We are just days away from witnessing Sean O’Malley‘s first title defense and that too against the one who handed him his solitary defeat, Marlon Vera. UFC 299 is set to be the battleground for ‘Suga’ and ‘Chito’ to settle their long-standing beef. Their initial encounter witnessed a brutal defeat for O’Malley. Interestingly, Vera is the only fighter to have ever defeated O’Malley. However, ‘Suga’ has redeemed himself by earning the bantamweight title.

O’Malley has had a dream run in the UFC with a wide array of opponents hailing from different styles. This raises a question: Who manages the fights for the bantamweight champion? Does he have a dedicated team who take on this responsibility? Let us get into this to understand it better.

Who manages the fight game for Sean O’Malley?

Sean O’Malley has been in some amazing fights recently. Petr Yan, Aljamain Sterling and now Marlon Vera.The bantamweight champion is on the run to clean out the division. Now let us get to the fundamental question. Who manages Sean O’Malley’s fights? Well, the rough answer to that question is: No one.

O’Malley is one of such unique individuals, who never liked the concepts of managers in fight business. In a conversation with MMAFighting with Sbn, O’Malley had stated that he rolls on his own “I am my management. “Solo Dolo. No middleman, no one taking a random percentage for being a middleman. I do all my own deals and s*** gets done right”

He further added “Say UFC gets a sponsorship deal, and whoever handles that at the UFC, they’re like, ‘The UFC wants Sean O’Malley, I’m going to go to his management,’ and then their management takes 20 percent, 15 percent, whatever, just to tell me about the deal. Not to do anything, just to say, ‘Hey, the UFC called, you want this deal?’ “

O’Malley likes to handle business alone and this might have set a new precedent for new fighters. Nonetheless, the championship bout between O’Malley and Vera is all set to materialize, but who is the backup fighter for them? Let us find out.

Who is the backup fighter for the O’Malley vs Marlon Vera match?

The highly anticipated match is all set to hit the floor this weekend in Miami, Florida. As mentioned above, the bantamweight title is at stake, and both fighters are on the loose to defeat each other. However, who will be the one to step in as the backup fighter if any of them pulls out for any reason? Interestingly, Dana White has clinched an interesting fighter as the backup.

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UFC 298 star, Merab Dvalishvili, has been assigned the responsibility to be the backup fighter for their match. Arguably, Dvalishvili is next in the line for the bantamweight title, considering his 10-fight winning streak and dominance over former dual-weight champion, Henry Cejudo.

Sean O’Malley vs. Marlon Vera fight has promised a warlike scenario and both the fighters are looking nothing less than a battle. Who would you like to see as the champion? Tell us about your opinion in the comments below.

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