as a much-hyped prospect. At the time, Dvalishvili was 7-2 and had won and defended the Ring of Combat bantamweight crown.

Dvalishvili didn’t get off to a smooth start to his UFC run, losing his first two fights. By decision, Frankie Saenz fell, and the second, via submission, to Ricky Simon. In September 2018, everything clicked into place for the Serra-Longo Fight Team product, and he hasn’t lost since.

Heading into UFC 306, Dvalishvili was on a 10-fight winning streak. Prior to his match against O’Malley, Dvalishvili had defeated Marlon Moraes, Jose Aldo, Petr Yan and Henry Cejudo. The win over O’Malley extended his winning streak to 11 in a row. Dvalishvili extended that streak to 12 when he defended his title with a unanimous decision over previously undefeated Umar Nurmagomedov at UFC 311.

Dvalishvili faced O’Malley in a rematch at UFC 316. O’Malley had not fought since losing his title to Dvalishvili at UFC 306. Despite making major changes to his life and training heading into UFC 316, Dvalishvili easily dispatched O’Malley in their second meeting, ending the fight in the third round via submission.

In his most recent title defense, Dvalishvili defeated Sandhagen to earn a unanimous decision (49-45, 49-45, 49-46).

Petr Yan (19-5) is on the rebound. The 32-year-old former UFC bantamweight champion was 1-4 between March 2021 and March 2023, but has gone 3-0 in his past three bouts with three decision victories.

Yan won the vacant UFC bantamweight belt by defeating former UFC featherweight king Jose Aldo in July 2020. Yan’s run with the belt was short, as he lost the title in his first defense attempt. Yan handed the belt to Aljamain Sterling in March 2021 after Yan blasted Sterling with an illegal knee that prevented Sterling from continuing.

In October 2021, Yan captured the interim bantamweight title with a decision win over Cory Sandhagen. Yan’s next appearance was a title unification match with Sterling. Sterling retained the title with a split-decision victory.

Yan followed his loss to Sterling with a split-decision setback against Sean O’Malley in October 2022. He then dropped a March 2023 scrap to Merab Dvalishvili by unanimous decision. Yan returned to the win column in March 2024 with a decisive victory over Song Yadong.

Following that victory, Yan scored a decision victory over former UFC flyweight champion Deiveson Figueiredo in a five-round affair in November 2024. In his most recent outing, Yan earned a decision over Marcus McGhee in a three-round fight in July.

The former champion enters the UFC 323 fight card as the No. 3 fighter in the official UFC bantamweight rankings.

We’ll find out more about UFC 323, including the opening betting odds for the co-main event, as fight night approaches.