Merab Dvalishvili defends his title against Umar Nurmagomedov in an epic, action-packed bantamweight title bout.
Islam Makhachev successfully defended his lightweight championship belt at UFC 311 following a first-round submission of No. 10 Renato Moicano.
The Russian mixed martial arts (MMA) fighter took four minutes and five seconds to score his 15th straight victory on Saturday at the Intuit Dome in Inglewood, California.
Makhachev, who has a record of 27-1, quickly took down his Brazilian opponent and immediately applied a dulce choke.
Makhachev, 33, has the most title fights in his weight class with five wins and will defend his belt for the fourth time, achieving a feat no other fighter in his weight class has ever achieved. Successful. It was his 13th victory by submission.
“I love this belt,” said Makhachev, the UFC’s top-ranked pound-for-pound fighter and the most decorated lightweight in history. “If anyone wants this belt, please come to the cage.”
Moicano was a last-minute replacement for top challenger Arman Tsarukyan, who withdrew from the fight on Friday due to an injury with “severe back pain.”
Moicano, a 35-year-old from Brazil, has won nine of his past 10 fights, but proved no match for Makhachev. Makhachev’s grappling is unparalleled and he continues to prove why he is one of the best fighters in the world. world.
Moicano was harder on himself, saying Makhachev was the better fighter. But he worries that was his only chance at championship glory.
“It wasn’t a day’s notice,” Moicano said after the game. “It was a life realization. I’m so sad. I spent my whole life for this moment and tapped in the first round.”
Makhachev said he has no hope for his next opponent.
In an epic and action-packed bantamweight title bout, champion Merab Dvalishvili extended his winning streak to 12 and successfully defended his title for the first time, suffering his first career loss to No. 2 contender Umar Nurmagomedov.
The pace of the fight was dominated by both fighters at various times in the fight, with two of the three judges giving Nurmagomedov the lead in the first two rounds before Dvalishvili closed out the fight strong.
Nurmagomedov said it felt like he had broken his left hand and lost the use of it after the first round.
In the light heavyweight bout, former champion and No. 2 ranked Jiri Prochazka overwhelmed No. 3 Jamahal Hill with a flurry of punches in the third round, resulting in a complete knockout (TKO) that was stopped in three minutes.
In the heavyweight division, Jailton Almeida, who is ranked 6th in the rankings, hurt the ranked 7th ranked Sergei Spivac with a series of right hands towards the end of the first round, and the match ended with a TKO victory at 4 minutes and 53 seconds with ground and pound attacks. .
Reinier de Ridder wasted no time in taking down Kevin Holland about 10 seconds into the middleweight bout, finishing him off with a rear-naked chokehold at 3:31 of the first round.
