Merab Dvalishvili promises it’s not personal with Sean O’Malley but explains why he ‘wanted to smack his face’

Photo by Chris Unger/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images Merab Dvalishvili promises emotions aren’t getting the better of him ahead of UFC 306.
In the days and weeks leading up to his first ever shot at gold in the UFC, Dvalishvili has taken aim at both Sean O’Malley and his head coach Tim Welch while going as far as vowing to dish out a beatdown if he saw them in public. While his grudge against Welch went deeper than any single comment made, Dvalishvili explained on Wednesday that his bigge