Petr Yan owned the UFC men's bantamweight belt as far back as 2020, but he never looked more like a champion than he did Saturday night, when he dethroned Merab Dvalishvili by unanimous decision in an action-packed UFC 323 main event in Las Vegas.

Two judges scored the bout 49-46, while the other had it 48-47 for Yan.

Yan (20-5) was the aggressor throughout, which wasn't the case in Dvalishvili's previous fights, including their first meeting.

In 2023, after Yan's reign as champion had ended and Dvalishvili's had not begun, Dvalishvili scored a dominant decision win over Yan thanks to a relentless attack. Dvalishvili made 49 takedown attempts that night, and although Yan fended off 38 of them, he became fatigued and was put on the defensive all fight, never mounting an offensive thre

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