Merab Dvalishvili delivered an excellent efficiency within the UFC 311 co-main occasion on Saturday evening, securing a decisive resolution victory over the beforehand undefeated Umar Nurmagomedov.
Issues received off to a comparatively sluggish begin within the opening spherical, however issues lastly began to open up close to the two-minute mark when Dvalishvili let his palms go and began to mild up the Dagestani together with his strikes. Nonetheless, it was Nurmagomedov who’d land probably the most vital blow of the spherical, touchdown a giant proper hand that had ‘The Machine’ reeling with 10 seconds to go within the spherical.
Whereas the primary spherical positively belonged to Dvalishvili, Nurmagomedov narrowed the hole within the second, touchdown a sequence of stable strikes and displaying off his impeccable takedown protection. Nurmagomedov additionally managed to land the primary takedown of the combat, taking Dvalishvili’s again within the course of, nevertheless it wasn’t lengthy earlier than ‘The Machine’ muscled his approach again up.
In maybe his finest spherical of the combat up to now, Dvalishvili manages to place Nurmagomedov on the mat for the primary time, although he can’t maintain him there for very lengthy.
As we made it to the championship rounds, it turned clear that Nurmagomedov was starting to run empty as his actions started trying labored. After all, ‘The Machine’ appeared like he might go one other 5 rounds as he relentlessly tried takedown after takedown and caught the Dagestani with a nasty overhand proper within the waning seconds of the fifth spherical. With Nurmagomedov rocked, Dvalishvili scored one ultimate takedown, pinning his opponent to the mat till the ultimate seconds ticked off the clock.
Official End result: Merab Dvalishvili def. Umar Nurmagomedov by way of unanimous resolution (48-47, 48-47, 49-46)
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