With a pair of 50-43 scorecards in his favor, Khabib Nurmagomedov put on one of the more lopsided championship performances in UFC history with his win over Al Iaquinta.
The new UFC lightweight champion dominated his short-notice foe from pillar to post to defeat Iaquinta and capture the 155-pound title with ease in the main event of UFC 223. The most surprising part of the fight, though, was that Nurmagomedov didn’t just rely on his vaunted wrestling arsenal to do so. After suffocating Iaquinta on the mat for the opening 10 minutes, “The Eagle” switched his game to a more stand-up oriented attack for rounds three and four.