UFC APEX – UFC featherweights continued the action at UFC Vegas 97 as Isaac Dulgarian and Brendon Marotte faced-off in Las Vegas.
Dulgarian (6-1) kicked off his UFC career with an impressive finish of Francis Marshall last August, but then dropped a split-decision to Christian Rodriguez this past March. He took on Marotte hoping to right the ship once more.
Marotte (8-2) stumbled in his first UFC bout as he lost a short-notice bout via highlight reel knockout against Terrance McKinney. With a full camp under his belt for this one he got the always tough Dulgarian in the octagon.
Dulgarian didn’t take long to get his pressure and offense going in the first round of the fight landing an early takedown leading him right into mount. Dulgarian was able to take the back in the round but was not able to find the finish. However Dulgarian landed tons of damage in the round with elbows and punches. The offense was non existent for Marotte in round one which possibly led to a 10-8 round in the first.
The second round got off to the same start as Dulgarian used a blast double to slam Marotte to the ground putting him back in control. Marotte ground defense was not enough to challenge the wrestling of Dulgarian. Dulgarian went for the arm triangle in the first round and went back to the well with it in round two ending the fight with a dominant submission victory over Brendan Marotte.
Marotte in his two fights with the UFC has not been great losing both of his fights by finish. Dulgarian said after the fight “I want to dedicate this fight to my daughter, I had her after my fight with Christian Rodriguez and she changed my life”. Dulgarian has a lot of upside and looks like he could be a huge problem in his division with his wrestling skills. Issac Dulgarian moves to 7-1 in his career with a lot more to come.
Result: Isaac Dulgarian def. Brendon Marotte via R2 SUB (Arm Triangle), 4:19
