A rematch between Raphael Assunção and former WSOF Bantamweight Champion Marlon Moraes served as the event headliner. The pairing previously met in June 2017 at UFC 212 with Assunção winning ...

Merab Dvalishvili (left) is crowned the bantamweight GOAT by Henry Cejudo (right). [Images courtesy: @UFC_AUSNZ and @UFCEurope via X/Twitter] Merab Dvalishvili is indeed the greatest bantamweight ...

In a 2017 regional Ring of Combat event, Dvalishvili’s 15-second spinning backfist knockout over former Bellator bantamweight ...

The newly-crowned bantamweight champion has won 11 consecutive fights, a run that includes notable triumphs over the likes of O’Malley, Henry Cejudo, Petr Yan, Marlon Moraes and John Dodson ...

He followed that victory by winning the vacant UFC bantamweight belt in June 2019 with a TKO victory over Marlon Moraes. In early 2020 Cejudo vacated the flyweight belt. Then in May of that year ...

and Marlon Moraes, not to mention future UFC Hall of Famers Jose Aldo and Henry Cejudo. Then he caps that run off with an upset (sounds ridiculous in retrospect, doesn’t it?) of Nurmagomedov?

With UFC 311 now in the books, January is over for the world's top MMA promotion. That means attentions must turn to February.

The best facts about UFC 311, where Islam Makhachev can set the title defense record and Umar Nurmagomedov can join an exclusive club.

including recent triumphs over a jaw-dropping list of former champs and title challengers in Marlon Moraes, Jose Aldo, Petr Yan, Henry Cejudo, Sean O'Malley, and now Nurmagomedov. That is truly ...

Prior to his matchup against O’Malley, Dvalishvili had defeated Marlon Moraes, Jose Aldo, Petr Yan, and Henry Cejudo. The win over O’Malley stretched his winning streak to 11 straight.