Sean O’Malley praises Merab Dvalishvili after second straight loss to rival at UFC 316: ‘Merab’s a motherf*cker’

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Sean O’Malley lost to Merab Dvalishvili again and afterwards, there wasn’t much he could say about his latest defeat.

Saturday’s UFC 316 main event saw Dvalishvili successfully defend his bantamweight title with a third-round submission of O’Malley, the man Dvalishvili took the belt from at UFC 306 nine months ago. Though O’Malley showed marked improvement in his ability to defend Dvalishvili’s relentless takedown assault, the champion still found ways...