Reaction | Dana White Announces UFC 316 Title Fights, Including Dvalishvili vs. O'Malley 2.

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🗓️ 2 April 2025

⏱️ 24 minutes

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UFC CEO DanaWhite just announced the main and co-main events for UFC 316 in Newark, as Merab Dvalishvili defends the bantamweight title against Sean O'Malley in a rematch, while Julianna Pena defends her 135-pound title against Kayla Harrison in the co-main event. Following the breaking news, MMA Fighting's Mike Heck and Jed Meshew react. Follow Mike Heck: @m_heckjr Follow Jed Meshew: @JedKMeshew Subscribe: http://goo.gl/dYpsgH Check out our full video catalog: http://goo.gl/u8VvLi Visit our playlists: http://goo.gl/eFhsvM Like MMAF on Facebook: http://goo.gl/uhdg7Z Follow on Twitter: http://goo.gl/nOATUI Read More: http://www.mmafighting.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	The first round of the PFL World Tournament is here.
0:04.1	Jason Jackson takes on Andrei Koreskov in a clash of former champions.
0:09.2	And 2023 PFL featherweight world champion Jesus Pinedo goes toe to toe with Adam the Kid Borage.
0:16.8	64 of the best MMA fighters from around the globe compete in a single elimination tournament for their one shot at glory.
0:25.1	Don't miss the action. Thursday, April 3rd at 10 p.m. Eastern on ESPN2 and ESPN Plus.
0:35.8	You're listening to the Vox Media Podcast Network.
0:51.8	All right, everybody, Mike Heck here from MMAfighting.com reacting to some big news.
0:56.1	We've been waiting all day long.
0:58.6	The UFC tease this morning that UFC CEO and President Dana White was going to hop on Instagram and make some big announcements.
1:07.5	And we waited and waited and waited and waited.
1:12.8	And about 25 minutes ago ago Dana goes on Instagram and announces two big title fights for UFC 316 which goes down
1:19.7	June 7th at the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey. The main event is for the bantamweight
1:26.8	championship. It is a rematch.
1:29.0	Marab de Walsh willie will defend against the former champion, Sugar, Sean O'Malley.
1:34.0	And in the co-main event, another Bantamweight title fight. This time, the ladies will battle
1:39.9	for 135 pound world championship gold as Giuliana Pena puts her title on the line for the first
1:47.4	time since defeating Raquel Pennington and she will defend against the PFL multi-time
1:53.3	millionaire Kayla Harrison. So there you go. Those are the big fights for UFC 316. Also of note,
2:00.1	we have a new main event for UFC Kansas City, some rumbling, some rumor and innuendo, some social media chatter that Jamal Hill was not going to be able to compete in the main event against Khalil Roundtree Jr.
2:14.1	UFC announces, new main event, Ian Machado Gary versus Carlos Prochis.
2:19.6	If you watched UFC Mexico this past Saturday, we found out that Carlos Prochis versus Jeff Deal for UFC 314 no longer happening.
2:28.3	John Anick said big news potentially coming for Carlos Prochis.
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