Merab Dvalishvili has cast an arduous path to his first-ever UFC title bout.
The Georgian buzzsaw fights UFC bantamweight champion Sean O’Malley in the principle occasion of subsequent month’s Riyadh Season Noche UFC in Las Vegas (or UFC 306 to you an me) and can come into the competition on the again of ten successive wins at 135-pounds in opposition to a number of the division’s most well-regarded names.
The 4 most up-to-date names on Dvalishvili’s run to title competition embrace a former title contender (Marlon Moraes) and three former UFC champions in Jose Aldo, Petr Yan and, earlier this February, in opposition to the 2008 Olympic gold winner and two-division UFC champion Henry Cejudo — and as you’ll be able to see within the video under, his grappling stacked up very admirably in opposition to a fighter thought of to be among the many most celebrated and embellished wrestlers to ever enter the game.
Take a look at the Dvalishvili vs. Cejudo battle from UFC 298 under.
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