UFC 323 has been finalized with a total of 14 fights, including two title fights that will be the centerpieces of the card and one fighter returning from retirement for the final pay-per-view event of 2025 on December 6th at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.
As previously announced, Merab Dvalishvili will defend his bantamweight title against Petr Yan in the main event. The bout will be a rematch after Dvalishvili dominated Yan in their first meeting, but this time they will meet again in December.
If he wins, Dvalishvili will become the first fighter in UFC history to defend his title four times in the same calendar year.
In the co-main event, UFC flyweight champion Alexandre Pantoja will defend his belt against emerging challenger Joshua Bunn. Vann is rapidly climbing the ranks, riding a five-fight winning streak, including a last-minute win over Brandon Roybal to earn him the title shot.
Lightweight veteran Jalin Turner was also added to the card after actually announcing his retirement in March following a submission loss to Ignacio Bahamondes. Turner has lost two in a row with one win and four losses in five games. Now he is back in the game.
Turner will face Edson Barboza in an intriguing lightweight fight on this card.
Also joining UFC 323 will be flyweight contender Macy Barber. She has been out of action for over a year due to two medical emergencies, but is looking to get back on track. Barber spent more than a week in the hospital dealing with a mysterious illness that kept her from competing against former UFC champion Rose Namajunas in 2024, then was back in the hospital again after enduring another emergency just before she was about to walk to the Octagon to face Erin Blanchfield in May.
Barber is currently on a six-fight winning streak and will face Karine Silva in December, hoping a win will earn her the right to fight for the title again.
Here’s the full lineup for UFC 323, but the order of fights on the card has yet to be determined
main eventMerab Dvalishvili vs. Petr Yan
joint main event: Alexandre Pantoja vs. Joshua Vann
Jan Blachowicz vs. Bogdan Guskov
Brandon Moreno vs. Tatsuro Taira
Henry Cejudo vs. Peyton Talbot
Marvin Vettori vs. Bruno Ferreira
Macy Barber vs. Karine Silva
Edson Barboza vs. Jalyn Turner
Nazim Sadikhov vs. Fares Giam
Muhammad Naimov vs Myron Santos
Iwo Baraniwski vs. Ivo Aslan
Grant Dawson vs. Manuel Torres
Terrence McKinney vs. Chris Duncan
Mansour Abdul-Malik vs. Antonio Trocoli