ANAHEIM, Calif. – UFC CEO Dana White typically doesn’t make fights the night of the fight, except on occasion he does, as was the case Saturday.
Following UFC 298 at Honda Center, White confirmed to reporters including MMA Junkie that top bantamweight contender Merab Dvalishvili (17-4 MMA, 9-2 UFC) earned a crack a bantamweight gold following his unanimous decision win over Henry Cejudo (16-4 MMA, 10-3 UFC).
“He looked good tonight, man,” White said at a post-event news conference. “He did what he had (to do). In my opinion, you can’t take three years off in a combat sport. It’s never done well for anybody. Cejudo looked great in the first round. I thought he started to gas out in the second round. Merab just got stronger as the fight went on.”
