Biggest victory at UFC Vegas 71 goes unnoticed
Sure Merab Dvalishvili beat Petr Yan like no one had before, but the night saw another, bigger battle won.
Most fight fans will remember UFC Vegas 71 for Merab Dvalishvili’s dominant upset over former bantamweight champion Petr Yan Saturday.
The Tbilisi-born Dvalishvili stood up to the Russian striker for five rounds, wrestling him into what he hopes will be a humbling defeat. For Dvalishvili — who remembers being bombed by Russians as a teen in Georgia — it …
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