Sean O’Malley and Merab Dvalishvili aren’t the most important followers of one another.
Noche UFC can be headlined by a Bantamweight title combat when the champion, O’Malley, appears to be like to thwart off “The Machine” in his second profession title protection. The pair have been on a crash course since O’Malley’s rivalry with Dvalishvili’s greatest good friend and teammate, Aljamain Sterling, started final yr.
The promotion had the fighters sq. off final week when the combat was made official and introduced for the Las Vegas Sphere occasion. O’Malley and Dvalishvili began by choosing up the place they left on on-line when bantering between themselves and O’Malley’s head coach, Tim Welch. The change may be seen within the embedded participant above.
“If in case you have an issue with him, you’ll be able to take it up with him,” O’Malley stated (h/t MMA Combating). “He’ll combat you. If that’s what you need. After the combat, you need to undoubtedly attempt to smack his face. You must undoubtedly attempt that. That might be humorous. You must attempt that.”
Dvalishvili responded, clarifying, “I’m speaking a couple of road combat,” when he bantered with Welch.
“You possibly can road combat him. I’d like to see that,” O’Malley stated. “You wish to die? Is that what you’re saying? He’ll kill you.”
Welch, 34, final fought professionally in 2017 earlier than turning his major focus to teaching after a 14-6 profession at Welterweight. The “Crimson Hawk” most not too long ago grappled twice in dropping efforts towards Pedro Rocha and Javier Torres in 2020.
As for O’Malley and Dvalishvili, they’ll headline Noche UFC within the promotion’s anticipated solely Sphere combined martial arts (MMA) spectacle.
