It’s official! Henry Cejudo and Merab Dvalishvili will conflict in a bantamweight scrap at UFC 298 in Anaheim, California.
The information was introduced by Setana Sports activities and confirmed by Henry Cejudo on his YouTube channel.
“The cat is formally out of the bag,” he mentioned. “That’s proper, I’ll be preventing Merab Dvalishvili on February seventeenth, UFC 298. I imply, all of us noticed this coming. This struggle’s going to resolve who’s really going to struggle the eventual winner of [Marlon] Chito Vera and Sean O’Malley.”
“I’m excited, and I’m unsure if we’re going to co-headline this struggle with Ilia Topuria and Alexander Volkanovski, however both manner this struggle is totally going to be bonkers.”
Ilia Topuria was available for UFC Vegas 83 on Saturday evening and he shared his ideas on the match-up.
“Sure, that’s what they provide me, I say sure, and I don’t know once we are preventing, what day, however I’m prepared,” he informed ESPN’s Heidi Androl. “I’m coaching day-after-day, and I’m prepared for preventing. [The hand] is nice, it’s lastly feeling good. It’s nonetheless not 100%, however I’m coaching, I’m sparring, I’m punching, wrestling, I’m doing every little thing and the hand is nice now.”
“I give him respect and I give all my opponents respect, particularly Henry Cejudo,” Merab added. “He was the best champion, and he was when Aljamain beat him. I’m excited, that is large check for me and I don’t know if I want assessments any extra as a result of I’ve 9 struggle win streak and I beat everybody they put in entrance of me. I feel I should struggle title struggle. However they provide me one other check.”
No guarantees have been made thus removed from the UFC concerning a title shot for the winner of Cejudo vs. Dvalishvili. It could be laborious for them to disclaim Merab although if he beats “Triple C” for his tenth win in a row. On the opposite aspect of the equation, bantamweight champion Sean O’Malley faces Marlon “Chito” Vera at UFC 299 on March ninth in Miami, Florida.
