Sean O’Malley insists he was victorious at UFC 306.
In actual fact, the Suga State Athletic Fee overturned the judges’ determination and declared O’Malley the UFC bantamweight champion. Now, Merab Dvalishvili is keen to place an finish to all of the controversy and rematch O’Malley on the upcoming UFC 309 pay-per-view (PPV) occasion on Nov. 16 inside Madison Sq. Backyard in New York Metropolis.
“I hear O’Malley thinks he received the battle and is searching for a rematch,” Dvalishvili wrote on Twitter. “If he desires it he can have it. Let’s do it November sixteenth on the Backyard after which I’ll nonetheless defend the title towards whoever the UFC desires me to battle subsequent. What do you assume?”
Not surprisingly, followers on social media have been important of Dvalishvili (18-4) for making an attempt to keep away from a possible title protection towards No. 2-ranked bantamweight contender Umar Nurmagomedov, who was unimpressed by the UFC 306 headliner. The 28 year-old Nurmagomedov is undefeated at 18-0 with 9 finishes.
O’Malley is predicted to take an prolonged depart of absence following his Dvalishvili loss, partly to deal with accidents suffered in his UFC 306 coaching camp. As well as, UFC 309 already has its primary and co-main occasion matchups, so there’s little cause to shoehorn a hastily-assembled title battle into the Nov. 16 lineup.
Nurmagomedov was fast to reply.
Hopefully matchmakers can kind this one out sooner, relatively than later.
