Top-ranked bantamweight contender Merab Dvalishvili is still sporting the jacket he swiped from Sean O’Malley at UFC 288.
On Saturday night, O’Malley will step inside the Octagon for his first crack at UFC gold as he meets current bantamweight world champion Aljamain Sterling in the UFC 292 main event. Three months ago, Sterling and O’Malley first met inside the cage for a heated face-off mere moments after the ‘Funk Master’ successfully defended his title against Olympic gold medalist Henry Cejudo.
But on that night, much of the attention went to Sterling’s close friend and fellow bantamweight competitor, Merab Dvalishvili.