Merab Dvalishvili reacts after a decision victory against Umar NurmagomedovJeff Bottari/Zuffa LLC
For one fleeting moment in the first round of Saturday night's UFC 311 main event, it looked like we might witness one of the greatest upsets in MMA history. Lightweight champ Islam Makhachev, who is considered the best pound-for-pound fighter in the business at present, was suddenly on his butt, and Renato Moicano, who stepped in to fight the champion on just one days' notice, seemed to have put him there — at least, to those of us without the benefit of instant replay.
As it turns out, things weren't quite as they seemed.