UFC 316 occurred on June 7, 2025, at the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey. The pay-per-view had two title fights and a full slate of fights, and the evening concluded with the champions still reigning and action galore everywhere. In the headliner, bantamweight champ Merab Dvalishvili (20-4) put his belt on the line against Sean O’Malley (18-3). Dvalishvili dominated and finished the fight in the third round by submission (choke), defeating O’Malley for the second time in a row.
In the co-main event, Kayla Harrison made a loud statement: she submitted Julianna Peña (12-6) in the second round (Kimura) to become the new UFC women’s bantamweight champion.