Merab Dvalishvili trolls Sean O'Malley with UFC 316 fight picture with hilarious five-word caption, fans react: "He's a great champion"

Merab Dvalishvili recently shared a picture of himself lifting Sean O'Malley during their fight, accompanied by a humorous caption that garnered reactions from fans.

'The Machine' successfully defended his bantamweight title against O'Malley last Saturday at UFC 316. During the fight, Dvalishvili lifted 'Suga' onto his shoulders, holding him by his thighs. The UFC bantamweight champion posted a picture of this moment on his Threads handle, captioning it with:

"We are going to Georgia"

Check out Merab Dvalishvili's post below (via @ChampRDS on X):

Several fight fans and netizens went to the comments section of @ChampRDS' post on X to share their reactions, with one user writing:

"Lmao I love Merab. Thought it coulda been O’Malley’s night because he’s so good at striking, but Merab just walked him down again. He’s a great champion. Insanely hard worker."

Others commented:

"Someone was telling me last week Merab has no aura..."

"Merab is always carrying his opponents 🤣"

"Merab is funny af 😂"

"The GOAT of bantamweight"

Check out more fan reactions below:

Fans' reaction to Merab Dvalishvili trolling Sean O'Malley. [Screenshots courtesy: @ChampRDS on X]

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Merab Dvalishvili shares encouraging words for Sean O'Malley

Merab Dvalishvili extended his winning streak to 13 fights with a victory at UFC 316. Meanwhile, Sean O'Malley experienced consecutive defeats for the first time in his MMA career.

In a recent interview on The Ariel Helwani Show, Dvalishvili was asked what advice he would give O'Malley now. 'The Machine' responded with encouraging words, saying:

"I will just [say] stay positive, you know. The loss sometimes is good, you know. Makes you even motivated to think about and make you change more stuff and to get better mentally, physically. Of course, loss in fight never good because this is not soccer game or baseball game. You lost the game, and you can blame something, the weather or something. But here you have to blame yourself and just looking for a reason in your head, what you have to get better."

He added:

"Just do your best. If you still love this, keep doing it, keep training, and do your best. And as long as you love it, keep doing it. And if you don’t love anymore, then relax. I mean, he’s happy, happy dad. I wish him all the best. Not everybody will be champion. Only eight guys will be champion at the time. But if you still love this fight, keep going."

Check out Merab Dvalishvili's comments below (15:34):