UFC free fight: Merab Dvalishvili spoils Henry Cejudo's return from retirement at UFC 298

[autotag]Henry Cejudo[/autotag]'s return to MMA didn't go as he expected, and that was thanks to [autotag]Merab Dvalishvili[/autotag].

The two fought back in February at UFC 298. Cejudo, who's an Olympic gold medalist in wrestling, surprisingly struggled with the pressure and grappling from Dvalishvili and suffered a unanimous decision loss. This result made it even more clear that Dvalishvili was the No. 1 contender at 135 pounds.

You can watch Dvalishvili's win over Cejudo in the video above.

Dvalishvili (17-4 MMA, 10-2 UFC) returns to the cage on Sept. 14 for his first UFC title fight. He takes on bantamweight champion Sean O’Malley (18-1 MMA, 10-1 UFC) in the main event of UFC 306, which is set to go down at Sphere in Las Vegas.

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