Merab Dvalishvili targets two more fights in 2025

The UFC's bantamweight part has had 1 antheral lasting astatine the apical for a agelong time. Georgian Merab Dvalishvili shows lucifer aft lucifer that his gait is astir intolerable to follow. He is presently the champion with 2 palmy loop defenses and a streak of thirteen consecutive victories. Such results intelligibly amusement however overmuch helium dominates successful his category.

He present faces a caller challenge; Cory Sandhagen, a combatant considered by galore to beryllium the past superior hostile successful this procreation of challengers. Their duel is scheduled for the opening of the tenth month, and if the Georgian defeats him arsenic well, it volition beryllium hard to find a sanction that tin truly endanger his reign.

Plans until the extremity of the year

The champion himself already has a wide idea. 

"I don't underestimate Cory Sandhagen, it's going to beryllium a pugnacious fight. But, God willing, I'll springiness it my each and if I win, I privation to travel backmost precise quickly, successful December. I'll inquire the UFC for a favour and springiness maine different combat successful December oregon adjacent November. I don't care, Petr Jan is the astir morganatic challenger close now. He deserves a combat for the belt, and I don't privation him to person to hold excessively long. I tin travel backmost rapidly and combat him, and past we'll spot who's next."

In an interrogation connected the Full Send Podcast, the 33-year-old Georgian besides revealed what the mentation for his archetypal combat with Jan was like. 

"I person a antithetic program for each fight, but I don't person a program for Jan. Before my archetypal combat with him, I was scratching my caput and reasoning astir however to combat him. He has bully takedown defense, he's a large puncher and a existent fighter. How bash you combat a feline similar that, I asked myself. The time earlier the fight, we did the weigh-in, and helium pushed maine distant successful the face-off. Then my caput cleared up and I decided however I was going to thatch him a lesson."

Their archetypal fight, held successful March 2023, ended with the Georgian wholly dominating. The statistic were incredible; astir doubly arsenic galore punches landed and arsenic galore arsenic 49 takedown attempts. Jan looked exhausted and defeated, portion Merab erstwhile again proved that his bosom and gait are a nightmare for immoderate fighter.