Merab Dvalishvili Survives Early Scare To Demolish Marlon Moraes – UFC 266 Results (Highlights)

The final preliminary bout on the UFC 266 card between Marlon Moraes and Merab Dvalishvili has concluded.

Last updated on September 25th, 2021

A highly-anticipated bantamweight scrap between Marlon Moraes and Merab Dvalishvili has come to a close on the UFC 266 prelims. The action was held inside T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Round 1

These two didn’t waste time trading leather. Dvalishvili took Moraes down off a kick. Moraes was able to return to his feet and had his opponent in a world of trouble with a nasty left hook. He knocked Dvalishvili down and peppered him with punches but somehow, Dvalishvili recovered and took down Moraes again. He rained down some ground-and-pound that had Moraes in trouble before the end of the round.

Round 2

Dvalishvili nailed Moraes with a right hand and took him down early in round two. He was dominant with his ground-and-pound. Moraes got back up and went for a takedown but was stuffed and Dvalishvili was back in top control. Some more punches and referee Keith Peterson had seen enough.

Official result: Merab Dvalishvili def. Marlon Moraes via TKO – R2, 4:25

Check out the highlights below:

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