With UFC 306 less than four weeks away, Merab Dvalishvili suffering a facial laceration was quite a jumscare. The Georgian faces bantamweight king Sean O’Malley at the Noche UFC (UFC 306) main event. The challenger suffered a cut in training and posted the aftermath on social media. He came under much scrutiny for it. However, now Dvalishvili touts his resolve by cutting out his own stitches!
In a new video, Mean ‘Machine’ Dvalishvili can be seen acutely cutting the stitches with scissors. Though the fighter and his team insisted it was nothing major, CEO Dana White was adamant that it was foolhardy. It is because ‘Suga’ might just open up the cut if it doesn’t heal. Nevertheless, Merab Dvalishvili’s manager, Oren Hodak, also had assured his client wouldn’t pull out of the September event.
Dvalishvili’s original post was captionless and drew a response from Sean O’Malley. He expressed doubts about his withdrawal. However, the Georgian silently assures he is all but ready to go. Whether or not the UFC CEO was on point with his frustrations, it’s a valid reasoning. As a matter of fact, Charles Oliveria sent waves when he suffered a similar cut on his eyelid and posted about it.
You think a few stitches 25 days out is going to affect Mexican Merab?
Just need a little salt on the wound….. no suga needed! #ufcsphere #ufcnoche— KOreps (@ko_reps) August 21, 2024
However, Dvalishvili, 33, does not want any lingering banter or doubt about him supposedly calling quits. More than the cut, the Georgian fighter might have to worry about O’Malley’s counterstriking. The wrestling needs to come from Dvalishvili to pose any threat to the bantamweight champion. Meanwhile, O’Malley seems pretty confident about the UFC 306 main event.
Sean O’Malley promises a brutal knockout of Merab Dvalishvili one way or another
UFC 306, or yet another Noche UFC, scheduled inside the ‘Sphere’ in Las Vegas, Nevada, is edging nearer. The Riyadh Season Noche UFC event — with Sean O’Malley headlining, is to have long-running brand value implications. The champion has some “brand” new ideas for that.
Sean O’Malley has plans for winning at Noche UFC (Source: Instagram/es.agfight.com)The champion even recently won the 2024 ESPY for Best UFC Fighter Award. As such, he is oozing confidence ahead of the title fight. Things have taken a heated turn with the nationally charged trash talk recently. O’Malley does not care for ifs and buts and nations and cuts. He has some violent plans ahead.
Left hand to the chopper, …Brutally. I know I’m going to hurt him at one point, but then it could turn into a brutal KO. Just an absolute, not a good weight cut, not a good camp, and he just gets slept bad…Like, five or six punches just add up and the last one puts him into the canvas snoring, nose crooked, cat screaming MEOW!
Sean O’Malley via his Official YT channel; 🎥: @SugaSeanUFC
Going into the September 14 Noche UFC headliner, it’s no surprise O’Malley (18-1 MMA, 10-1 UFC) is veering toward a stand-up game. However, O’Malley, a Quintet Ultra Submission grappling alum, has the needed skills to do it all around. While the element of the cut above the eye seems to be simmering down, the fight still has a lot of dynamic left.
