Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2025-06-07, the mma bout Merab Dvalishvili vs Sean O’Malley 2 gets three stars thanks to a good finsih (UFC Performance of the Night).O’Malley vs Dvalishvili 2 is scheduled to take place Saturday, June 7th, at the Prudential Center in Newark (New Jersey, United States), in a 5-round bantamweight (135 lbs, 61 kg) bout; it is the main event of the UFC 316 and it is valid for the UFC bantamweight championship (Merab’s second defense). Watch the video and rate this fight!
Merab Dvalishvili record
The black belt in judo and current Ufc Bw champ Merab Dvalishvili entered this fight with a professional mma record of 19-4-0 (21% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.1 bantamweight in the world.
He lost two consecutive fights between 2017 and 2018, against Frankie Saenz and Ricky Simon, but then he has collected twelve victories beating Henry Cejudo (Merab Dvalishvili vs Henry Cejudo), Sean O’Malley (Sean O’Malley vs Merab Dvalishvili I) and Umar Nurmagomedov in his last three (Merab Dvalishvili vs Umar Nurmagomedov).
Sean O’Malley record
His opponent, the former the Ufc Bw champion Sean O’Malley, has an official record of 18-2-0 (72% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.2 in the bantamweight division.
In his last three bouts he has beat Aljamain Sterling (Aljamain Sterling vs Sean O’Malley) and Marlon Vera (Sean O’Malley vs Marlon Vera II) but then he has lost to Merab Dvalishvili in their first match (Sean O’Malley vs Merab Dvalishvili I).
Fight card
Here is the UFC 316 full fight card (we are going to update it after the weigh-in):
MAIN CARD (live on ESPN PPV)
Merab Dvalishvili vs Sean O’Malley 2
Julianna Pena vs Kayla Harrison
Kelvin Gastelum vs Joe Pyfer
Patrick Mix vs Mario Bautista
Vicente Luque vs Kevin Holland
PRELIMINARY CARD (live on ESPN / ESPN+ / Disney+)
Joshua Van vs Bruno Silva
Azamat Murzakanov vs Brendson Ribeiro
Sergey Spivak vs Waldo Cortes-Acosta
Kalinn Williams vs Andreas Gustafsson
EARLY PRELIMINARY CARD (live on ESPN+ / Disney+ / UFC Fight Pass)
Ariane Lipski da Silva vs Cong Wang
Joo Sang Yoo vs Jeka Saragih
Quillan Salkilld vs Yanal Ashmouz
Marquel Mederos vs Mark Choinski
Countdown – Video preview
Watch the official video of the full episode of UFC 316 countdown Merab Dvalishvili vs Sean O’Malley 2, a documentary to know better the life of both fighters and how they prepare for their bout.
Embedded: Vlog Series
Watch all the episodes of UFC 316 Embedded: Vlog Series (we usually post the playlist with all the videos or, if not possible, every single clip).
Pre-fight press conference
Watch for free the UFC 316 pre-fight press conference, featuring Sean O’Malley and Merab Dvalishvili!
Weigh-in
Watch the videos of UFC 316: Dvalishvili vs O’Malley 2 weigh-in and faceoffs from the official Ufc Youtube channel!
Full fight video / highlights
Here we are going to post a selection of the best videos about the bout Merab Dvalishvili vs Sean O’Malley 2 as soon as the match ends. If you have seen the full fight you can rate it at the bottom of this post. (All videos are hosted on free video platforms such as Youtube, Dailymotion, Facebook, etc. and not uploaded by AllTheBestFights.com)
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Result
Who won Dvalishvili vs O’Malley 2 fight?
Merab Dvalishvili defeated Sean O’Malley via submission (north-south choke) at 4:42, round 3.
Post-fight interview
Listen the words of the winner or the two fighters after their bout, here is the UFC 316 post-fight octagon interview of Merab Dvalishvili and Sean O’Malley.
Post-fight press conference
Watch and listen the official UFC 316 post-fight press conference video, headlined by the main event Sean O’Malley and Merab Dvalishvili (free live stream from the UFC – Ultimate Fighting Championship Youtube channel).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EFejs1XRuFc
Bonus awards
UFC 316 Fight of the Night: no bonus awarded
UFC 316 Performance of the Night: Merab Dvalishvili, Kayla Harrison, Kevin Holland, Yoo Joo-sang
