Off the again of his spectacular UFC 311 win, Merab Dvalishvili has confirmed he’s open to all comers to his bantamweight crown — together with former-foe, Sean O’Malley — claiming if he’s approached with a rematch conflict, he would settle for it.
Co-headlining final weekend’s pay-per-view return to California, Dvalishvili defended his bantamweight crown for the primary time in a grudge combat with the unbeaten, Umar Nurmagomedov.
And delivering a one-sided unanimous choice win over Nurmagomedov to snap his excellent eighteen-fight undefeated run, Dvalishvili set an unimaginable tempo on the Russian challenger from the third spherical onwards, driving out a formidable unanimous choice success to retain his championship.
Merab Dvalishvili welcomes title rematch with Sean O’Malley subsequent
Linked with an instantaneous title re-run with Nurmagomedov off the again of his win — together with a possible tremendous combat with present undisputed flyweight kingpin, Alexandre Pantoja, Dvalishvili claimed if approached to combat Montana striker, O’Malley once more — whom sat entrance row on the Intuit Dome, he would welcome it.
Yeah, I don’t know [who I will fight next],” Merab Dvalishvili advised Ariel Helwani for Uncrowned. “But it looks like, I guess, (0:16) yes, it looks like (0:18) maybe he is my next opponent, but who knows? (0:22) I want to fight for the best option, (0:25) whoever is the best next, and I just want to be busy.”
“Yes, sir. I will fight Sean again if UFC asks me to do it,” Merab Dvalishvili defined.
First preventing again in September on the Las Vegas Sphere in the primary occasion of Noche UFC, Dvalishvili handed O’Malley simply his second-ever skilled blended martial arts loss — touchdown a one-sided unanimous choice win over the Contender Collection alum to grab the undisputed bantamweight crown.
