UFC Fighter Alexandre Pantoja Suffers Grotesque Elbow Injury
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UFC, Dvalishvili and Yan
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Merab Dvalishvili was expected to get the job done against an opponent he beat two years ago. In the end, Petr Yan beat him bloody in a career-best performance to take the bantamweight belt. Merab Dvalishvili had a 25-minute spar hours before he beat Cory Sandhagen at UFC 320.
Go inside the numbers behind UFC 323, where Alexandre Pantoja became the first to lose a UFC belt due to injury stoppage.
UFC 323 is set to go Saturday night with the five-bout main card headlined by title fights in the flyweight and bantamweight divisions. Merab Dvalishvili will be the last fighter introduced at T-Mobile Arena ahead of the fourth defense of his 135-pound crown since he took it from Sean O'Malley 15 months ago at The Sphere.
Petr Yan captured the UFC bantamweight title at UFC 323 with a unanimous decision over Merab Dvalishvili. Here are the full results, bonuses, and highlights.