LAS VEGAS -- UFC 323, the promotion's final numbered event on the 2025 calendar, will be held in a familiar place at T-Mobile Arena on Saturday, headlined by a pair of title fights in which the champion enters as a decisive favorite against the challenger.

The main event features bantamweight belt holder Merab Dvalishvili in search of his fourth title defense this year against former champion Petr Yan.

Since earning the belt over Sean O'Malley at UFC 306 in September 2024, Dvalishvili (21-4) successfully defended the crown against Umar Nurmagomedov at UFC 311 in January, O'Malley at UFC 316 in Junes, and Corey Sandhagen at UFC 320 in October.

This fight also recalls some history between Dvalishvili and Yan (19-5), who previously met in 2023 in far different circumstances. That was the m

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