Surging bantamweight contender, Merab Dvalishvili has claimed he will not be withdrawing from his scheduled Noche UFC title grudge match with undisputed champion, Sean O’Malley next month – despite providing footage of himself getting a nasty laceration stitched overnight.
Dvalishvili, the current number one ranked bantamweight contender, most recently featured at UFC 298 earlier this year in February, landing a unanimous decision win over former two-division champion, Henry Cejudo in the pair’s title-eliminator.
As for Montana striker, O’Malley, the bantamweight kingpin headlined UFC 299 the following month, avenging his sole promotional defeat in a unanimous decision shutout win over former opponent, Marlon Vera.