Sean O’Malley reacts to ‘terrified’ Merab Dvalishvili who wants Petr Yan

Sean O’Malley has doubled down on his accusation against the UFC bantamweight champion Merab Dvalishvili be afraid of Umar Nurmagomedov.

After Petr Yan (18-5 MMA, 10-4 UFC) defeated Deiveison Figueiredo in a Fight of the Night battle in the main card of UFC Fight Night 248 on Saturday in Macau, his The call was accepted by Dvalishvili. (18-4 MMA, 11-2 UFC), who praised him for his performance. That unleashed Nurmagomedov, who, unlike Yan, would present a new challenge to Dvalishvili. “The Machine” already defeated Yan by unbalanced decision at its March 2023 main event.

“Umar wants to fight Merab in January,” O’Malley said in his “TimboSugaShow” podcast. “Petr wants to fight Merab in March. I want to fight Merab in April. Merab is absolutely terrified of Umar. He doesn’t want to fight with Umar. Now he says he wants to fight Petr. He wanted to fight me. Petr scored 50-45 for Merab.”

O’Malley lost his bantamweight title to Dvalishvili last September at UFC 306. His head coach, Tim Welch, believes that Dvalishvili as a champion is not good for the bantamweight division.

“Think about how exciting and enlightened the division would be if Merab wasn’t a part of it,” Welch said. “That is not a lack of respect. The guy is really good at taking those positions and getting through the fight. But man, it would be on. But that guy is a serious problem.”

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