Following Merab Dvalishvili's UFC 311 title defense against Umar Nurmagomedov, he has been named bantamweight GOAT by division rival, Henry Cejudo.

Merab Dvalishvili has impressed many with his performance at UFC 311 and Henry Cejudo is now calling him the bantamweight GOAT.

Cruz preferred running things back with Cejudo, who finished him by TKO in their bantamweight title fight at UFC 249 in May 2020. The former champion says UFC matchmakers told him Cejudo wasn’t interested, despite “Triple C” previously saying he was open to it.

Henry Cejudo opens as betting underdog against Song Yadong for their Feb. 22 showdown on ESPN+ from inside Climate Pledge Arena in Seattle, Washington.

Back in 2016, Henry Cejudo stepped up to the plate to coach on The Ultimate Fighter: Tournament of Champions. His team featured a plethora of talented mixed martial artists, but none more so than Alexandre Pantoja.

Merab Dvalishvili's potential status as the best bantamweight in mixed martial arts history was recently addressed by a former opponent of his.

Henry Cejudo gave Umar Nurmagomedov some insight ahead of UFC 311. Nurmagomedov (18-0 MMA, 6-0 UFC) challenges bantamweight champion Merab Dvalishvili (18-4 MMA, 11-2 UFC) in Saturday’s co-main event (pay-per-view, ESPNews/Disney+, ESPN+) at Intuit Dome.

Phoenix native Henry Cejudo headlines UFC Fight Night at Seattle's Climate Pledge Arena on Feb. 22, taking on Song Yadong in a battle of bantamweight contenders.

Phoenix native Henry Cejudo headlines UFC Fight Night ... Before a three-year retirement from mixed martial arts fighting, Cejudo became just the fourth fighter in UFC history to hold two titles ...

UFC 311 has come and gone, and bantamweight champion Merab Dvalishvili once again put on a dominant performance, this time against formerly undefeated challenger Umar Nurmagomedov. Though Nurmagomedov had the lead in the first two rounds, he quickly gassed out and fell victim to Dvalishvili's high-level conditioning.

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It wasn’t necessarily evident during his performance in the Octagon, but Merab Dvalishvili endured his fair share of difficulties leading up to his first bantamweight title defense.