UFC champion Merab Dvalishvili has confirmed that he sparred for five rounds on 4 October, just hours before his title defence against Cory Sandhagen.
Dvalishvili outpointed Sandhagen in the main event of UFC 320, recording his third successful bantamweight title defence – and third of the year – and he is already booked to headline UFC 323 in December, against old foe Petr Yan.