Positive, Sean O’Malley is the champion. But it surely’s really Merab Dvalishvili that has the higher resume going into UFC 306. John Dodson, Jose Aldo, Petr Yan and Henry Cejudo have been all defeated by the Georgian contender. However the stakes have by no means been greater for Dvalishvili.
Merab Dvalishvili: By no means resting
Merab Dvalishvili by no means rests. Whereas combating, coaching, or resting, Merab Dvalishvili is at all times on the go. Struggle and combat once more, he’s lastly made it to the highest together with his teammate out of the division. For a while, Dvalishvili was the contender on the behest of Aljamain Sterling. So long as his the Serra Jiu-Jitsu teammates have been in the identical division, Dvalishvili would by no means combat for the title.
That was true till O’Malley confirmed up. Spherical two noticed O’Malley flatten Sterling and take the title again residence with him. Sterling would make the transfer to 145 and paved manner for the arrival of Dvalishvili.
However Dvalishvili didn’t wish to wait. He fought Henry Cejudo after his title shot-clinching win over Petr Yan. That was off of a win over Jose Aldo who was on the cusp of a title shot. So assured in his skills, he welcomed Henry Cejudo as a problem to his abilities.
Not alleged to out wrestle an Olympic gold medalist in wrestling, Besides that he did. Dvalishvili scored 5 official takedowns and over 4 minutes of management time. He was then simple.
Avenging Aljamain Sterling
Aljamain Sterling and Merab Dvalishvili are shut. Each are coaching companions and excellent buddies. Dropping his title to O’Malley might have been future. However the avenging of Sterling by Merab Dvalishvili may be encompassed in the identical pressure of future.
The character of Sterling and Dvalishvili’s relationship will feed into that want for future that Dvalishvili has. Going after O’Malley has been one thing on his radar for the reason that matchup between then-champion Sterling and O’Malley was being arrange. Dvalishvili, together with his troll-like nature, was randomly handed O’Malley’s jacket and he put it on and acted out. This triggered backlash.
Now that O’Malley has beat Sterling and is booked for that UFC 306 combat with Dvalishvili, we can have this combat lastly come to fruition.
The stage is ready
On the Sphere in Las Vegas, UFC 306 will characteristic Dvalishvili’s mission to the UFC’s bantamweight title. This would be the greatest and most spectacular occasion thus far from the UFC. The spectacle can be on the highest ranges ever seen within the sport.
Merab Dvalishvili is seen because the B-side of that spectacle, however an integral a part of it nonetheless. However he’s not right here to combat for a spectacle. He’ll gladly combat Sean O’Malley within the APEX. He simply desires to combat.
Dvalishvili will then face off with the remainder of the division. Umar Nurmagomedov, Deiveson Figueiredo, Alexandre Pantoja even, these are the demons on Dvalishvili’s heels ought to he win at UFC 306. However first, he must take the highlight on the Suga Present. A win is required to get the belt again to his health club.
