Prior to his rematch against Sean O'Malley next Saturday, Merab Dvalishvili made an enormous admission with regard to their first collision last September.
The coming Saturday, Sean O'Malley will look for salvation when he takes on Merab Dvalishvili for the Bantamweight title in the UFC 316 Main Event, in Newark, New Jersey.
In their first meeting at UFC 306 last September, Dvalishvili completely dominated the then champion, and on the occasion of their Rematch, the O'Malley coach claimed that the reason for his student's matte performance was due to the matting of $ 2.3 billion.
In anticipation of their long -awaited Rematch, Tim Welch predicted that O'Malley will cut open the face of Merab before he scores a late round TKO.
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Dvalishvili makes enormous admission with regard to the first O'Malley collision
Despite the ruthless performance of 'The Machine' above 'Suga' on UFC 306, one of the most important points of the fight with regard to the controversy between the two teams during the fight was.
The sensational striker, O'Malley, just couldn't get into his groove when it came to work, but in the final round he landed a few large body shots on Dvalishvili who apparently caused damage.
Only a few days after their Rematch in Newark, the Georgian admitted that if O'Malley had landed a few body shots during the final round, Dvalishvili could have been in trouble and it could have changed the outcome of the fight.
“It was the first time I felt his body kicking and if he landed two more (shots) so clean, it might have been a problem,” Dvalishvili told Daniel Cormier.
“When he got me at the Bodykick, I thought,” F -“, only two minutes earlier I held him, but because the referee told me to move and do something, I let him get up, I shouldn't let him go,” he went on.
Merab Dvalishvili shouted Sean O'Malley for the first time six years before historical feud
Although the rivalry between 'De Machine' and O'Malley has become one of the greatest rivalry in recent years, it was apparently an issue.
In 2018, after winning a victory at UFC Moscow, the Georgian O'Malley called a fight and stated that the Dana White would be for a fight against the Contender Series of Dana White.
Of course, the promotion at that time tried to build 'Suga' in their next large star, which means that Dvalishvili was unable to get him in his hands until last year when he became unmistakable.