Two UFC championships are on the line this Saturday when UFC 316 lands in Newark, New Jersey’s Prudential Center. In the main event, Sean O’Malley will attempt to regain the bantamweight championship from the man who took it from him in September, Merab Dvalishvili.
Dvalishvili’s relentless pace and seemingly endless gas tank allowed him to overwhelm O’Malley for the majority of their UFC 306 meeting, which Dvalishvili won by unanimous decision. O’Malley has claimed that he has made several lifestyle changes in taking a more serious approach to his career, but Dvalishvili’s unique style still presents significant challenges for the former champ.
In the co-main event, two-time Olympic gold medalist in judo Kayla Harrison will challenge for the first UFC title of her career. Harrison will challenge women’s bantamweight champion Julianna Pena.
Pena is on her second run with the title, having defeated the greatest women’s mixed martial artist of all time, Amanda Nunes, to win the title in December 2021 before losing the rematch. Pena then defeated Raquel Pennington in October to win the title Nunes vacated in retirement.
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