Merab Dvalishvili sounds confident that Sean O'Malley won’t get a double-champ bid before fighting him.
last month. “The Machine” was logically expected to be the opponent for Sean O’Malley’s first title defense before “Sugar” called outon March 9, avenging the lone professional loss of his career. Awaiting his long-deserved title shot next, Dvalishvili, who was sitting cage side, expected O’Malley to call him out. However, “The Machine” was “mad” to hear O’Malley call out featherweight championthe callout until “Sugar” defends his strap against Dvalishvili.
Dvalishvili and O’Malley also had a rather awkward run-in backstage after UFC 299. “Sugar” later claimed to have mistaken Dvalishvili for a fan, likely taking a dig at the Georgian’s stardom. Dvalishvili detailed what exactly transpired, which according to him wasn’t very champion-esque of O’Malley. “I said congratulations and he kind of ignored me again,” Dvalishvili said. “He’s like, ‘Thank you ’. He don’t even shake my hand. I said, ‘Bro, you should mention my name.’ And then he said, ‘Oh s—t, I don’t even know who he was.’ I mean, I give respect to all the champions, and I did give him respect but that’s not champion’s move. That’s not what real man should do.
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