UFC American lightweight fighter Brady Hiestand believes that division champion Sean O'Malley is afraid to take a fight against Merab Dvalishvili.
"This fight is definitely going to happen. The UFC would benefit from Merab becoming a superstar. He's funny, so they don't need O'Malley. I think Merab is already a star too. Just not sure when exactly they'll fight.
As for O'Malley, he's not ready to fight Dvalishvili. If that's not true, why hasn't the fight been announced yet? I think O'Malley is afraid of Dvalishvili. Merab will grind him down," MMA News quoted Hiestand as saying.