UFC 323 Preview
Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) is live TONIGHT (Sat., Dec. 6, 2025) with its final pay-per-view (PPV) of the year (and forever). UFC 323 is set to take place inside the familiar T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada, with two title fights and a pretty good supporting cast.
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The main event features Merab Dvalishvili, who is looking to make history by defending his UFC Bantamweight title for the fourth time in a calendar year. Dvalishvili’s previous defenses were against Sean O’Malley, Umar Nurmagomedov and Cory Sandhagen. Petr Yan will try and stop him and become a two-time champion himself. Yan has competed one time this year, defeating Marcus McGhee via unanimous decision.
The co-main event sees UFC’s Flyweight title on the line.
Division champion, Alexandre Pantoja, will go up against Joshua Van, who has blitzed through the division and now has a chance to become one of the youngest UFC champions ever. Pantoja will be trying to defend his belt for the fourth time (in total), a number that would start putting his name in the G.O.A.T. conversation at Flyweight.
The next man up for either Pantoja or Van is likely the winner of Brandon Moreno vs. Tatsuro Taira. Moreno, a former champ, beat up on Kai Kara-France most recently. Taira, meanwhile. earned this fight with a quick win over Hyun Sung Park (re-live that here).
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Rounding out UFC 323’s PPV main card is Henry Cejudo vs. Payton Talbott and Jan Blachowicz vs. Bogdan Guskov. An impressive win for Talbott might help him skip the line at Bantamweight (hopefully there’s no eye pokes in that fight). Truth be told, neither Blachowicz nor Guskov are anywhere close to challenging Alex Pereira anytime soon (that’s if he stays in their division).
UFC 323’s late “Prelims” are headlined by Grant Dawson vs. Manuel Torres. That portion of the card also has Terrance McKinney vs. Chris Duncan, Maycee Barber vs. Karine Silva and Nazim Sadykhov vs. Fares Ziam. That’s a dynamite program of action fights that could produce highlight-reel finishes.
The early “Prelims” are propped up by Edson Barboza vs. Jalin Turner. Our first fights of the night also include Iwo Baraniewski vs. Ibo Aslan, Mansur Abdul-Malik vs. Antonio Trocoli and Muhammad Naimov vs. Mairon Santos.
UFC 323 Start Date and Time
It’s standard operating procedure for tonight’s card. We’ve got the Early “Prelims” at 6 p.m. ET over on ESPN+/Disney+/FX. Then, at 8 p.m. ET, it’s time for the Late “Prelims.” Those air on ESPN2/ESPN+/Disney+/FX. UFC 323’s PPV main card starts at the usual time of 10 p.m. ET. You can watch that on ESPN+ PPV (for the last time).
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I will be providing live play-by-play, instant results, highlights and updates for all the fights right here starting at 6 p.m. ET.
See you then! Don’t forget to say ‘Hi’ in the comments, too.
UFC 323 QUICK RESULTS
Main card
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135 lbs.: Merab Dvalishvili vs. Petr Yan
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125 lbs.: Alexandre Pantoja vs. Joshua Van
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125 lbs.: Brandon Moreno vs. Tatsuro Taira
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135 lbs.: Henry Cejudo vs. Payton Talbott
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205 lbs.: Jan Blachowicz vs. Bogdan Grad
Prelims
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155 lbs.: Grant Dawson vs. Manuel Torres
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155 lbs.: Terrance McKinney vs. Chris Duncan
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125 lbs.: Maycee Barber vs. Karine Silva
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155 lbs.: Nazim Sadykhov vs. Fares Ziam
Early Prelims
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185 lbs.: Marvin Vettori vs. Brunno Ferreira
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155 lbs.: Edson Barboza vs. Jalin Turner
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205 lbs.: Iwo Baraniewski vs. Ibo Aslan
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185 lbs.: Mansur Abdul-Malik vs. Antonio Trocoli
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145 lbs.: Muhammad Naimov vs. Mairon Santos
UFC 323 PLAY-BY-PLAY UPDATES
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