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Chris Taylor - December 6, 2025

The Octagon returned to T-Mobile Arena for tonight’s UFC 323 event, and four fighters wound up taking home performance bonuses. The pay-per-view event was headlined by a men’s bantamweight title fight rematch featuring Petr Yan challenging Merab Dvalishvili. The bout proved to be a return to glory for Petr Yan. The Russian was able to utilize some amazing takedown defense and beautiful striking to better Merab Dvalishvili for the majority of their five-round affair. Yan was able to hurt ‘The Machine’ on multiple occasions and left the now former champion bloody and bruised after twenty-five minutes of thrilling action.

Chris Taylor - December 6, 2025

Tonight’s UFC 323 event was headlined by a men’s bantamweight title fight rematch featuring Merab Dvalishvili taking on Petr Yan. Dvalishvili (21-5 MMA) was making a quick turnaround tonight in Las Vegas, this after recently defeating Cory Sandhagen at October’s UFC 320 event. ‘The Machine’ had previously defended the promotion‘s bantamweight world title on three occasions in the 2025 calendar year, this while defeating the likes of Umar Nurmagomedov, Sean O’Malley and the aforementioned ‘Sandman’.

Chris Taylor - December 6, 2025

We have you covered for all of tonight’s UFC 323 results, including the main event men’s bantamweight rematch between Merab Dvalishvili and Petr Yan. Dvalishvili (21-4 MMA) will be making a quick turnaround, this after defeating Cory Sandhagen at October’s UFC 320 event. ‘The Machine’ has successfully defended the promotion‘s bantamweight world title on three occasions in 2025, this while defeating Umar Nurmagomedov, Sean O’Malley and the aforementioned ‘Sandman’.

Chris Taylor - December 6, 2025

Tonight’s UFC 323 event was co-headlined by a men’s flyweight title fight featuring Joshua Van challenging Alexandre Pantoja. Van (16-2 MMA) had entered his first career title bout sporting a five-fight winning streak, with his most recent triumph coming against former title challenger Brandon Royval in a ‘FOTN‘ effort at June’s UFC 317 event. Three weeks prior to that victory, ‘The Fearless’ had scored a quick TKO win over Bruno Gustavo da Silva at UFC 316 in Newark.

Chris Taylor - December 6, 2025

We have you covered for all of tonight’s UFC 323 results, including the men’s flyweight matchup between Brandon Moreno and Tatsuro Taira. Moreno (23-9-2 MMA) will enter the contest on a two-fight winning streak, this after scoring back-to-back decision victories over Steve Erceg and Amir Albazi in his most recent Octagon appearances. The former flyweight kingpin has gone 3-2 over his past five fights overall.

Chris Taylor - December 6, 2025

We have you covered for all of tonight’s UFC 323 results, including the men’s bantamweight matchup between Henry Cejudo and Payton Talbott. Cejudo (16-6 MMA) will enter what is expected to be his final Octagon appearance with hopes of snapping a three-fight losing skid. The former two-division UFC champion has suffered three straight decision losses to Aljamain Sterling, Merab Dvalishvili and Song Yadong respectively. ‘Triple C’ recorded his most recent victory back in May of 2020 at UFC 249, when he defeated Dominick Cruz to successfully defend the promotion’s 135lbs title.

Chris Taylor - December 6, 2025

Tonight’s UFC 323 main card lineup kicks off with a promising light heavyweight bout featuring former division title holder Jan Blachowicz taking on Bogdan Guskov. Blachowicz (29-11-2 MMA) will enter tonight’s matchup with hopes of snapping a three-fight winless drought. The Polish powerhouse most previously competed at March’s UFC event in London, where he dropped a decision to perennial contender Carlos Ulberg. Prior to that setback, Jan had suffered a split decision defeat to Alex Pereira and a split draw to Magomed Ankalaev.

Chris Taylor - December 6, 2025

We have you covered for all of tonight’s UFC 323 results, including the lightweight matchup between Terrance McKinney and Chris Duncan. McKinney (17-8 MMA) will enter the contest on a two-fight winning streak, this after scoring back-to-back stoppage victories over Damir Hadzovic and Viacheslav Borshchev in his most recent Octagon appearances. ‘T Wrecks’ has gone 4-1 over his past five fights overall, with his lone loss in the stretch coming by way of knockout against Esteban Ribovics.

Chris Taylor - December 6, 2025

We have you covered for all of tonight’s UFC 323 results, including the middleweight matchup between Marvin Vettori and Brunno Ferreira. Vettori (19-10-1 MMA) will enter the contest with hopes of snapping a three-fight losing skid. The former title challenger has dropped three straight decision losses to opponents Jared Cannonier, Roman Dolidze and Brendan Allen respectively. ‘The Italian Dream’ was last victorious in March of 2023, where he picked up a decision victory over the aforementioned Roman Dolidze.

Chris Taylor - December 6, 2025

The Octagon returns to T-Mobile Arena for tonight’s UFC 323 event, a 14-bout fight card headlined by Merab Dvalishvili vs. Petr Yan 2. Dvalishvili (21-4 MMA) will be making a quick turnaround, this after defeating Cory Sandhagen at October’s UFC 320 event. ‘The Machine’ has successfully defended the promotion‘s bantamweight world title on three occasions in 2025, this while defeating Umar Nurmagomedov, Sean O’Malley and the aforementioned ‘Sandman’.

Harry Kettle - December 6, 2025

UFC veteran Justin Gaethje is ready to play the role of spoiler in the main event of UFC 324 against Paddy Pimblett. For the longest time now, Justin Gaethje has been putting forward his case to compete for the UFC lightweight championship. He has been around the block and he has even held the interim gold before, but given where he’s at in his career, he is ready to make one final push for the undisputed title.

Harry Kettle - December 6, 2025

Combat sports fans are furious at the referee’s performance during a fight between Robelis Despaigne and Sam Alvey last night. For the longest time, Robelis Despaigne has been a pretty interesting figure in the world of combat sports. While his run in the UFC didn’t exactly go to plan, he’s still the kind of fighter who is going to bring in a lot of eyes regardless of where he fights. If you want any further proof of that, take a look at the interest in his Karate Combat championship showdown with Sam Alvey last night.

Harry Kettle - December 6, 2025

UFC legend Kamaru Usman has explained why he isn’t sold on Ian Machado Garry as a welterweight title contender. As we know, Kamaru Usman is on his final run in the world of mixed martial arts. He is hoping to go out as a champion, which is what he was at 170 pounds for most of his career. After defeating Joaquin Buckley and snapping a three fight losing streak, he clearly feels like he’s in a position to challenge Islam Makhachev for the gold.

Dylan Bowker - December 5, 2025

Merab Dvalishvili and Aiemann Zahabi could potentially be on a championship collision course with one another, depending on how the proceedings this weekend play out. But the two men showed tangible mutual respect for one another amid a big fight week for the former. Dvalishvili first has to deal with the imminent challenge of former bantamweight champion Petr Yan as the two run it back for a rematch at UFC 323 on Saturday, December 6th. Zahabi was on the scene for fight week in an analyst role for Sportsnet and spoke with the reigning, defending champion. As far as addressing the notion of whether Zahabi is in the mix for a shot at championship gold as we encroach into the next calendar year, Dvalishvili said,

Dylan Bowker - December 5, 2025

Conor McGregor has teased returns to the cage multiple times over the years, but he has recently indicated a desire to fight Islam Makhachev. A clash with the welterweight kingpin would put McGregor into rarefied air in the UFC, if he got his desired outcome, with no UFC fighter holding gold across three weight categories. The notion of achieving that unprecedented feat of becoming a three-division UFC champion seems to be on the mind of ‘The Notorious’ lately. The former two-division UFC champion has teased a return to the octagon on the mapped-out UFC White House event for the Summer. McGregor mentioned that the negotiations for that would likely be firmed up circa February, per a recent quote he gave to a Bloody Elbow reporter. While Michael Chandler has long been referenced as a return opponent for Conor McGregor, it seems like he has quite lofty aspirations for his subsequent efforts by mentioning a desire to vie for Makhachev’s belt.

Curtis Calhoun - December 5, 2025

BMF champion Max Holloway will make his return to the Octagon to face another UFC superstar in the UFC 326 main event. Max Holloway ruined Dustin Poirier’s retirement send-off at UFC 318 earlier this year, as he defeated his three-time rival by unanimous decision to defend his BMF title. Holloway won the BMF championship by knocking out Justin Gaethje last year at UFC 300.

Curtis Calhoun - December 5, 2025

Ryan Garcia is interested in teaming up with Khabib Nurmagomedov in Dagestan, and former UFC superstar Nate Diaz wasn’t having it. UFC Hall of Famer Khabib Nurmagomedov unintentionally created a popular meme when he repeatedly called for athletes to ‘train for 2-3 years in Dagestan’ to get in peak shape. Daniel Cormier’s wrestling understudies, and UFC fighters like Belal Muhammad, have benefited from working as Nurmagomedov’s understudies.

Cole Shelton - December 5, 2025

Payton Talbott wants to prove he belongs with the very best after UFC 323. Talbott is set to take on former UFC flyweight and bantamweight champion Henry Cejudo in a pivotal fight at bantamweight. It’s Cejudo’s retirement fight, while Talbott is looking to enter the rankings.