Welcome to another episode of Payout Perspective. This time we are taking a look at UFC 311 taking place at the Intuit Dome in Inglewood, California. Merab outlasts Nurmogomedov Merab Dvalishvili earned a unanimous decision victory over Umar Nurmogomedov in their five round battle. The story of the fight was Dvalishvili’s out of this world […]
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