Sean O’Malley thinks Merab Dvalishvili ’s drive is bigger than Henry Cejudo ’s. Dvalishvili (16-4 MMA, 9-2 UFC) meets former two-division champion Cejudo (16-3 MMA, 10-3 UFC) at UFC 298 on Feb. 17 from Honda Center in Anaheim, Calif., with a main card that airs on pay-per-view following prelims on ESPN and ESPN+. Cejudo retired from MMA in May 2020 after defending the bantamweight title against Dominick Cruz. He returned from a three-year hiatus to challenge then-champion Aljamain Sterling at UFC 288 in May, but suffered a split decision loss . Dvalishvili, meanwhile, is on a nine-fight winning streak, most recently scoring a shutout of former champ Petr Yan this past March.
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Sean O’Malley: Merab Dvalishvili beats ‘broke’ Henry Cejudo at UFC 298 – MMA Junkie