Petr Yan beats Merab Dvalishvili on a unanimous decision to keep UFC bantamweight title
All three judges scored the five-round trilogy fight 48-47 for Yan at UFC 333 in Abu Dhabi.
Yan, who took the title from Dvalishvili at UFC 323 in December 2025, went the full five rounds with him again at the Etihad Arena in Abu Dhabi on Saturday.
Dvalishvili won their first meeting in March 2023, so Yan now leads the rivalry 2-1. The win takes his record to 21-5, and Dvalishvili drops to 21-6.
Earlier on the UFC 333 main card, Lone'er Kavanagh stopped Ramazan Temirov in the first round.
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