News 😂 Petr Yan suggests Merab Dvalishvili needs to beat Umar Nurmagomedov again to earn a title shot hehehe😂

[Papasmurf45619]

UFC will definitely give suga Sean the shitle tot if he beats his Dong without any substantial injury. They still want O'Malley as champ

They will then try to put Merab and Umar together in a nontitlefight to knock one of them further away from title contention for a bit.

 

[Hezekiah]

Immediate rematches are dumb. If you lose the belt you need to work your way back up to the top. Immediate rematches hurt the sport overall and create boring times.

Yeah but you got fighters like Zhang and O'Malley who got rematches with just a single title defence. Gotta show consistency.

Plus Merab is a company man. While you have other champions rubbing their vaginas and only fight once a year, Merab put it on the line four times.

 

[TheBulletwithWings]

Well technically it was actually 5 fights for Yan because he lost 2 more fights after losing the belt to Sterling, but sure.

Not robberies but I thought he won against Sterling in the rematch and Suga.
Merab definitely beat him the first time but got beat worse this time.
No rubber match yet.

 

[wrb]

Its so funny watching all you guys try to "protect" Yan from Umar, he might be getting Yan next. (Its the only fight that has not happened yet lol)

 

[egk]

Merab should take 6 months off and Yan should have to defend against Umar if he wins his coming fight.

 

[fendertach]

If O'Malley beats Dong, I will bet my Lamborghini we get Yan / O'Malley 2 before Merab gets a rematch.

 

[Dangun]

Why they talking immediate rematch after that domination what a joke promotion

 

[hbombbisping]

It's never going to happen.

UFC's dream fight is Umar Nurmagomedov vs. Sean O'Malley, which is a B rate Khabib and Conor fight but still massive for the UFC.

Umar gets a TS if he beats Fig and Sean can beat any bum and get fed another shot buddeh

 

[PrideNverDies]

Lmfao Umar destroys this boring clown in a rematch. Merab fans were parrots believing everything Rogan says. The GSP comparisons were wild

 

[Rio Ferdinand]

Stop dreaming. Merab will get the title shot whenever he wants it.

He's built up plenty of credit with Dana & Hunter by fighting so often this year.

He has that Poatan privilege.

 

[SalvadorAllende]

Merab cleaned up the division pretty much. A rematch is deserved.

The faster the better for Yan IMO.

 

[hbombbisping]

Stop dreaming. Merab will get the title shot whenever he wants it.

He's built up plenty of credit with Dana & Hunter by fighting so often this year.

He has that Poatan privilege.

They will sell out Merab in an O'Malley minute believe it buddeh

 

[empsim]

Why not?

No reason for an immediate rematch after a pretty dominant 5 round fight.

 

[Oscar Madison]

Yan ducking Umar.

 

[Alpha_T83]

Umar is fighting at UFC 324, so I won't be surprised if Umar fights Yan next, assuming he does win as expected.

Merab might indeed need a #1 contender fight to get another shot at the title. Or he might choose to take some time off. He had a crazy schedule this year.

 

[Alpha_T83]

Yan ducking Umar.

That's how I read it too. I was thinking "Wait, isn't Umar next in line if he wins @ UFC 324?"

 

[Kung Fu Kowboy]

Let Merab bang bro

 

[drphil]

Stop dreaming. Merab will get the title shot whenever he wants it.

He's built up plenty of credit with Dana & Hunter by fighting so often this year.

He has that Poatan privilege.

This.
I usually hate rematches but this is one of the clearest cases for one ever.
The man defended the belt 4 times in a year and if you dont think he was compromised by the weight cuts you're crazy.

Pretty amazing the hate on this board for such an active champ.

 

[wrb]

Umar is the fight to make, Dagi vs Russia (yes I know on paper Dagi's are considered "Russia") That is hands down the best fight to make and any deviation from that is ducking or protecting IMO. Not one alternative makes any sense because of past fights and how many top guys have already fought each other twice.

Edit: There is an argument that Umar won the first 3 rounds against Merab, I am not saying Merab actually lost I am just saying Umar is with out a doubt the number one contender.

 

[CC27]

Honestly i know Merab deserves a rematch but if Umar beats Figgy it makes more sense to do Yan/Umar next for title. Thats a fight we've all wanted to see for a while. I know people wont like to see O malley get another title fight but even that rematch if he goes in and knocks out Song, why not. Again Merab deserves a rematch and they are 1-1 and he was going for 4 in a year but we've kind of wanted to get out of the Merab era and now the div is open again. Why rush to go right back into another possible Merab title run? Do Umar next and let Merab chill for a while and get winner or if he has to fight again do him vs someone else.