UFC’s Merab Dvalishvili Teaches Sean O’Malley Clone How to ‘Tap Out’ in Hilarious Skit

Merab Dvalishvili is doing whatever it takes to get his title shot.

The #1 UFC Bantamweight contender has been relentless inside the Octagon, and as we’re now finding out, he's equally as unrelenting on social media.

Dvalishvili had been hunting for a fight with Sean O’Malley long before he became the UFC Bantamweight Champion last year with a TKO of his teammate Aljamain Sterling. Dvalishvili is next on the agenda for ‘Suga’s’ next title defense after defeating Henry Cejudo at UFC 298.

Still, O’Malley hasn’t paid too much attention to ‘The Machine’, leaving his name out of his post-fight interview at UFC 299, choosing to call out featherweight king Ilia Topuria instead.

Dvalishvili has been playing around with a Sean O’Malley lookalike over the last few weeks to draw up more interest in the potential matchup. Dvalishvili teaches the doppelganger a thing or two about fighting in his latest video:

Another lesson taught by Professor Machine 🤓🦾 pic.twitter.com/1nKdYkb9tQ
April 4, 2024
Former UFC Champ Aljamain Sterling also makes a cameo in the comedic skit, asking Dvalishvili where he found this off-brand “Sean O’Malley”.
“I find this guy in Arizona, he was smoking too much,” Dvalishvil said, carrying the lookalike on his shoulders. “I’m gonna take him to my garage now and I’m gonna train him.”
The O’Malley stand-in is outfitted with the star’s classic look: pink hair, a chain, sunglasses, a jersey and even a smoke pen to top it all off.
“Sean, listen, bro. Listen you have a big fight, you fighting me, bro,” Dvalishvili later said in the video. “You gotta stop smoking my friend. Listen, I wanna make you train, you gotta stop [smoking]. No more, f*** this.”
The wrestling-heavy Dvalishvili would then take down “Sean O’Malley” to the ground to teach him a lesson in tapping out and going to sleep.
“Lolz I giggled Fr,” O’Malley reacted to the video on ‘X’.
Lolz I giggled Fr
April 4, 2024
As for what the real UFC Bantamweight Champion is doing nowadays, O’Malley got a new set of wheels from popular streamer Adin Ross after beating the brakes off him in sparring.
‘Suga’ has the keys to a brand-new lowrider matching his pink trunks for his last win against Chito Vera.
Adin Ross just gifted Sean O’Malley a crazy pink lowrider for winning his last fight 😮‍💨 pic.twitter.com/jdXHI6pVOq
April 3, 2024
Sean O’Malley has teased his return to the Octagon for this upcoming September, potentially at UFC 306 in the Las Vegas ‘Sphere’.
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