{"id":330794,"date":"2025-12-06T04:16:10","date_gmt":"2025-12-06T04:16:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/330794\/"},"modified":"2025-12-06T04:16:10","modified_gmt":"2025-12-06T04:16:10","slug":"ufc-323-video-merab-dvalishvili-vs-petr-yan-2-final-faceoff","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/330794\/","title":{"rendered":"UFC 323 video: Merab Dvalishvili vs. Petr Yan 2 final faceoff"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>LAS VEGAS \u2013 The stage is set for the final championship fight of 2025 after <a href=\"https:\/\/mmajunkie.usatoday.com\/events\/ufc-323\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:UFC 323;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">UFC 323<\/a> headliners Merab Dvalishvili and Petr Yan squared up at ceremonial weigh-ins.<\/p>\n<p>After making weight Friday morning, Dvalishvili (21-4 MMA, 14-2 UFC) got face-to-face for the final time with Yan (19-5 MMA, 11-4 UFC) ahead of their bantamweight title rematch, which headlines Saturday&#8217;s card at T-Mobile Arena (ESPN+ pay-per-view, ESPN2\/ESPN+\/Disney+\/FX).<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s a historic opportunity for Dvalishvili, who will attempt to become the first in UFC history to make four successful title defenses in a calendar year. He can set the all-time divisional record overall with four consecutive defenses, but former titleholder Yan has other intentions as he looks to avenge a loss and become a two-time champ at 135 pounds.<\/p>\n<p>The intensity between the pair was obvious, and you can watch the video above to see the final Dvalishvili vs. Yan staredown from UFC 323 ceremonial weigh-ins.<\/p>\n<p>This article originally appeared on MMA Junkie: <a href=\"https:\/\/mmajunkie.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/ufc\/2025\/12\/05\/ufc-323-video-merab-dvalishvili-vs-petr-yan-2-final-faceoff-title-rematch\/87608298007\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:UFC 323 video: Merab Dvalishvili vs. Petr Yan 2 final faceoff;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">UFC 323 video: Merab Dvalishvili vs. Petr Yan 2 final faceoff<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"LAS VEGAS \u2013 The stage is set for the final championship fight of 2025 after UFC 323 headliners&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":330795,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[570],"tags":[64,63,21752,786,25363,785,20875,85,787],"class_list":{"0":"post-330794","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-mma","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-championship-fight","11":"tag-fighting","12":"tag-merab-dvalishvili","13":"tag-mma","14":"tag-petr-yan","15":"tag-sports","16":"tag-ufc"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/330794","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=330794"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/330794\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/330795"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=330794"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=330794"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=330794"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}