Sean O’Malley will look to reopen Merab Dvalishvili’s gash at UFC 306.
Dvalishvili (17-4 MMA, 10-2 UFC) suffered a reduce on the left facet of his face close to his eye lower than a month earlier than his title struggle vs. bantamweight champion O’Malley (17-1 MMA, 10-1 UFC), which headlines the promotion’s second annual Noche UFC card Sept. 14 at Sphere in Las Vegas.
Dvalishvili had the laceration stitched up, and even eliminated the stitches himself which boggled UFC CEO Dana White’s thoughts. O’Malley now may need a straightforward goal which he absolutely intends on exploiting.
“I’m 100% going to open up that reduce, whether or not it’s healed or not,” O’Malley instructed veteran fight sports activities reporter Kevin Iole. “I don’t understand how a lot it might heal. I’ve by no means actually had any unhealthy cuts so I’m unsure actually – however I’m going to be (focusing on it).
“That’s the left facet of his face and this proper hand doesn’t miss. I’ll most likely by chance hit his nostril earlier than I hit that reduce, that nostril simply type of takes up like 85 % of his face. So, I’m going to attempt to get round his nostril and get to that reduce.”
White referred to as Dvalishvili “next-level silly” for posting about his reduce on social media – and O’Malley agrees.
“Dana referring to him as one of many stupidest folks or past silly, no matter he stated was fairly correct,” O’Malley continued. “I imply the dude’s simply not that sensible of a man.”
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