Petr Yan and Aljamain Sterling found mutual respect after sharing the UFC Octagon for nine rounds of their careers. But their ...

Ultimate Fighting Championship great Dominick Cruz had a major impact on the development of MMA and fighter talent around the ...

Bantamweight champion Merab Dvalishvili scored his first title defense at UFC 311 last weekend (Sat., Jan. 18, 2025) when he defeated Umar Nurmagomedov via unanimous decision and now the search for ...

Going five rounds with Sandhagen is one thing — doing it with Dvalishvili is another. It’s not like Petr Yan has bad cardio. But when Yan encountered Dvalishvili, who shot for 49 takedowns in ...

UFC 311 was a wild ride. Islam Makhachev and Jiri Prochazka were among the four main card acts to score stoppages. Even the one fight that went the distance was memorable as Merab Dvalishvili showed ...

Sean O’Malley may also be ready to return and he could draw Petr Yan in a rematch or Corey Sandhagen in an interesting co-main event. If I had to guess, Peña-Harrison feels like the most likely ...

Dvalishvili (18-4) dominated against former champions Petr Yan and Henry Cejudo before winning ... He is 6-0 in the octagon, beating Cory Sandhagen in August to become the top contender.

Dvalishvili had planned on fighting in March or April in a rematch against former champs Sean O'Malley or Petr Yan, but after a ... Umar after [beating Cory] Sandhagen was targeting the belt." ...

He was riding that momentum and had won 11 fights in a row en route to the title, including victories over former champions Jose Aldo, Henry Cejudo and Petr Yan, yet he made it known he did not ...