Georgian Dvalishvili defeated home favourite at UFC 316 in three rounds in front of US President Trump in New Jersey.

Bantamweight champion Merab Dvalishvili started his UFC career with back-to-back defeats. The last of those losses came in bizarre circumstances when he fought Ricky Simon in April 2018.

Former UFC bantamweight kingpin Sean O'Malley's latest setbacks have not discouraged his head coach, Tim Welch. Welch asserts that the story is far from done.