Magomed Ankalaev and Alex Pereira are lastly set to fulfill once more with the sunshine heavyweight title going up for grabs after they conflict in the principle occasion at UFC 320, which works down on Oct. 4 from the T-Cell Enviornment in Las Vegas.
Within the co-main occasion, Merab Dvalishvili appears to be like to defend his bantamweight title for the third time in 2025 when he faces Cory Sandhagen.
A 3rd struggle added to the cardboard sees former mild heavyweight champion Jiri Prochazka return to motion towards hard-hitting contender Khalil Rountree Jr.
UFC CEO Dana White introduced the matchups on Tuesday.
For Ankalaev, he has an opportunity to cement himself as champion after beating Pereira to win the title again in March with a unanimous resolution over Pereira. Ever since then, Ankalaev has been pushing to ebook the rematch so he may hopefully vanquish Pereira as soon as and for all.
The struggle serves as Pereira’s alternative to climb again to the highest of the sunshine heavyweight mountain after he suffered his first loss at 205 kilos to Ankalaev. Previous to that setback, he rattled off 5 straight wins within the division together with 4 in title fights.
As for Dvalishvili, he’ll compete for the third time in 2025 as he makes an attempt to satisfy his promise to stay one of the vital energetic champions on the complete UFC roster. He already dispatched Umar Nurmagomedov and Sean O’Malley earlier within the 12 months however now Dvalishvili takes on a famous striker in Sandhagen, who has been itching for his probability to lastly compete for UFC gold.
Lastly, the struggle between Prochazka and Rountree may simply decide the subsequent No. 1 contender at 205 kilos with each athletes coming off spectacular wins.
Prochazka dispatched former champion Jamahal Hill by TKO again in January after which Rountree earned a win over Hill by resolution in June. Now they’ll meet with the winner in an excellent place to probably problem Ankalaev or Pereira sooner or later.
Extra fights are anticipated to be added to the UFC 320 card within the coming weeks.
