LAS VEGAS – Merab Dvalishvili is confident he would run through Umar Nurmagomedov . Dvalishvili (17-4 MMA, 10-2 UFC) challenges bantamweight champion Sean O’Malley (18-1 MMA, 10-1 UFC) in Saturday’s UFC 306 headliner at Sphere ( ESPN+ pay-per-view, ESPNews, ESPN+). After his UFC on ABC 7 main event win over Cory Sandhagen in August, Nurmagomedov (18-0 MMA, 6-0 UFC) was declared No. 1 contender by UFC CEO Dana White. In a matchup between two of the best grapplers at 135 pounds, Dvalishvili boldly said he’d have no issues with Nurmagomedov’s style
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