By FCF Staff

Sean O’Malley vowed his second bout with Merab Dvalishvili would unfold much differently than their first one. But, it was the bantamweight champ who provided a much more dominant performance at UFC 316.

After O’Malley had some success early on negating the wrestling and top game of Dvalishvili, the champ ramped up his efforts in round three. As the end of the round approached, the relentless fighter secured a painful-looking, ninja choke, which forced O’Malley to tap.

Dvalishvili took the bantamweight title from O’Malley in September via a unanimous decision win.

In the co-main event, Kayla Harrison added more gold to her trophy case by ending Julianna Pena’s reign as the bantamweight champ. The former PFL lightweight champ and Judo Olympic Gold Medalist submitted Pena with a kimura from the top position in round two.

Here are the results for UFC 316, which took place in Newark, New Jersey.

Merab Dvalishvili defeats Sean O’Malley by submission (ninja choke) at 4:42 of R3
Kayla Harrison defeats Julianna Peña by submission (kimura) at 4:55 of R2
Joe Pyfer defeats Kelvin Gastelum by unanimous decision (29-28, 29-27, 30-27)
Mario Bautista defeats Patchy Mix by unanimous decision (29-28, 30-27, 30-27)
Kevin Holland defeats Vicente Luque by submission (D’arce choke) at 1:03 of R2
Joshua Van defeats Bruno Silva by TKO (strikers) at 4:01 of R3
Azamat Murzakanov defeats Brendson Ribeiro by TKO (strikes) at 3:25 of R1
Waldo Cortes Acosta defeats Serghei Spivac by unanimous decision (30-37, 29-28, 29-28)
Andreas Gustafsson defeats Khaos Williams by unanimous decision (30-27, 30-26, 30-26)
Wang Cong defeats Ariane da Silva by unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)
JooSang Yoo defeats Jeka Saragih by KO (left hook) at 0:28 of R1
Quillan Salkilld defeats Yanal Ashmouz by unanimous decision (30-27, 29-28, 29-28)
MarQuel Mederos defeats Mark Choinski by unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 29-28)

Results via UFC.com.