Hacran Dias and Levan Makashvili kicked off UFC Fight Night 70's main card on FOX Sports 1 tonight (Sat., June 27, 2015) inside Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino.
Makashvili took the 145-pound bout on short notice against the No. 14-ranked Dias little more than four months after making his successful Octagon debut.
And "The Hornet" looked like an old pro in the early going, stinging the Brazilian with accurate counter strikes. Dias, though, got hip to his game after about four minutes of dancing and secured a takedown to close out the opening frame.
Makashvili attempted to get some payback to start the second stanza, scoring a takedown early, but Dias turned him into a pretzel, threatening with various submission attempts.