O’Malley vs Dvalishvili Rematch announced

The Merab Dvalishvili vs Sean O’Malley rematch has been announced, taking place at UFC 316 on June 7.

The bout will take place at the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey as Dvalishvili hopes for a repeat victory over O’Malley.

In their first meeting, Dvalishvili secured a victory by unanimous decision at UFC 306. It was an historic occasion as it was the first combat sports event held in The Sphere.

The victory made Dvalishvili the Bantamweight champion, handing O’Malley his second defeat of his career. O’Malley claimed that he was affected by injury prior to the fight.

“Overall, I had a good camp, way better than the Aljo camp. The rib injury was a lot harder to train with than the torn labrum. The labrum is just pain. As far as how the torn labrum impacted his fight with Dvalishvili, O’Malley said his grappling ability was hindered. “I was not able to wrestle as much as I would’ve liked. I know I can wrestle better than that. I’ve been training with really good guys for a long time, and I know I can do better,” O’Malley said.

O’Malley subsequently underwent hip surgery. Dvalishvili moved on to bigger and better things taking on and defeating Umar Nurmagomedov, handing Nurmagomedov his first loss in the UFC.

UFC CEO Dana White announced the details of the bout.

White announced, “UFC 316 is at the Prudential Center in New Jersey on June 7th, and the main event is Merab Dvalishvili versus “Sugar” Sean O’Malley. Merab is on a 12-fight win streak. He has the bantamweight record for win streaks, all-time most takedowns landed, most control time. Merab is on a roll. Sean’s coming back. Co-main event: women’s bantamweight champion Julianna Peña is taking on Kayla Harrison. Kayla has won titles in other organizations, and now she’s getting the opportunity to try to win a belt here in the UFC. Peña is always tough and gritty, and that should be a fun fight. So, that’s it, that’s all I got. I’ll see you this weekend.”

Here is the current lineup of UFC 316:

UFC Bantamweight Championship bout: Merab Dvalishvili vs. Sean O’Malley (Bantamweight)

UFC Women’s Bantamweight Championship bout: Julianna Pena vs. Kayla Harrison (Women’s Bantamweight) Bantamweight bout: Marlon Vera vs. Mario Bautista (Bantamweight

Flyweight bout: Bruno Gustavo da Silva vs. Joshua Van (Flyweight)