A pivotal bantamweight matchup is within the works for
UFC Struggle Evening 221, as Petr Yan and
Merab
Dvalishvili are anticipated to satisfy on March 11.
The
Las Vegas Overview-Journal was first to report the bout. Each
fighters have verbally agreed to the pairing. UFC Struggle Evening 221
takes place on the The Theater at Virgin Inns in Las Vegas.
Yan, a former 135-pound champ, has misplaced three of his final 4
promotional appearances. Most lately, “No Mercy” suffered a
controversial split-decision loss to Sean O’Malley at UFC 280 this
previous October. Yan’s resume consists of triumphs over the likes of
Cory
Sandhagen, Jose Aldo,
Urijah
Faber, Jimmie
Rivera and John
Dodson.
Dvalishvili, a coaching associate of reigning bantamweight champ and
two-time Yan opponent Aljamain
Sterling, enters the matchup on an eight-fight UFC profitable
streak. In his lone look of 2022, “The Machine” outpointed
Aldo at UFC 278.
