After defeating Beterbiev, what's next for Dmitry Bivol, Trilogy Fight or Benavidez?

On Saturday night of The Kingdom Arena in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, an exciting rematch of the undeniable light heavyweight took place when Dmitry Bivol defeated Arthur Beterbiev (21-1, 20 CO) through a decision of the majority.

This match had all the elements you expect to see in the elite championship match. This battle had strategic moves that were suitable for the fan action and multiple impulse shifts. Four months ago, Arthur Beterbiev gave Dmitry Bivol his first career loss, and on the night of February 22, Bivol returned the service.

In the initial round in the battle for the undeniable, the greater part of the action took place in the center of the ring, as both Beterbiev and Bivol tried to establish Jaba. Beterbiev came out in the second round with the intention of being more aggressive, but when I pressed forward, Bivol contacted a counter -ranking ranking repeatedly.

In the third round, every time Beterbiev landed a big heavy shot, Bivol will answer by throwing a combination of three or four strokes. Betterbiev was dominant in round 4 when he pressed forward and landed heavy shots on his right hand throughout the circle.

In the fifth round, Betterbiev continued to connect with the right hand with the head and body of a buffalo. At the middle point of the fifth, Buffalo caught Betterbiev with a clean right counters, but Betterbiev finished the circle, landing several solid combinations.

Bivol uses Jaba to set his combinations in the first 90 seconds of the sixth round, but Betterbiev finished the circle with a strong note as he supported the buffalo against the ropes and landed on difficult rights and left. The buffalo controls the pace for circles from 7 to 9 by movement, its Jab and its combination.

Like the first match, Arthur Beterbiev found himself in a position where he had to gather down the section. Betterbiev did a good job of terminating the match, but this time he fell when the judges scored the match (114-114, 116-112 and 115-113) in favor of Dmitry Bivol.

With the victory, Dmitry Bivol (24-1, 12 Ko) avenge his only career loss and achieved his dream of becoming an undeniable world champion. Now the question everyone loves to ask at the end of a big battle is what's next for the new undeniable world heavyweight champion Dmitry Bivol?

An obvious choice for Dmitry Bivol would be a trilogy with the trilogy with Arthur Beterbiev. With his big victory on Saturday night, a buffalo even the result, and now the rubber match can determine the common winner in the Bivol-Betherbiev series.

Another intriguing option would be an undeniable heavyweight match between Dmitry Bivol and David Benavidez. Unbeaten David Benavides was the number one contender for 168 in two years, but champion Kanelo Alvarez managed to avoid him.

Knowing that he would never get the opportunity to fight for the title, David Benavides moved to 175. After publishing victories in a unanimous decision on Olexander the Hand and David Morel, Benavides has proven himself as a legal claimant for the title of light.

In the last few years, 34-year-old Dmitry Bivol has been very active and at the press conference after the fight, Bivol has hinted that he was resting to rest and treat several minor injuries. At the moment, the buffalo is the king of light weights and he has many options, but we will have to sit down and wait to see what his next move will be.