UFC 323 live: Merab Dvalishvili vs Petr Yan UK start time tonight, undercard results and updates

Brunno Ferreira def. Marvin Vettori via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)

Vettori, a former middleweight title challenger, suffers his fourth straight defeat.

A tough run for the Italian, who was outworked in the first two rounds and couldn’t do enough in the final frame.

Vettori has largely been getting outworked with two rounds in the books… His trademark chin has helped him out, but he may well need a finish here. His corner thinks so, anyway.

Ferreira is 33, and Vettori is still only 32.

It feels like Vettori has been around forever, though. He was just 28 when he challenged for the title.

Both men are now in the cage, with a bit of a wait for this one to start after the UFC showed a video package on Joshua Van.

Next, Marvin Vettori takes on Brunno Ferreira at middleweight.

Vettori is a former title challenger, having failed to dethrone Israel Adesanya in 2021.

Since then, the Italian has gone 2-4, and he’s lost his last three bouts.

Can he overturn that run as he faces Ferreira here? The Brazilian has won his last two fights via submission…

Make that four finishes from four fights!

Jalin Turner emerges from retirement with a win in another short, chaotic contest!

He cuts Edson Barboza with an elbow early on, then drops the veteran twice en route to a TKO.

Jalin Turner def. Edson Barboza via first-round TKO (punches, 2:24)

Iwo Baraniewski and Ibo Aslan produce 89 seconds of absolute bedlam, wow!!

Baraniewski gets hurt but also drops Aslan numerous times, ultimately finishing him with a cleannnn right hand!

The fans go wild in the T-Mobile Arena.

Three fights, three finishes – is there something in the air tonight…?

Iwo Baraniewski def. Ibo Aslan via first-round knockout (punches, 1:29)

Another one in the books already!

Mansur Abdul-Malik gets an early takedown on Antonio Trocoli, and in the ensuing sequence of scrambles, he’s able to lock up a standing guillotine choke!

Soon comes the tap, and that’s all she wrote, barely a minute in.

Is the unbeaten Abdul-Malik one to watch at middleweight? It looks like it…

Mansur Abdul-Malik def. Antonio Trocoli via first-round submission (guillotine choke, 1:09)

The night gets going with a stoppage win for Mairon Santos, who drops Muhammad Naimov with a clean right cross before securing the TKO on his downed opponent!

Santos is part of the popular team the “Fighting Nerds”, and he sports their trademark glasses during his post-fight interview with Joe Rogan.

Santos also apologises for missing weight for this fight, which was due to be at 145lb but was conducted slightly above that.

Mairon Santos def. Muhammad Naimov via third-round TKO (punches, 0:21)

So, we’ll be providing updates from the early prelims as they come in, but our live, round-by-round fight updates will begin when the regular prelims start.

Sit tight for those early-prelim results, though, and more build-up to tonight’s main card!

This week brought more serious news, too.