UFC bantamweight champion Merab Dvalishvili will defend his belt against Petr Yan in the main event of UFC 323 later tonight.
It will serve as a rematch from their encounter just a few years ago, and on that occasion, it was Merab Dvalishvili who got the better of Yan. The Russian star claims that he was injured during that fight, but even so, he was able to stuff the takedowns of the Georgian sensation with real precision. Alas, it wasn’t enough, and it was still a fairly lopsided decision loss for Petr.
This time around, though, there’s something that people may not have been taking into consideration as much as they should have – Merab Dvalishvili’s activity.