Petr Yan: Merab Dvalishvili ‘knows that I humbled him’ last year — ‘He was broken’

Petr Yan knows where he stands in his rivalry with Merab Dvalishvili. After pulling off one of the best performances of 2025, Yan has to do it all over again when he meets Dvalishvili for a third time this Saturday in Abu Dhabi for UFC 333’s co-main event. Yan’s rematch with “The Machine” in December was a complete reversal from their first encounter, a dominant decision win for Dvalishvili in March 2023. Yan had a broken hand for that first bout, but came into last year’s rematch healthy and ultimately thwarted Dvalishvili’s typically smothering game, scoring a lopsided decision win…