Now, O’Malley looks to win the championship for a second time. He has a career record of 18-2, with 12 wins by knockout. Dvashvili has won 12 straight fights, beating Umar Nurmagomedov at UFC 311 by unanimous decision. He is 19-4 with 15 wins coming by decision.

The two got together for the first time last summer in Las Vegas, where Dvalishvili became the champion via unanimous decision. He's since defended once and will share headlining duties with O'Malley at the Prudential Center in Newark atop a 13-bout card whose five-bout main show is being packaged as UFC 316.

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Jon Jones and Francis Ngannou have hinted at a potential megafight in several social media posts.

Francis Ngannou's coach claims the former UFC heavyweight champion is interested in rejoining the promotion. The news piqued the interest of fans and reigning heavyweight champ Jon Jones. Ngannou vacated the UFC heavyweight title in January 2023,

Ngannou’s head coach Eric Nicksick recently said that he believes Ngannou would ‘100 percent’ entertain a return to the UFC in the future. After feeling mistreated and undervalued by the UFC as heavyweight champ,

Former cham Sean O’Malley gave a sharp one-liner when questioned by a UFC commentator about his UFC 316 title defense.

Of all the fights Sean O'Malley could have taken after losing his belt to Merab Dvalishvili at UFC 306, an immediate rematch is one of the riskiest. While guaranteeing an opportunity at reclaiming the belt,