Merab Dvalishvili, the UFC's No. 2 bantamweight, accused the current promotional champion in that division Sean O'Malley in cowardice. According to Merab, he has been challenging Sean since 2018, and he constantly ignores them.
“After every UFC win since my first fight in 2018, I challenged Sean O’Malley and he constantly ignored me. And now I said I don't want to fight my friend and brother Aljamain - and the media is going crazy! If Sterling doesn't get an immediate rematch with O'Malley, I'm the number one contender for a title fight. No questions,” the Georgian fighter wrote on his social networks.