Daniel Cormier warns Sean O’Malley of what a potential second loss to UFC Merab Dvalishvili could do to his career.
UFC 311 has come and gone, and bantamweight champion Merab Dvalishvili once again put on a dominant performance, this time against formerly undefeated challenger Umar Nurmagomedov. Though Nurmagomedov had the lead in the first two rounds, he quickly gassed out and fell victim to Dvalishvili's high-level conditioning.
Sean O’Malley hasn't fully recovered from hip surgery following UFC 306, but Tim Welch has given a positive update.
Former middleweight champion Michael Bisping concurred, even though he claimed the rematch would make sense for Merab since O’Malley would be a big-money fight. However, he was quick to course-correct and point out that a number 1 title contender fight was the only thing that made sense.
Aljamain Sterling isn't sure that a rematch between UFC bantamweight champion Merab Dvalishvili and Sean O'Malley is the fight to make. Dvalishvili (19-4 MMA, 12-2 UFC) retained his title when he outlasted Umar Nurmagomedov (18-1 MMA, 6-1 UFC) in this past ...
Tim Welch the coach of Sean O'Malley believes his fighter is the kryptonite for Merab Dvalishvili, and hopes for a rematch.
Sean O’Malley and his coach Tim Welch sat cageside at the Intuit Dome as Merab Dvalishvili outpointed Umar Nurmagomedov en route to a unanimous decision win. After a slow start, Dvalishvili put a ferocious pace on Nurmagomedov in the later rounds, and retained the title in an instant classic at UFC 311.
Sean O'Malley's coach recently disclosed that Merab Dvalishvili's wrestling stance could be unsuccessful against Umar Nurmagomedov when they compete in their bantamweight title fight at UFC 311.
In a 2017 regional Ring of Combat event, Dvalishvili’s 15-second spinning backfist knockout over former Bellator bantamweight champion Raufeon Stots kickstarted his career and caught the eye of UFC’s Dana White.
Having cemented his grip on the UFC bantamweight title, talk of where Merab Dvalishvili fits among the division's all-time greats is picking up.
T.J. Dillashaw has an unpopular opinion on UFC bantamweight champion Merab Dvalishvili's hardest fight. Dvalishvili (19-4 MMA, 12-2 UFC) retained his bantamweight title when he outlasted Umar Nurmagomedov (18-1 MMA,
A former UFC champion recently dropped an unexpected name as the fighter he believes could be Merab Dvalishvili's most formidable test.