Aljamain Sterling Believes Sean O’Malley vs. Merab Dvalishvili Rematch Is A Hard Sell

Should the rematch happen?

What’s Next For Merab?

Merab Dvalishvili has defeated Umar Nurmagomedov at UFC 311, and it now feels as though Merab is running out of challengers. He’s beaten nearly every top fighter in the division. But, after beating former champion Sean O’Malley, Sean never got his championship rematch.

Now, on The Ariel Helwani Show, Aljamain says he believes Petr Yan deserves the fight more, but admits that Merab vs. O’Malley is the bigger payday, he just doesn’t think the fight will be easy to sell, as Merab clearly beat O’Malley in the first matchup at Noche UFC.

"In my opinion, it's a hard fight to sell. You're not selling me that O'Malley does anything differently other than hoping to catch him once in 25 minutes."

Aljo on a potential Merab x O'Malley rematch. pic.twitter.com/EjDqgva4E6

— Ariel Helwani (@arielhelwani) January 21, 2025

Do you think O’Malley vs. Dvalishvili should be next? Or, is Petr Yan the man up next?

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