UFC 316 Crowned Harrison While Dvalishvili Finished
UFC 316 produced a new women’s bantamweight champion and another successful men’s bantamweight defense on June 7, 2025. At Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey, Kayla Harrison submitted Julianna Peña before Merab Dvalishvili finished Sean O’Malley in the main event.
Both championship contests ended by submission
Harrison won the women’s title with a kimura at 4:55 of the second round. Dvalishvili retained his belt by submitting O’Malley at 4:42 of round three with the choke UFC identified as a ninja choke.
The results gave the two title fights distinct consequences: Harrison began her championship reign, while Dvalishvili completed another defense against the opponent he had originally beaten for the belt.
The main card also featured two decisions
Joe Pyfer defeated Kelvin Gastelum by unanimous decision, and Mario Bautista outpointed Patchy Mix in the former Bellator champion’s UFC debut. Kevin Holland submitted Vicente Luque with a second-round D’Arce choke.
The completed main card therefore contained three submission finishes and two full-distance decisions, with no knockout required in the five featured contests.
The preliminaries supplied quick finishes and extended battles
Joshua Van stopped Bruno Silva in round three, while Azamat Murzakanov finished Brendson Ribeiro in the first. JooSang Yoo knocked out Jeka Saragih twenty-eight seconds into his debut.
Waldo Cortes-Acosta, Andreas Gustafsson, Wang Cong, Quillan Salkilld and MarQuel Mederos won decisions against Serghei Spivac, Khaos Williams, Ariane da Silva, Yanal Ashmouz and Mark Choinski respectively, completing the thirteen-bout card.
Sources
- UFC: championship outcomes, date and venue
- UFC: confirmed methods and decisions
- MMA Fighting: complete thirteen-bout results
