Former bantamweight champion, Sean O’Malley has been dominated from the pack to rematch Merab Dvalishvili by the Georgian’s previous foe, Henry Cejudo who has referred to as into the query the UFC star’s capacity to attract and promote pay-per-views.
Dvalishvili, the present undisputed bantamweight champion, efficiently defended his divisional crown for the primary time initially of the 12 months, delivering a spectacular unanimous choice win over the unbeaten, Umar Nurmagomedov over the course of 5 rounds within the co-main occasion of UFC 311.
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Sean O’Malley urged to surrender on Merab Dvalishvili title rematch subsequent
And successful spoils from Montana native, O’Malley at a monumental Noche UFC occasion on the Las Vegas Sphere late final annum, Dvalishvili would seemingly skirt a rematch with the Contender Sequence product in accordance ex-champion, Cejudo — who claimed a pairing between the duo once more makes little or no sense.
“I think that’s stupid,” Henry Cejudo informed Residence of Battle of a rematch between Merab Dvalishvili and Sean O’Malley. “It’s not like O’Malley is a pay-per-view king. His fights don’t do sh*t, man. I feel the individual that they need to give him is (Cory) Sandhagen.
That struggle with Sandhagen makes a variety of sense,” Cejudo defined. “Sandhagen could potentially beat him. Sandhagen is tricky. I still think Merab beats him, but he has the tools to really shut out Merab’s freaking lights. That’s the cool thing about it.”
Himself hoping to earn a rematch towards dominant champion, Dvalishvili this weekend, former two-weight champion and Olympic gold medal winner, Cejudo takes on Chinese language fan-favorite, Tune Yadong in the principle occasion of UFC Battle Night time Seattle in his first outing since his choice loss to the Georgian final 12 months.
