Overview

• Bloody Elbow reports the bantamweight title fight is slated for Oct. 4 at UFC 320 in Las Vegas with Dvalishvili vs. Sandhagen positioned as the co-main event.
• Dvalishvili shared pad-work footage and declared he is “looking for the KO,” telling Sandhagen, “Sorry Cory, you’re going to sleep, baby.”
• The champion enters on a 13-fight win streak and most recently submitted Sean O’Malley at UFC 316 after a defense against Umar Nurmagomedov.
• Despite his new KO talk, 11 of Dvalishvili’s 13 UFC wins have come by decision, and his last knockout/TKO was in 2021 against Marlon Moraes.
• Sandhagen is praised for striking and fight IQ, has never been knocked out in 23 fights, and his only finish loss came by submission to Aljamain Sterling in 2020.