UFC 316 has now added Marlon Vera vs. Mario Bautista to the card headlined by Merab Dvalishvili vs. Sean O’Malley 2.

He had once defended the belt, taking down Marlon Vera via unanimous decision at UFC 299 in March of 2024. Dvalishvili had won 10 consecutive fights and made it 11 with his win over O'Malley.

Before the loss to Dvalishvili, O’Malley knocked out Aljamain Sterling to win the belt, before successfully defending it against Marlon Vera at UFC 299. O’Malley will face a confident ...

UFC 316 is beginning to take shape, with four more fights confirmed by the UFC. Dana White announced Merab Dvalishvili vs.

O'Malley (18-2 MMA, 10-2 UFC) knocked out Aljamain Sterling to become bantamweight champion at UFC 292. He defended his title by avenging his loss to Marlon Vera at UFC 299, but wound up losing ...

Prior to that, he fell to Sean O’Malley via unanimous decision in a 135-pound title bout at UFC 299. Bautista, meanwhile, will take a seven-bout promotional winning streak into the match with Vera.

Preliminary fights for UFC 299: O'Malley vs. Vera 2, a mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship that took place on March 9, 2024, at the Kaseya Center in Miami ...

UFC 299: O'Malley vs. Vera 2 was a mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship that took place on March 9, 2024, at the Kaseya Center in Miami, Florida, United States.