Sean O'Malley says Song Yadong would knock out Merab Dvalishvili 'for sure' over three rounds
O'Malley, who has beaten both Song and Petr Yan, wants Dvalishvili to face Song next after Yan kept the bantamweight title at UFC 333.
Sean O'Malley has picked Song Yadong to stop Merab Dvalishvili if the two meet over three rounds, and wants to see that fight next.
"Three-round fight, Song Yadong knocks out Merab for sure," O'Malley said on his YouTube channel. "He's just so explosive and he's just gonna be hard to take down. He's been wrestling a lot; he's been grappling a lot. His reaction time is so f*cking fast. I think he can put Merab's lights out."
He wants a rematch with Petr Yan for himself, after Yan beat Dvalishvili on a unanimous decision to keep the bantamweight title at UFC 333 in Abu Dhabi on Saturday. O'Malley (20-3, 1 NC) beat Yan in 2022 and Song in January, and is coming off a stoppage of Aiemann Zahabi at UFC Freedom 250 in June.
Song (24-9-1, 1 NC) has won twice by stoppage since that defeat to O'Malley. Song submitted Deiveson Figueiredo in May. In August in Shanghai, Song knocked out Umar Nurmagomedov. Dvalishvili is 21-6.
Dana White said after UFC 333 that Song and O'Malley are the two options for Yan's next fight.
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