An enormous bantamweight contender combat is ready for March.
Former UFC bantamweight champion and present No. 2 ranked Petr Yan will tackle No. 3 ranked Merab Dvalishvili on Mar. 11 at The Theater at Virgin Accommodations in Las Vegas, NV. Whereas the contracts haven’t been signed, the pair of high 5 bantamweights have verbally agreed to combat, a supply confirmed to MMA Mania on Tuesday night time.
The Las Vegas Overview-Journal was the primary to report the information.
Yan (16-4) is on the primary two-fight shedding streak of his profession, shedding back-to-back very shut break up selections. Most lately, the 29-year-old misplaced to Sean O’Malley at UFC 280 within the Struggle of the Night time. (Watch highlights!) Earlier than that, he misplaced to Aljamain Sterling in a title unification bout at UFC 273.
Merab Dvalishvili (15-4) is coming off the largest win of his profession. At UFC 278, he defeated former featherweight champion Jose Aldo through unanimous choice. The Georgian fighter is using an eight-fight win streak with wins over Marlon Moraes, Cody Stamann, John Dodson, and Casey Kenney.
