Merab Dvalishvili brought and end to the Suga Show with a unanimous decision win over Sean O'Malley to win the UFC bantamweight championship at UFC 306 from the Sphere in Las Vegas.
Dvalishvili drew first blood in the battle. The challenger held his own in a few brief striking exchanges and was able to get O'Malley to the mat a few times in the first round. There wasn't much damage done, but the tone for the bout was established.
It was more of the same for Dvalishvili in the second round, but the frame was punctuated by an odd sequence in which it appeared that Dvalishvili thought the round ended early based on Herb Dean's instruction and gave up a submission and walked away with time left on the clock.