Bantamweight champion  Merab Dvalishvili captured the 135-pound title by defeating  Sean O’Malley in September 2024. He’s defended the belt three times this year and will put it on line for a fourth time in 2025 this weekend in the UFC 323 main event.  Dvalishvili faces former champion  Petr Yan in a rematch at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas on Saturday