After profitable ten UFC fights in a row, Merab Dvalishvili will rightly problem Sean O’Malley for the promotion’s bantamweight championship at The Sphere in Las Vegas on September 14, 2024.
The basic striker vs. grappler matchup already has followers on the sting of their seats. On prime of that, Dvalishvili posting his reduce after which taking his stitches out with the largest scissors potential in viral clips additional added to the hype.
Curiously, whatever the final result of the Riyadh Season Noche UFC most important occasion, Dvalishvili doesn’t need Umar Nurmagomedov to be the subsequent bantamweight title challenger…
Merab Dvalishvili Opposes Umar Nurmagomedov Getting A UFC Title Shot With Simply One Win Over A Ranked Opponent
Dvalishvili mentioned who he thinks ought to get the subsequent title shot within the UFC bantamweight division throughout an interview with MMA Junkie just lately. Though the consensus is that Nurmagomedov’s win over Cory Sandhagen makes him the subsequent contender, “The Machine” disagrees.
As somebody who needed to battle a number of top-ranked opponents to safe a title shot, Dvalishvili desires different fighters in his division to observe the same route. He thinks that former UFC flyweight champion Deiveson Figueiredo ought to battle for the belt subsequent due to his wins over Rob Font, Chito Vera, and Cody Garbrandt.
Nurmagomedov, however, must battle extra contenders in accordance with Dvalishvili. He identified that the undefeated prospect was preventing non-ranked opponents earlier than Sandhagen, so his resume is just not worthy of a title shot but.
“He beat one former champion on this weight class and one title challenger. And he beat Rob Font. And Figueiredo is former champion, and he has large identify and he deserves. Umar, he solely beat Cory Sandhagen from prime 15, just one man he beat from prime 15. And why he deserve battle for the belt? I’m not saying, you recognize, even when I’d be champion, he has to battle Sean O’Malley. He don’t need to, I don’t assume he deserves to battle for the belt, you recognize, that’s my opinion.”
Dvalishvili’s focus is to naturally win the UFC bantamweight title first. He appears to have healed up completely from the notorious reduce and is able to present the world his well-rounded sport on September 14, 2024.
