UFC bantamweight champion Sean O’Malley has a target at UFC 306.

“Suga” will focus on the training camp cut that opponent Merab Dvalishvili suffered during sparring for their Noche UFC main event on September 14 at The Sphere in Las Vegas. “The Machine” made the “stupid” decision to announce his injury to the world via social media.

No regrets!

“I’m going to open that cut 100 percent whether it heals or not,” O’Malley told Kevin Iole. “I don’t know how well it can heal, I’ve never had really bad cuts, so I’m not sure. That’s the left side of his face (and) this right hand is not missing. I’m probably going to accidentally hit his nose before I hit that cut. The nose just takes up 85 percent of his face. So I’m going to try to get around his nose and get to that cut. Dana called him one of the … I don’t remember what he said, one of the dumbest people or beyond dumb or whatever he said, it was pretty accurate. I mean, the guy’s just not that smart.”

He can also aim for the hole in Merab’s arm.

The main event of UFC 306 will mark the second straight title defense for O’Malley, who captured the belt from Aljamain Sterling at UFC 292 and then retained it by defeating Marlon Vera at UFC 299. As for Dvalishvili, he is currently ranked No. 1 in the 135-pound division and has won 10 straight since late 2018.

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