Ray Longo has a reasonably good deal with on what sort of expertise Merab
Dvalishvili brings to the desk.
Earlier than Dvalishvili moved his coaching to Las Vegas, he labored with
the Serra-Longo Battle Group in New York. As Dvalishvili prepares to
problem Sean
O’Malley for the bantamweight crown within the UFC
306 primary occasion on Saturday at The Sphere in Las Vegas, Longo
supplied some perception into what “The Machine” should do in
order to go away with a title belt in his possession.
“He’s going to should eat some punches to win this combat –
interval,” Longo mentioned on “The Anik & Florian Podcast.” (transcription
through MMAjunkie.com)
“O’Malley is a sharpshooter. If you happen to go in there pondering you’re not
going to get hit otherwise you’re simply going to do that or try this, I
assume that’s an enormous mistake.”UFC 306:
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Whereas Dvalishvili is essentially the most harmful wrestler O’Malley has confronted
so far throughout his promotional tenure, the Georgian standout
hasn’t squared off towards somebody with the standup prowess of the
reigning champion.
Essentially the most peril Davlishvili has confronted on the ft throughout his present
10-bout successful streak got here towards Marlon
Moraes at UFC 266, when he was dropped within the opening stanza.
It stays the one knockdown Dvalishvili has suffered throughout his
UFC profession up to now.
Due to that have, Lengthy believes Dvalishvil might be conscious
of the challenges O’Malley presents.
“If I inform you what number of instances I labored on getting beneath the
left hook with him [before the Moraes fight] – and that’s precisely
the punch he received hit with. “I mentioned, ‘You’re going to should stroll
by way of hearth in some unspecified time in the future on this combat.’ That’s precisely what he
did. It’s going to be form of the identical factor. Merab is aware of what he’s
up towards,” Longo mentioned.
“I feel O’Malley is basically good. I don’t assume O’Malley has ever
confronted anyone with the strain of Merab, and I don’t assume Merab’s
fought anyone with the size and the accuracy and the ability of
O’Malley.”
