Sean O'Malley

UFC lightweight title challenger Merab Dvalishvili has revealed how he plans to proceed in his fight with division champion Sean O'Malley.

According to the latest information, the fight between the American and the Georgian could take place on September 14 at UFC 306.

"Yes, I'm one of the best fighters. But don't be surprised if Sean O'Malley takes me down. This is MMA, guys. I'm a humble guy, and anything is possible here.

I'm going to wrestle Sean a little bit first, and then I'm going to use my striking and knock him out in the standup," Dvalishvili told Sportskeeda.

Recall that the 33-year-old Dvalishvili is riding a streak of ten straight wins in the UFC.

UFC lightweight champion Sean O'Malley has no doubt that he will knock out the next title challenger Merab Dvalishvili.

According to the latest information, the fight between the American and the Georgian could take place on September 14 at UFC 306.

"I'm going to knock Merab out. It can be even easier to do that with wrestlers. Vera was not going to wrestle, so I beat him in the standup for 25 minutes. Sterling went for the wrestling and went for the knockdown. I know I can knock Merab out with one punch or I can torture him for five rounds. I personally prefer to win by knockout, but a master class in beating Merab is fine," Bloody Elbow quoted O'Malley as saying.

UFC lightweight champion Sean O'Malley said he's willing to move up two divisions just for a fight with the promotion's top star Conor McGregor.

"I know what my body is capable of. I'm competing at flyweight, that's where I belong. I could theoretically move up to welterweight to fight Topuria, Volkanovski or Holloway. But going further up, I'm going to have trouble.

I'm willing to move up to lightweight just to fight Conor. That asshole is huge right now. The lightweight is a great fight. It's good money, the fight would be legendary. I'm not likely to agree to fight anyone else that far out of my category," O'Malley told Bradley Martin.

O'Malley's next fight is expected to be against Merab Dvalishvili.

Patrick Meeks. The Bellator flyweight champion, stated that he would have no problem taking out Peter Yan and Sean O'Malley

"Everybody draws conclusions because of what promotion is written in front of my name. Sean O'Malley's credentials are no greater. I've fought just as dangerous opponents, I've finished fights early more often than not. He's lost more rounds than I have. I'm just a little short of 31 straight wins - I had a record of 11-0 in the amateurs and now 19-1 in the pros. Look what Peter Yan did to O'Malley! I mean, that was a very close fight. I'm in the stratosphere compared to them. I'd put Petr Yan to bed, too. And Sean O'Malley. There's no guys in the UFC that can compete with me. Unless Merab," MMA Junkie quoted Meeks as saying.

Former UFC featherweight champion Jose Aldo believes he may get the opportunity to fight for the lightweight division belt held by Sean O'Malley after a solid win over Jonathan Martinez.

"My manager says I can beat the line, I can go out for a title fight because when we left the UFC, we had very good rankings.

I'm hoping that can help me. If we can beat the queue, it will be great. My opinion is this. I will rest, I will return to hard training, and there will be new challenges," - said Aldo.

Recall, Aldo defeated Martinez by unanimous decision of judges last weekend at UFC 301 in Rio de Janeiro.