Merab Dvalishvili vs. Sean O'Malley 2, Pena vs. Harrison Title Fights Headline UFC 316

Merab Dvalishvili and Sean O'Malley will headline UFC 316 in a bantamweight rematch on June 7, per ESPN's Brett Okamoto.

Dvalishvili and O'Malley last fought at UFC 306 in September, where Dvalishvili claimed the UFC Championship via unanimous decision.

UFC 316 will also feature a matchup between Julianna Peña and Kayla Harrison for the women's bantamweight title.

O'Malley's last fight was the loss against Dvalishvili and he's spent the past few months recovering from hip surgery he underwent in October shortly after the fight. O'Malley came into last year's bout with Dvalishvili with an 18-1 record, looking to defend his bantamweight championship. He had once defended the belt, taking down Marlon Vera via unanimous decision at UFC 299 in March of 2024.

Dvalishvili had won 10 consecutive fights and made it 11 with his win over O'Malley. Since his win against O'Malley, Dvalishvili defended his bantamweight title with a victory over Umar Nurmagomedov by unanimous decision at UFC 311 in January.

Since 2021, Peña has won the won the bantamweight championship, lost it and regained it. At UFC 269 in December of 2021, Peña took down Amanda Nunes to win the belt for the first time in her career. She then lost the title in July 2022 when Nunes defeated her at UFC 277.

Peña reclaimed the title at UFC 307 last October when she beat Raquel Pennington.

Harrison made her bantamweight debut last April when she defeated Holly Holm at UFC 300. She stayed undefeated in the division with a win over Ketlen Vieira in October at UFC 307. Now, she'll look to claim her first bantamweight title this summer.