Delivering his gorgeous tenth consecutive victory tonight on the primary card of UFC 298, surging quantity two ranked bantamweight contender, Merab Dvalishvili has staked his declare for a shot at divisional gold subsequent — off the again of a shocking, one-sided unanimous resolution win over former two-division champion, Henry Cejudo.
Dvalishvili, who joins the ranks of fighters previous and current to experience a ten combat successful streak, entered tonight’s anticipated championship eliminator towards Olympic gold medalist, Cejudo, off the again of a equally dominant unanimous resolution win over former undisputed champion, Petr Yan in a fundamental occasion conflict final March.
And surviving an early scare towards Cejudo within the type of a flush test left hook, Dvalishvili would flip up the warmth as per standard within the second and third frames, touchdown a shutout unanimous resolution (29-28, 29-28, 29-28) victory over former two-weight greatest, Cejudo.
Following his resolution win over the Los Angeles-born pressure, Dvalishvili known as for a title combat with incumbent gold holder, Sean O’Malley, with the Montana native — sitting in attendance on the Honda Heart, showing lower than impressed with the Tbilisi native’s efficiency tonight.
Beneath, catch the highlights from Merab Dvalishvili’s win at UFC 298
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