Khabib Nurmagomedov and Islam Makhachev at the Champions League final.

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Full UFC 316 Main Card on June 7, 2025 in Newark, NJ 🇺🇸. 

UFC 316 –  Dvalishvili vs O’Malley 2 on June 7, 2025 in Newark, NJ for the UFC Bantamweight championship is less than a week away! Check out the full UFC 316 Countdown below; this is a full backgrounder for the main and co-main event (Julianna Pena vs Kayla Harrison for the UFC Women’s Bantamweight championship). 

UFC Bantamweight champion Merab Dvalishvili and former UFC Featherweight champion Ilia Topuria, both hailing from Georgia 🇬🇪, became UFC champions in the same calendar year and are both currently ranked in the top 5 UFC pound-for-pound rankings. Both are looking to end the month of June with UFC titles as Topuria fights Charles Oliveira on June 28, 2025 in Las Vegas, NV for the UFC Lightweight championship. 

When Merab Dvalishvili was smiling at Mark Zuckerberg who was sitting cageside at UFC 298 in his bout against Henry Cejudo: 

Merab Dvalishvili congratulated his fellow Georgian countryman, Khvicha Kvaratskhelia, after he scored a goal in the Champions League final to help Paris Saint-Germain F.C. win.

“So proud of you my brother.”

Merab Dvalishvili says he didn’t feel any danger against Umar Nurmagomedov at UFC 311.

“I didn’t feel any danger. I just felt that he was another fighter, like another sparring partner.”

When Sean O’Malley landed this NASTY knee against Marlon Vera at UFC 299:

Khabib Nurmagomedov and Islam Makhachev were at the Champions League final between Paris Saint-Germain F.C. (PSG) and Inter Milan at Allianz Arena in Munich, Germany 🇩🇪. PSG won 5-0. 

Khabib Nurmagomedov with YouTuber, streamer and personality ‘IShowSpeed’ at the Champions League final: 

The third annual Noche UFC event which celebrates Mexican Independence Day, was set to take place on September 13, 2025 at Arena Guadalajara in Guadalajara, Mexico at UFC 320 – the first Noche UFC event to actually take place in Mexico – has a change of plans and is relocating to the Frost Bank Center in San Antonio, TX. The event has been moved due to construction at the new arena in Guadalajara. 

Paddy Pimblett and Arman Tsarukyan exchanging words online: 

Arman Tsarukyan says he’ll be ready to be the backup fighter for the main events of UFC 317 and UFC 318.

“I need to take chances now. I got injured and the injury was misinterpreted. Now I just need to get back on track, so I’m going to do whatever the UFC tells me to do.”

• UFC 317 is headlined by Charles Oliveira vs Ilia Topuria for the UFC Lightweight championship on June 28, 2025 in Las Vegas, NV.
• UFC 318 is headlined by Max Holloway vs Dustin Poirier for the BMF title for Poirier’s retirement fight on July 19, 2025 in New Orleans, LA.

UFC Heavyweight champion Jon Jones says his rivalry with Daniel Cormier changed something in him.

“Daniel Cormier and I, I swear he’s aged me in a certain way. I fight out of love. I love this gift, the opportunity, the fans, the money, everything. But with Cormier there was a hatred that came out for the first time where I just couldn’t imagine losing to this man. I remember I got extra workouts on Christmas day just because I hated him at the time so much and couldn’t imagine losing to him.”

Jon Jones calls Colby Covington the most overrated UFC fighter.

“His initials are ‘CC’ and he’s a total do*chebag.”

Israel Adesanya says that Dana White warned him that his activity level could catch up to him and there was no rush for him to take the fight with Sean Strickland so fast.

“I was like ‘I have to fight in Sydney.’. And then Dana was like ‘Listen kid, you’ve got enough money. Just chill out for a little while.’. So I was like ‘Nah.’. I went all stubborn. In hindsight I’m like maybe Dana was right. Maybe I should have just chilled.”  

Jon Anik believes that Merab Dvalishvili is already the greatest UFC Bantamweight of all time.

“When I look at the body of work of Merab Dvalishvili in the modern era, he could be 14-0 in the UFC. He lost to Frankie Saenz then a contentious ending against Ricky Simon. After those two guys it’s been twelve straight wins ever since.”

Nate Diaz says he thinks he can “beat the sh*t out of Belal Muhammad” to which Muhammad responds “must be on the same c*ke as Conor.”

UFC Light Heavyweight champion Magomed Ankalaev says he wants to move on from a bout with Alex Pereira: