Din Thomas Says UFC Owes Dvalishvili a Petr Yan Trilogy Next
He argues the promotion owes Dvalishvili for taking a late-year title defense that filled a headline slot.
Overview
- Petr Yan recaptured the bantamweight title by defeating Merab Dvalishvili at UFC 323 earlier this month.
- Din Thomas told MMA Junkie he expects Dvalishvili to get the next title shot in a trilogy and called it something the UFC "owes" him.
- Dvalishvili has said the UFC indicated a third fight with Yan would be next following his loss at UFC 323.
- Thomas questioned Dvalishvili’s chances after noting Yan stuffed most takedowns and inflicted the cleaner damage in the rematch.
- Other paths remain in play, with Sean O’Malley eyeing Yan if he beats Song Yadong at UFC 324 and Umar Nurmagomedov positioned with a win over Deiveson Figueiredo.