Merab Dvalishvili vs. Sean O’Malley 2. The rematch we’ve all been waiting for? Not exactly.
UFC 316 has its main event and it features the reigning bantamweight champion defending against O’Malley, the man he beat for the belt back at UFC 306 this past September. That contest saw Dvalishvili dominate much of the action with his relentless wrestling, but O’Malley maintained afterwards that he felt he did better than the scorecards suggested and has campaigned for a rematch since.
Dvalishvili went on to successfully defend his title against undefeated challenger Umar Nurmagomedov while O’Malley stayed on the sidelines recovering from hip surgery, and now O’Malley gets another crack at Dvalishvili on June 7 in Newark, N.J., without having to book another fight in between.
To say fans aren’t all in on O’Malley being granted an immediate rematch is an understatement and you can check out some of the more venomous reactions to the UFC 316 headliner announcement below.
