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Merab Dvalishvili set for rematch title fight with Sean O’Malley in UFC 316 headliner in New Jersey

Undisputed bantamweight champion, Merab Dvalishvili is set to take main event honors at UFC 316 in June, taking on former champion and prior foe, Sean O’Malley in a headlining rematch from the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey.

Dvalishvili, the current undisputed bantamweight champion, headlined Noche UFC back in September of last year against Montana striker, O’Malley — earning the divisional championship with a one-sided unanimous decision win.

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Merab Dvalishvili set for rematch title fight with Sean O'Malley in UFC 316 headliner in New Jersey 2

And at the beginning of this year, Georgian star, Dvalishvili co-headlined UFC 311, landing another dominant unanimous judging win over the unbeaten, Umar Nurmagomedov — handing the Russian his first professional loss in a shutout win in California.