UFC Fight Night 221 Live Results (March 11th) Main Event Time!!

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Dvalishvili Wins

What a dominant decision win!!

Merab scores his tenth takedown, and he made this look easy, what a pace.

Yan looks about out of answers. Merab is relentless.

Yan has tried to get back into the fight, but has been outworked by Merab.

Heading into round four and Yan most likely needs a stoppage to win.

Two rounds in a row won by Merab.

Petr Yan catches a kick and lands a traditional Thai sweep.

Merab now manages to get a takedown, and is overwhelming Yan.

Merab hurts Yan with a calf kick.

10-9 Merab as he ends the round with Yan in a front choke attempt.

Yan attempts a takedown, but Merab ends up on top.

Petr Yan is now throwing a lot of calf kicks.

𝐍𝐎. 𝐌𝐄𝐑𝐂𝐘.

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Yan lands a few nice body kicks.

Merab shoots in for two quick takedowns, to no avail.

No glove touch in this one...

Yan vs Dvalishvili

Main event time, as the bad blood finally gets a chance to be settled between Yan and Merab..

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Volkov Wins!!

Volkov makes it look easy, forcing a stoppage by punches to a grounded Romanov.

Volkov drops him with a bodyshot.

As soon as the bel goes, Romanov shoots in for a double leg, and Volkov saves himself using the fence.

Volkov vs Romanov

265lbers face-off next, with a new king of the mountain to chase at heavyweight.

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Krylov Wins!!

Spann dives into a sloppy takedown, for which Krylov punishes him with a triangle choke, forcing the tap.

This one has surprisingly, seen the pair mainly exchange submission attempts.

Krylov ends up with an early takedown, from which, Spann attempts a D'arce choke.

Krylov vs Spann

Nikita KKrylov takes on Ryan Spann at 205 next.

Martinez Wins!!

Martinez wins via Unanimous Decision.

Martinez almost catches the armbar, but Nurmagomedov stays calm and works his way out of it.

They are probably 1-1 heading into the third round.

Both men are exchanging in the centre now.

The second round begins and Martinez is looking much stronger now, Nurmagomedov is finding less success in his takedown attempts.

Who will get their 5th-straight win? 👀@SaidUFC vs @JonathanMyda take the stage NOW!

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Nurmagomedov scores an early takedown, and nearly gets a choke. Martinez manages to survive for now though.

Nurmagomedov vs Martinez

Next up, Said Nurmagomedov tries to live up to the infamous name as he takes on Jonathan Martinez.

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Bautista Wins!!

Bautista picks up Cannetti for a suplex, and is almost instantly is caught in a rear-naked-choke.

Both men work there way back to standing, before Cannetti scores a takedown of his own.

Following some flashy kick exchanges, Bautista scores a takedown and slowly passes into mount.

Bautista vs Canneti

Next up, stand-and-bang fighters do battle in the bantamweight division.

Petrino Wins

Vitor Petrino wins via Unanimous Decision.

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The second round begins with Petrino swinging wildly again, but once again dropping his opponent.

Petrino catches Turkalj with a flurry of punches, dropping him. While chasing him to the ground, he gets caught with an up kick that wobbles him, just as the round closes.

Turkalj manages to get back to his feet, and even lands a trip of his own, though it's short-lived.

Early takedown for Petrino.