Dana White has recently made the announcement for this year’s final PPV. Merab Dvalishvili will once again headline the event, and he will make his fourth title defense of the year against Petr Yan, whom he has been looking forward to fighting since before his first fight against Cory Sandhagen. A fourth patented defense would set a record, and many have said this is the greatest year for a fighter, but Ben Askren does not agree.

Merab Dvalishvili has defeated Umar Nurmagomedov at UFC 311, Sean O’Malley at UFC 316, and Cory Sandhagen at UFC 320 this year. Now, he is set to face Petr Yan in December. Although he has already beaten Yan once, he is eyeing another win. But Askren said, “Jon Jones 2011- he beat Bader, Machida, Rampage and Rua. That was an insane stretch.”

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