Free fight – Merab Dvalishvili against Henry Cejudo

Merab Dvalishvili has had a difficult road to his first UFC title fight.

The Georgian buzzsaw fighter takes on UFC bantamweight champion Sean O'Malley in the main event of next month's Riyadh Season Noche UFC in Las Vegas (or UFC 306 to you and me), and heads into the contest with his back on a streak of ten consecutive wins at middleweight against some of the division's most respected names.

The four most recent names on Dvalishvili's road to title contention include a former title contender (Marlon Moraes) and three former UFC champions: Jose Aldo, Petr Yan and earlier this February, 2008 Olympian and two-weight UFC champion Henry Cejudo. And as you can see in the video below, his grappling was very admirable compared to a fighter who is one of the most celebrated and decorated wrestlers to ever enter the sport.

Watch Dvalishvili vs. Cejudo from UFC 298 below.

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