UFC 316: Dvalishvili vs. O’Malley 2 ended in an upset for one fighter and a massive victory for the other. Sean O’Malley and Merab Dvalishvili went head to head for the Bantamweight title, as did female fighters Kayla Harrison and Julianna Peña. See the results from UFC 316 below.
The winner of the Dvalishvili vs. O’Malley match was Dvalishvili. The Georgian MMA fighter known as “The Machine” is now the Bantamweight champion.
It’s unclear when exactly O’Malley’s next fight will be. The now-former Bantamweight champ said that the most important thing to him going into UFC 316 was beating Dvalishvili in a press conference. He discussed a previous match with Dvalishvili, which he and reporters agreed was a close fight.
Sean O’Malley’s instant reaction to the Merab loss
“I didn’t feel like it was going to go like that… Merab’s a motherf***er.” #UFC316pic.twitter.com/NjqdnvSapX
— Championship Rounds (@ChampRDS) June 8, 2025
“But [it] doesn’t matter if it’s close if you lose,” O’Malley said. “I’m planning on this one not being so close.”
After losing the battle against Dvalishvili, O’Malley admitted that he didn’t think the fight “was going to go like that,” calling his adversary a “mother**ker.”
The Bantamweight champ of women isHarrison, who beat Peña after almost not being able to compete in the weight class. Harris nearly didn’t make the cut for championship weight, but she reached 135 pounds on the scale. Since cutting down was a challenge for the fighter, Harrison said in a post-fight press conference that she “would have chopped off [her] leg to make it to this fight.”
