UFC 316 takes place on 7 June in the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey, and has an impressive card ready to go.
From an entertaining UFC 315, the event in New Jersey has already set up a fantastic main event.
The UFC 316 Headliner has a rematch between Merab Dvalishvili and Sean O'Malley, with the Irishman who hopes to regain the UFC Bantamweight title.
The Dvalishvili reign could end after just one title defense in a map full of some of the best hunters in the UFC.
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Merab dvalishvili vs sean o'malley
The Rematch that everyone is talking about at UFC 316 is the UFC Bantamweight Title Fight between Champion Dvalishvili and the Challenger O'Malley.
Dvalishvili won the title on UFC 306 through a unanimous decision in Riyadh, Saudi -Aarabia, from O'Malley. He easily beat the former champion and ended the “Suga” reign after just one successful defense.
O'Malley watched with interest while Dvalishvili Umar Nurmagomedov defeated UFC 311 and set up this rematch on UFC 316.
With all his victories Bar One from a unanimous decision since 2018, “The Machine” will expect that this fight will go in the same way as the other, unless O'Malley can bring something that he has omitted in the first fight.
Conor McGregor supports DvalishVili for the victory, so he will have every confidence in the main event in New Jersey.
Julianna Pena vs Kayla Harrison
The Co-Main event of UFC 316 Putten reigning UFC Ladies Bantamweight champion Julianna Pena defensive against American judo expert Kayla Harrison.
Pena recently became two -time champion by beating Raquel Pennington on UFC 307, her first fight since a loss of 2022 for Amanda Nunes.
Harrison will have to prevent more health problems if she wants to become the champion, because Pena does not want a repetition of her loss for Nunes in her first title defense.
However, Pena's victory on Pennington was not convincing and Harrison will have the confidence that she can become world champion for the first time.
Vicente Luque vs Kevin Holland
Vicente Luque bounced back from a bad shape to suffocate Temba Gorimbo in his last fight and will hope to do the same about Kevin Holland on UFC 316.
Although many thought Luque had passed his Prime, he has a good chance of building on that victory against Holland, who himself lost 4 of his last 6 fights.
The 14th arranged Luque has an eye on a future title fight, while a loss for Holland could put an end to his future in the UFC.
Kelvin Gastelum vs Joe Pyfer
In a goodweight collision, Kelvin Gastelum fights against Joe Pyfer in a midcard fight on UFC 316.
The competition was originally planned to take place in March, but Pyfer was forced to withdraw at the last minute due to illness.
Due to illness, Joe Pyfer was removed from his middleweight fight with Kelvin Gastelum. As a result, this competition has been canceled from today's event. https://t.co/3ZYXRJ95XE
– UFC (@UFC) March 29, 2025
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Now that Pyfer is back to full health, Gastelum can hopefully start his career revival after his struggles in the Octagon in recent years.
Mario Bautista vs Fragmentary Mix
After Marlon Vera withdrew from his fight with Mario Bautista, one of the most popular free agents entered MMA to save the UFC 316 match.
Former Bellator Bantamweight champion Patchy Mix will fight against Bautista in New Jersey, making his UFC debut in the long -awaited fight.
The impressive American hunter, who only has 1 loss of his name in his career, has the opportunity to become a huge star in the UFC.
However, the Submission specialist will be confronted with a bantam weight candidate who has only exhausted once in his career, which should result in an impressive fight.
Prelims
Only one fight has been announced for the prelims for UFC 316, the rear -up flight weight match between Bruno Silva and Joshua van.
The competition had to take place initially on UFC 313, but after Silva had withdrawn due to injury, the fight had to be rearranged.
Early prelims
The three fights on the UFC 316 Early Prelims are the only women's fight that is currently planned for the event.
Like Ariane da Silva vs Wang Cong, Jeka Saragih vs Joosang Yoo and Quillan Salkilld vs Yanal Ashmouz will appear on the early Prelim card, where an impressive-looking event for UFC 316 will be completed.
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