UFC 323: How to watch two title fights, Vegas lineup, odds, analysis

The UFC is back home in Las Vegas with a pair of titles on the line at the top of the card.

Here’s how to watch UFC 323, where a rematch headlines in the desert – for the promotion’s final pay-per-view in the ESPN broadcast era.

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Broadcast and streaming info

UFC 323 has a main card that airs at 10 p.m. ET on pay-per-view. The preliminary card airs on FX and ESPN2 and streams on ESPN+ and Disney+ at 8 p.m. ET. Early prelims stream on ESPN+ and Disney+ at 6 p.m. ET.

Stay tuned to MMA Junkie for additional broadcast details later this week.

Main event: Merab Dvalishvili

• Record: 21-4 MMA, 14-2 UFC

• Opponent: Petr Yan (19-5 MMA, 11-4 UFC)

• Key wins: Cory Sandhagen, Sean O’Malley (twice), Umar Nurmagomedov, Henry Cejudo, Petr Yan, Jose Aldo

• Misc.: Dvalishvili is attempting to do something that frankly is quite stunning. Most UFC champions fight once a year – twice at best. Three title fights is super rare, and four is unheard of. But here’s Dvalishvili, just two months after a dominating win over Sandhagen, looking for his fourth defense in 2025. He’s a hefty favorite against Yan, whom he beat with ease a little less than three years ago in a five-round main event scorecard sweep.

Main event: Petr Yan

• Record: 19-5 MMA, 11-4 UFC

• Opponent: Merab Dvalishvili (21-4 MMA, 14-2 UFC)

• Key wins: Deiveson Figueiredo, Song Yadong, Cory Sandhagen, Jose Aldo, Urijah Faber, Jimmie Rivera

• Misc.: When Yan lost to Dvalishvili in March 2023, it was his third straight setback and fourth in five fights, including two title bout losses to Aljamain Sterling. But he’s bounced back with three straight wins over Yadong, former flyweight champ Figueiredo and, most recently, Marcus McGhee in July.

Co-main event: Alexandre Pantoja

• Record: 30-5 MMA, 14-3 UFC

• Opponent: Joshua Van (15-2 MMA, 8-1 UFC)

• Key wins: Kai Kara-France, Kai Asakura, Steve Erceg, Brandon Royval (twice), Brandon Moreno (twice), Alex Perez, Manel Kape

• Misc.: Pantoja continued to prove he’s arguably the UFC’s most dominant current champion when he submitted Kara-France in the third round in June for his eight straight win, the past five of which have come in title fights.

Co-main event: Joshua Van

• Record: 15-2 MMA, 8-1 UFC

• Opponent: Alexandre Pantoja (30-5 MMA, 14-3 UFC)

• Key wins: Brandon Royval, Bruno Silva

• Misc.: A year ago this weekend, Van beat Cody Durden for his second straight win. He stacked up three more on top of that in 2025 and will fight for the fourth time this year when he challenges Pantoja for the 125-pound title. This bout marks the first time since his promotional debut win over Zhalgas Zhumagulov that Van has been a betting underdog.

UFC debut: Iwo Baraniewski

• Opponent: Ibo Aslan (14-3 MMA, 2-2 UFC)

• Division: Light heavyweight

• Misc.: It’s a quick turnaround for the 27-year-old Polish fighter after his 20-second DWCS knockout got him a contract. He has all six of his wins by stoppage, and all in the first round.

UFC 323 lineup

MAIN CARD (Pay-per-view, 10 p.m. ET)

• Champ Merab Dvalishvili vs. Petr Yan – for bantamweight title

• Champ Alexandre Pantoja vs. Joshua Van – for flyweight title

• Brandon Moreno vs. Tatsuro Taira

• Henry Cejudo vs. Payton Talbott

• Jan Blachowicz vs. Bogdan Guskov

PRELIMINARY CARD (ESPN2/FX/Disney+, 8 p.m. ET)

• Grant Dawson vs. Manuel Torres

• Chris Duncan vs. Terrance McKinney

• Maycee Barber vs. Karine Silva

• Nazim Sadykhov vs. Fares Ziam

PRELIMINARY CARD (ESPN+, 6 p.m. ET)

• Marvin Vettori vs. Brunno Ferreira

• Edson Barboza vs. Jalin Turner

• Ibo Aslan vs. Iwo Baraniewski

• Mansur Abdul-Malik vs. Antonio Trocoli

• Muhammad Naimov vs. Mairon Santos

UFC 323 main card betting odds

• Dvalishvili -500, Yan +340

• Cejudo +200, Talbott -265

• Blachowicz -140, Guskov +110

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UFC 323 prelim betting odds

• Duncan -195, McKinney +150

• Vettori -120, Ferreira -110

• Barboza +200, Turner -265

• Aslan +165, Baraniewski -215

• Abdul-Malik -1000, Trocoli +560

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