UFC Fortaleza: Marlon Moraes Avenges Loss to Raphael Assuncao in Impressive Fashion

Marlon Moraes avenged his 2017, split decision loss to Raphael Assuncao tonight, and he did so in very impressive fashion.

Midway through the opening round, Moraes rocked Assuncao with a booming punch and then sent him to the deck with another one. Assuncao started working his guard game to recover, but eventually, Moraes rolled into a guillotine choke that ended the fight.

With the win, Moraes makes a very, very compelling case for a title fight with bantamweight champ, T.J. Dillashaw.

Here are the complete results for UFC Fortaleza.

Marlon Moraes def. Raphael Assuncao via submission (guillotine choke) R1, 3:17

Jose Aldo def. Renato Moicano via TKO (strikes) R2, 0:44

Demian Maia def. Lyman Good via submission (rear-naked-choke)  R1,2:38

Charles Oliveira def. David Teymur via submission (anaconda choke) R2, 0:55

Johnny Walker def. Justin Ledet via TKO (spinning backfist & punches) R1, 0:15

Livinha Souza def. Sarah Frota via split decision (29-28, 28-29, 29-28)

Markus Perez def. Anthony Hernandez via technical submission (anaconda choke) R2, 1:07

Mara Romero Borella def. Taila Santos via split decision (29-28, 28-29, 29-28)

Thiago Alves def. Max Griffin via split decision (29-28, 28-29, 29-28)

Jair Rozenstruik def. Junior Albini via TKO (strikes) R2, 0:54

Geraldo de Freitas def. Felipe Colares via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-26)

Said Nurmagomedov def. Ricardo Ramos via TKO (body kick, punches) R1, 2:28

Rogerio Bontorin def. Magomed Bibulatov via split decision (29-28, 28-29, 29-28)