On June 7, Sean O’Malley will challenge Merab Dvalishvili for the UFC bantamweight championship in an immediate rematch of their Noche UFC encounter.
For Dvalishvili, this is a chance to successfully defend his belt for the second time after defeating Umar Nurmagomedov. For Sean O’Malley, there’s no warm-up fight – he’s heading straight back into the lion’s den against the man who took the belt from him in the first place.
For a lot of fans and pundits, though, there’s a lot of worry in the air regarding Sean O’Malley’s ability to actually regain the strap.