Isaac Dulgarian had an additional layer of stress coming into his UFC Struggle Evening 242 matchup with Brendon Marotte, as a result of he constructed as much as being the largest betting favourite in UFC historical past.
When cage announcer Joe Martinez learn Dulgarian’s (7-1 MMA, 2-1 UFC) identify for his introduction, the pre-fight graphic listed him as a record-setting -2400 betting favourite over Marotte (8-3 MMA, 0-2 UFC) for the featherweight bout on the UFC Apex in Las Vegas.
Dulgarian got here out immediately and scored a straightforward takedown within the first 10 seconds, then delivered a mauling on the mat. Marotte displayed his toughness in consuming quite a few heavy photographs, in addition to surviving repeat dangerous positions and submission makes an attempt.
The combat entered a second spherical to the shock of many, however it didn’t make it out of it. Dulgarian bought the combat again to the bottom in brief order and punished Marotte till he secured an arm-triangle choke for the faucet on the 4:19 mark of Spherical 2.
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The Midwest Choppa is BACK within the win column 😤
Isaac Dulgarian secures an arm triangle within the second spherical! #UFCVegas97 pic.twitter.com/Jr8r9HWlj1
— UFC (@ufc) September 7, 2024
Isaac Dulgarian with the little dance after securing the submission 🕺 #UFCVegas97 pic.twitter.com/PRsi4VfhLu
— ESPN MMA (@espnmma) September 7, 2024
It was a powerful rebound efficiency from Dulgarian after struggling his first profession defeat in his earlier bout, and he preached a extra methodical win to getting the job accomplished.
“We have been centered on being affected person this combat,” Dulgarian stated in his post-fight interview with Michael Bisping. “Final combat I used to be pushing a little bit too onerous. We have been simply affected person.”
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