Merab Dvalishvili delivered one among his most dominant performances contained in the Octagon on Saturday night time, submitting Sean O’Malley to retain the bantamweight world title at UFC 316.
The opening spherical noticed Dvalishvili seemingly outstrike O’Malley and land a pleasant takedown that put him in prime management. To O’Malley’s credit score, he managed to battle his method again up and averted hitting the mat all through the second stanza. Regardless of that, it appeared that ‘The Machine’ was touchdown the extra impactful strikes by means of the primary 10 minutes.
After a comparatively shut second, Dvalishvili was able to take issues to the mat virtually instantly, taking pictures in for a takedown and sending ‘Sugar’ crashing to the mat. Dvalishvili settled into O’Malley’s guard and stored him there for the subsequent couple of minutes till O’Malley managed to inch himself towards the fence and wall-walk his method again up.
Sadly for O’Malley, Dvalishvili shortly returned him to the mat every time he’d expend vitality getting upright.
Whereas making an attempt to get off the canvas as soon as once more, O’Malley left his neck open, permitting Dvalishvili to lock in an anaconda choke. Regardless of his greatest efforts to defend, ‘Sugar’ has no selection however to faucet out, bringing an finish to the bout.
Official End result: Merab Dvalishvili def. Sean O’Malley through submission (anaconda choke) at 4:42 of Spherical 3.
