One of the best title-winning performances in UFC history appeared to have kickstarted a new era before the young American’s career collapsed and never recovered. Cody Garbrandt headed into his first title defense with an 11-0 record and full of confidence.

It is hard to collect a lot of wins in the UFC's heavyweight division. So who are the best fighters ever in the 265-pound weight class?

UFC 316 set the foundation for some of the next title fights we'll see in the future, as Merab Dvalishvili beat Sean O'Malley to retain the men's bantamweight title and Kayla Harrison knocked off Julianna Peña to claim the women's bantamweight championship.

A subsequent call out of Francis Ngannou fell flat as UFC CEO Dana White shut down the crossover bout and insisted that Tom Aspinall is the man to beat at heavyweight during his UFC 316 post-fight press conference. Tom Aspinall recently teamed up with lightweight contender Paddy Pimblett for a training session.

A UFC legend, impressed by the sheer dominance on display by Merab Dvalishvili, has compared him to Khabib Nurmagomedov.

Check out how much Merab Dvalishvili earned for defeating Sean O’Malley at UFC 316 in this high-stakes title clash.

After his second win over Sean O'Malley, Merab Dvalishvili established himself as one of the best bantamweight UFC fighters ever.

Henry Cejudo explains why Cory Sandhagen will be the one to dethrone UFC bantamweight champion Merab Dvalishvili.