UFC Hall of Famers Daniel Cormier and Chael Sonnen recently discussed Merab Dvalishvili’s title loss this past weekend at UFC 323. Dvalishvili, who was making the fourth defense of his bantamweight championship in a year, locked horns with Petr Yan in a rematch at UFC 323.
Despite not slowing down for five rounds, Yan outstruck and took Dvalishvili down. Additionally, ‘No Mercy’ made every effort to prevent as many takedowns as possible. After twenty-five minutes, Yan cruised to a unanimous decision victory and ended the Georgians’ reign.
After the fight, Dvalishvili’s friend and training partner Aljamain Sterling discussed how the lack of ample warm-up before the bout was a reason ‘The Machine’ didn’t perform like he usually does.