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Sean O'Malley and Merab Dvalishvilli will square off in their bantamweight title fight on Sept. 14. ... The 29-year-old will enter his fight against Dvalishvili with an 18-1 record and 12 KOs. He ...
For his second title defense, O'Malley faced Merab Dvalishvili on September 14, 2024 in the main event at UFC 306. [55] He lost the fight by unanimous decision. [ 56 ] On September 16, O'Malley revealed on his podcast that he suffered from a torn labrum from before the fight and that he will undergo surgery.
Sean O’Malley will defend his UFC men's bantamweight title against Merab Dvalishvili in the main event of UFC 306. Here is what time to catch the fight.
UFC 306 was UFC's second event (after 2023's UFC Fight Night: Grasso vs. Shevchenko 2) to be held under the "Noche UFC" banner—a commemoration of Mexico's independence day in which all but one of the matches on the card (the main event between Sean O'Malley and Merab Dvalishvili) featured at least one fighter of Mexican or Mexican American descent.
A UFC Bantamweight Championship bout between current champion Sean O'Malley and Marlon Vera headlined the event. [4] The pair previously met at UFC 252 in August 2020 which Vera won by first round TKO. [5] Merab Dvalishvili served as backup and potential replacement for this fight. [6]
Merab Dvalishvili of Georgia celebrates his victory against Henry Cejudo in a bantamweight fight during UFC 298 at Honda Center on Feb. 17, 2024, in Anaheim, California.
Dvalishvili faced Sean O'Malley for the UFC Bantamweight Championship on September 14, 2024 at UFC 306. [46] He won the fight and the title by unanimous decision. [47] Dvalishvili made his first title defense against undefeated contender Umar Nurmagomedov on January 18, 2025 at UFC 311. [48] He won the fight by unanimous decision. [49]
Merab Dvalishvili has wanted to fight Sean O'Malley for years, and he thinks now makes sense more than ever. Why Merab Dvalishvili thinks he’s top candidate for Sean O’Malley at UFC 264 Skip ...