Umar Nurmagomedov was the perfect fighter in the early rounds against UFC bantamweight champion Merab Dvalishvili. While fatigue did not make a coward of Nurmagomedov, it certainly caused his downfall at UFC 311 on Saturday as Dvalishvili outpointed his foe en route to a unanimous decision win (48-47, 48-47, 49-46) to retain the bantamweight title.

UFC bantamweight champion Merab Dvalishvili earned the first defense of his belt with a grueling decision over Umar Nurmagomedov at UFC 311.

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Merab Dvalishvili was able to defend his bantamweight title for the first time this weekend as he defeated Umar Nurmagomedov via unanimous decision at UFC 311.

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Mike Tyson said he was dealing with the same injury as Dvalishvili during the final win of his Hall of Fame boxing career, which saw him bounce back from being stopped by Lennox Lewis by beating Clifford Etienne in February 2023.

Umar Nurmagomedov suffered his first career loss and a broken hand as he lost to UFC Bantamweight Champion Merab Dvalishvili at UFC 311.