In an epic, action-filled bantamweight title match, Merab Dvalishvili defends his title in opposition to Umar Nurmagomedov.
Islam Makhachev has efficiently defended his light-weight championship belt following Tenth-ranked Renato Moicano’s first-round submission at UFC 311.
The Russian combined martial arts (MMA) fighter took 4 minutes and 5 seconds to assert his fifteenth straight victory on the Intuit Dome in Inglewood, California on Saturday.
Makhachev, who holds a file of 27 wins and one loss, was fast to manage a D’Arce choke on his Brazilian opponent after taking him down shortly.
The 33-year-old Makhachev has essentially the most title struggle wins within the division with 5 and has achieved what no different fighter in his division has ever executed – efficiently defending his belt 4 occasions. It was his thirteenth win by submission.
“I like this belt,” mentioned Makhachev, the UFC’s top-ranked pound-for-pound fighter and essentially the most adorned light-weight ever. “If someone needs this belt, come to the cage.”
Moicano was a last-minute alternative for top-ranked challenger Arman Tsarukyan, who pulled out of the bout on Friday as a result of “of great again ache” associated to an damage.
The 35-year-old Moicano, from Brazil, got here in with 9 victories in his previous 10 fights, however proved to be no match for Makhachev, whose grappling has been unmatched as he continues to show why he is likely one of the greatest on this planet.
Moicano was harsher on himself and mentioned Makhachev was the higher fighter. He worries, nonetheless, that it could have been his one shot at championship glory.
“That wasn’t a one-day discover,” Moicano mentioned after the struggle. “That was a life’s discover. I’m very unhappy. I spent my complete life for this second and tapped within the first spherical.”
Makhachev mentioned he doesn’t have a choice for his subsequent opponent.
In an epic, action-filled bantamweight title match, champion Merab Dvalishvili was profitable in his first title defence as he prolonged his successful streak to 12 whereas handing second-ranked contender Umar Nurmagomedov the primary lack of his profession.
The tempo of the match noticed each fighters dominate at totally different occasions within the struggle, with Dvalishvili closing sturdy after two of the three judges had Nurmagomedov main after the primary two rounds.
Nurmagomedov mentioned he felt he had damaged his left hand, and couldn’t use it after the primary spherical.
In a lightweight heavyweight match, former champion and second-ranked Jiri Prochazka used a flurry of punches within the third spherical to overwhelm third-ranked Jamahal Hill, prompting a stoppage at three minutes for a complete knockout (TKO).
Within the heavyweight division, sixth-ranked Jailton Almeida used a flurry of proper palms to harm seventh-ranked Serghei Spivac late within the first spherical and used a ground-and-pound assault to complete the match with a TKO on the 4:53 mark.
Reinier de Ridder wasted no time in taking down Kevin Holland roughly 10 seconds into their middleweight bout and completed him off with a rear-naked chokehold at 3:31 of the primary spherical.
