Undisputed bantamweight champion, Merab Dvalishvili will make the first defense of his divisional crown in the co-headliner of UFC 311 next month, booking a grudge match with the unbeaten, Umar Nurmagomedov on January 18. from the Intuit Dome in Los Angeles, California.
Dvalishvili, the current undisputed bantamweight champion, managed to scoop undisputed spoils back in September at the Las Vegas Sphere, upsetting the apple cart at Noche UFC with a unanimous decision win over surging champion, Sean O’Malley in another heated pairing.
As for the streaking number two rated, Nurmagomedov, the Russian grappling ace turned in his stunning eighteenth career victory on the trot back in August, taking home a unanimous decision win over former interim bantamweight title challenger, Cory Sandhagen in a rescheduled UFC Fight Night Saudi Arabia headliner.