UFC bantamweight champion Sean O’Malley is already making ready for the off likelihood that he’ll face Umar Nurmagomedov and never Merab Dvalishvili subsequent month.
O’Malley and Dvalishvili will headline UFC 306 subsequent month on the Las Vegas Sphere. This will probably be O’Malley’s second profession UFC title protection after a dominant efficiency in opposition to Marlon Vera at UFC 299.
Dvalishvili earned the title shot following a protracted profitable streak, together with latest wins over former UFC titleholders. His most up-to-date victory at UFC 298 secured his spot because the division’s No. 1 contender.
Dvalishvili gave combat followers a scare earlier this week when he shared a nasty minimize on his face on social media. The minimize started hypothesis over whether or not or not Dvalishvili is nearing a pull-out from the occasion and if the UFC would wish to hunt a alternative.
However, Dvalishvili quelled fears in a follow-up assertion, though UFC CEO Dana White wasn’t proud of how the bantamweight leaked the harm.
Within the meantime, whereas Dvalishvili seems on monitor to combat at UFC 306, O’Malley needs Nurmagomedov to be ready for a last-second name.
