Merab Dvalishvili needs to safe a knockout when he runs it again with Petr Yan this weekend at UFC 323. Dvalishvili needs to be the primary UFC champion to have efficiently defended the belt 4 instances in simply twelve months. With that aim in thoughts, he’ll enter the octagon on Saturday evening.
The Machine’ secured a unanimous determination victory at UFC 320 towards Cory Sandhagen, and earlier than that at UFC 316, he secured a submission victory in his rematch with Sean O’Malley. This time, he has even larger plans against Yan.
The 2 final fought in 2023, and the Georgian cruised to a unanimous determination victory.
Yan typically begins sluggish and tries to step on the fuel within the later rounds. Nonetheless, as followers noticed within the first bout, ‘No Mercy’ will discover it troublesome to combat at his personal tempo towards Dvalishvili, because the Georgian controls the tempo along with his fixed takedown makes an attempt, strikes rather a lot, and trades every time he will get an opportunity.
In a current interview with ESPN MMA, Merab Dvalishvili mentioned:
“I wish to knock out my subsequent opponent or TKO him. That may be good… I’m getting higher, and I’m bettering my putting. So the primary couple of fights once I began combating in my nation, I used to be throwing arms; I used to be simply combating from intuition. However now I’m a lot clearer, and I hit, and I don’t get hit.”
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Merab Dvalishvili Weighs His Choices for Subsequent UFC Opponent
Just lately, throughout a sit-down with Aaron Bronsteter, the reigning UFC bantamweight kingpin expressed curiosity in dealing with Aiemann Zahabi after the UFC 323 title combat. Zahabi is on a seven-fight UFC win streak and boasts wins over the legendary Jose Aldo and Marlon Vera, amongst others.
After beating O’Malley twice, Umar Nurmagomedov, and Cory Sandhagen, ‘The Machine’ is now searching for new challenges. He’s additionally interested by combating Payton Talbott and Track Yadong, offered each fighters win their upcoming bouts. The Georgian can also be not interested by a rematch with Umar Nurmagomedov or O’Malley.
Try Merab Dvalishvili’s feedback beneath:
‘The Machine’ stays invested within the 135-pound division and doesn’t wish to move up anytime soon. Dvalishvili plans on knocking out Petr Yan this weekend after which combating early subsequent 12 months. He additionally needs to be part of the UFC White Home 2026 card.
