UFC Fight Night’s Latest Two Fights, Henry Cejudo Vs. Merab Dvalishvili Reportedly Set For 2024
In today’s MMA news, The latest round of UFC Fight Night bouts have been confirmed with a new card set for December 2nd, 2023.
The event is set to take place in Austin, Texas, with two lightweight bouts that will keep fans entertained. Beneil Dariush will take on Arman Tsarukyan in one of the bouts.
Dariush is aiming to bounce back from his defeat to Charles Oliveira after being stopped, which ended a run of seven straight wins. Meanwhile, Tsarukyan is also coming into the bout after having been stopped by Joaquim Silva in the third round.
In the other bout, Dan Hooker will square off against Bobby Green. The former is in impressive form having overcome Claudio Puelles and Jalin Turner in his last two fights.
At the same time, Green is on a good run which includes back-to-back wins over Tony Ferguson and Grant Dawson. With that being said, here was the rest of the card.
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Full Card
Beneil Dairush vs. Arman Tsaukyan
Dan Hooker vs. Bobby Green
Rob Font vs. Deiveson Figueiredo
Sean Brady vs. Kelvin Gastelum
Roman Dolidze vs. TBA
Miesha Tate vs. Julia Avila
Veronica Hardy vs. Jamey-Lyn Horth
Azamat Murzakanov vs. Khalil Rountree
Clay Guida vs. Joaquim Silva
Drakkar Klose vs. Joe Solecki
Jared Gooden vs. Wellington Turman
Melquizael Costa vs. Steve Garcia
Cejudo Vs. Dvalishvili
Elsewhere, Henry Cejudo and Merab Dvalishvili are reportedly in line to face each other next year in a bantamweight clash.
Cejudo has not been in the octagon since his recent fight against Aljamain Sterling in May. During the course of that process, Cejudo came out second best in a split-decision defeat. The bout was the first one that Cejudo had been in after being away for three years.
🚨| The UFC are finalising Henry Cejudo vs. Merab Dvalishvili for an event in January.
Date currently unknown and contracts are yet to be sent out but fight will likely happen in January 2024.
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Meanwhile, Dvalishvili secured a victory over Petr Yan via a unanimous decision in his last fight. And now it appears that a fight could take place in January 2024.
And a victory for either fighter could put them in line to face Sean O’Malley for a shot at the bantamweight title after he had beaten Sterling to get the belt.
The news, therefore, increases the likelihood that O’Malley will face Marlon Vera for the first defense of his title. After all, the champion’s only defeat came at the hands of Vera, which has left a narrative for a fight to take place.
Reaction
“Will actually be really entertaining I think Cejudo gets served another loss though the division has evolved and left him far behind,” one fan stated
“Good match, Cejudo has to get a win to prove to everyone that coming out of retirement was worth it,” another said“I rather cejudo win atleast he won’t attempt 80 takedowns when and him Sean fight merab is so boring,” one user revealed
