Sean O'Malley vows to be '70% better' in Merab Dvalishvili rematch

Sean O'Malley explains groin injury as reason for lacklustre UFC 306 performance

Speaking on his YouTube channel, O'Malley believes he'll be entering this rematch '70 percent' better than he was at UFC 306, mostly due to his recovery from a torn groin.

"My groin kept me up at night," O'Malley said. "I tore my labrum ten weeks before the fight, which is where we're at from the fight right now... It wasn't ideal...

"[...] I don't wanna jinx it but if I can just keep this pace up, how we've been able to train this last few weeks, all the way up to the fight, I'm going to be 70 percent better than I was in that first fight."

UFC 316 announced fights

As it stands, UFC 316 has six fights, headlined by two championship bouts: Dvalishvili vs. O'Malley 2, and Julianna Pena vs. Kayla Harrison.

• (c) Merab Dvalishvili vs. Sean O'Malley; Bantamweight
• (c) Julianna Pena vs. Kayla Harrison; Bantamweight
• Mario Bautista vs. Marlon Vera; Bantamweight
• Johnny Walker vs. Azamat Murzakanov; Light Heavyweight
• Bruno Silva vs. Joshua Van; Flyweight
• Serghei Spivac vs. Shamil Gaziev; Heavyweight