{"id":868157,"date":"2026-08-23T04:28:09","date_gmt":"2026-08-23T04:28:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/868157\/"},"modified":"2026-08-23T04:28:09","modified_gmt":"2026-08-23T04:28:09","slug":"henry-cejudo-pins-merab-dvalishvili-in-36-seconds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/868157\/","title":{"rendered":"Henry Cejudo Pins Merab Dvalishvili in 36 Seconds"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">Former Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) two-division champion Henry Cejudo got his revenge on former Bantamweight champion Merab Dvalishvili in the main event of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmamania.com\/raf-wrestling-schedule-cards-live-results\/466718\/raf-12-live-stream-results-discussion-and-video-highlights-cejudo-vs-merab-2\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Real American Freestyle (RAF) 12<\/a> last night (Sat., Aug. 22, 2026) inside Rocket Arena in Cleveland, Ohio.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">And it didn\u2019t take long.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">Cejudo needed only 20 seconds to shoot inside for a single-leg takedown. The Olympic gold medalist lifted Dvalishvili off his feet and slammed the Georgian to the mat, earning four points in the process.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">However, the points quickly became irrelevant.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">Cejudo stayed on top, trapped Dvalishvili and forced both of his shoulders onto the mat to secure the pinfall victory in just 36 seconds. With the dominant win, \u201cTriple C\u201d captured RAF\u2019s Lightweight Crossover championship.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">Check out the highlights below:<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">Indeed, Cejudo exacted revenge after suffering an incredible comeback loss to Dvalishvili in their first RAF meeting last month \u2014 as Cejudo raced out to an 8-0 lead in Dvalishvili\u2019s home country of Georgia, but \u201cThe Machine\u201d stormed back with 11 unanswered points to win the match, 11-8 (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmamania.com\/raf-wrestling-schedule-cards-live-results\/456398\/highlights-merab-dvalishvili-scores-miraculous-comeback-win-over-henry-cejudo-raf-georgia\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">watch highlights<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">There would be no comeback this time.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">Cejudo is now 2-1 under the RAF banner, and the newly crowned champion already has another former UFC titleholder in mind for his first defense.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">\u201cCody Garbrandt, you\u2019re next, bitch,\u201d Cejudo told Chael Sonnen following his win.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">As for Dvalishvili, he immediately called for a third wrestling match with \u201cTriple C.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">\u201cAbsolutely. I love challenges,\u201d Dvalishvili said. \u201cHenry Cejudo called me out, and I said yes. He\u2019s an Olympic champion for a reason. He beat me today. Let\u2019s go for a trilogy in wrestling.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">Before a potential trilogy takes place, both men have business elsewhere.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">Dvalishvili will challenge UFC Bantamweight champion Petr Yan in their own trilogy at UFC 333 on Oct. 24, while Cejudo is scheduled to box influencer Deen The Great at Misfits Boxing on Sept. 26.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">For now, the RAF rivalry is tied at one victory apiece \u2014 but Cejudo left Cleveland with the last word and the championship belt.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">For much more on RAF and wrestling news click <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmamania.com\/raf-wrestling-schedule-cards-live-results\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Former Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) two-division champion Henry Cejudo got his revenge on former Bantamweight champion Merab Dvalishvili&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":868158,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[444],"tags":[49,48,641,33601,638,264316,82,264568],"class_list":["post-868157","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mma","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-fighting","tag-latest-ufc-mma-news","tag-mma","tag-real-american-freestyle-raf-wrestling","tag-sports","tag-ufc-mma-social-media-videos"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/868157","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=868157"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/868157\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/868158"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=868157"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=868157"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=868157"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}