UFC 323 live: Merab Dvalishvili vs Petr Yan results and updates as Alexandre Pantoja suffers injury
Dvalishvili finally lost his bantamweight belt in a rematch with Yan, after Joshua Van won the flyweight title from an injured Pantoja
Petr Yan earned revenge against Merab Dvalishvili at UFC 323, finally solving the Georgian’s puzzle to regain the bantamweight title and halt the champion’s dominant run.
Two years after losing a clear decision to Dvalishvili, Yan produced a phenomenal, well-rounded performance to outpoint the “Machine” and become a two-time undisputed champion.
After outpointing Umar Nurmagomedov and Cory Sandhagen in 2025, either side of a submission of rival Sean O’Malley, Dvalishvili made history at UFC 323: becoming the first UFC fighter to attempt four title defences in a calendar year. He could not make it four wins from four fights, though; Yan outstruck the Georgian and hurt him to the body multiple times, while also showing off great wrestling defensively and offensively.
That rematch followed the co-main event, in which Alexandre Pantoja’s title reign came to an abrupt end in unexpected fashion. Not even 30 seconds into the dominant champion’s defence against Joshua Van, the Brazilian suffered an arm injury and was unable to contnue.
Follow live updates and results from the UFC 323 main card and prelims, below.
UFC 323 live: What do results mean for p4p rankings?
Both Pantoja and Dvalishvili ranked highly on our pound-for-pound list ahead of UFC 323.
Pantoja was at No 4, and Dvalishvili was at No 3.
The list will be updated on Monday morning, so where would you have each fighter sit?
The Independent’s pound-for-pound UFC rankings
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UFC 323 results in full: Early prelims
Brunno Ferreira def. Marvin Vettori via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)
Jalin Turner def. Edson Barboza via first-round TKO (punches, 2:24)
Iwo Baraniewski def. Ibo Aslan via first-round KO (punches, 1:29)
Mansur Abdul-Malik def. Antonio Trocoli via first-round submission (guillotine choke, 1:09)
Mairon Santos def. Muhammad Naimov via third-round TKO (punches, 0:21)
UFC 323 results in full: Regular prelims
Manuel Torres def. Grant Dawson via first-round TKO (punches, 2:25)
Chris Duncan def. Terrance McKinney via first-round submission (Anaconda choke, 2:30)
Maycee Barber def. Karine Silva via unanimous decision (30-27, 29-28, 29-28)
Fares Ziam def. Nazim Sadykhov via second-round TKO (elbows, 5:00)
UFC 323 results in full: Main card
Petr Yan def. Merab Dvalishvili via unanimous decision (49-46, 49-46, 48-47)
Joshua Van def. Alexandre Pantoja via first-round TKO (injury, 0:26)
Tatsuro Taira def. Brandon Moreno via second-round TKO (ground and pound, 2:24)
Payton Talbott def. Henry Cejudo via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)
Jan Blachowicz and Bogdan Guskov fight to majority draw (29-28, 28-28, 28-28)
Yan solves Dvalishvili puzzle at UFC 323 as Van wins title from injured Pantoja
Here’s our report in full:
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