Overview
- Official weigh-ins wrapped Friday, with middleweight Brunno Ferreira three pounds over; his bout with Marvin Vettori proceeds with a 20% purse penalty to Vettori.
- Merab Dvalishvili enters the bantamweight rematch as a heavy favorite and can set a UFC single-year defense record with a fourth successful title defense.
- Alexandre Pantoja is favored to secure a fifth flyweight title defense, while 24-year-old Joshua Van could become the UFC’s first champion born in or after 2000.
- UFC 323 takes place at T-Mobile Arena on Saturday, with early prelims at 6 p.m. ET, prelims at 8 p.m. ET, and the PPV main card at 10 p.m. ET.
- Press conference and ceremonial staredowns are complete, prelim coverage pages are live, and the promotion is presenting the card as its final PPV of the ESPN era.