HOUSTON – The fans were already buzzing by the time Douglas Silva de Andrade and Sergey Morozov stepped into the cage. But over the course of their preliminary card matchup, they took the energy up a notch. When the dust settled, de Andrade (28-4 MMA, 6-4 UFC) was the victor via second-round submission by rear-naked choke, but that doesn’t tell the whole story. In the opening round of their UFC 271 preliminary card bout, de Andrade absorbed a bloodying amount of damage from the speedy and powerful Morozov (17-6 MMA, 1-2 UFC). When Morozov dropped de Andrade early, he made the most of his time on the ground. A strike sliced open de Andrade, but he figured a way back up to the feet
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