Sean O'Malley on Merab Dvalishvili brawl footage: 'This lady's just trying to sell croissants'

O'Malley, who lost his title to Dvalishvili at UFC 306, said of the footage: "Merab would have blitzed in like that on me in my fight."

Sean O'Malley went through the footage of the brawl between Usman Nurmagomedov and Merab Dvalishvili in a video posted to his own X and YouTube accounts on Thursday night, opening with: "Merab Dvalishvili got jumped by Usman Nurmagomedov."

O'Malley, himself a former UFC bantamweight champion, joked about Nurmagomedov: "Usman's got his backpack on, just got dropped off."

As the footage played on, he added: "This lady's just trying to sell croissants."

O'Malley lost the bantamweight title to Dvalishvili on a unanimous decision at UFC 306 in September 2024 and was submitted by him in their rematch at UFC 316 in June 2025. Watching his old rival in the clip, he said: "Merab would have blitzed in like that on me in my fight."

Nurmagomedov slapped Dvalishvili in Abu Dhabi on Wednesday while Dvalishvili was giving an interview, days before RAF Abu Dhabi. Members of Nurmagomedov's team joined in before the fighters were pulled apart.

UFC CEO Dana White was asked about the brawl at the UFC 334 press conference on Thursday, and Daniel Cormier has said Nurmagomedov is in big trouble because of it.

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