Michael Bisping urges Merab to fight for second title

In summation to each the successes wrong the bantam category, the question that galore fans inquire is: what adjacent for Merab Dvalishvili? The fantastic Georgian is presently connected a streak of 14 consecutive victories, and helium lone needs 2 much to lucifer Anderson Silva's grounds of 16 consecutive victories successful the UFC cage. Dvalishvili is the bantamweight champion and has successfully defended the loop 3 times.

Looking astatine the ranking list, Merab defeated the first-ranked Sean O'Malley twice, outclassed Petr Jan successful the lone gathering truthful far, and shares the 2nd spot with Umar Nurmagomedov, the combatant helium defeated earlier this year. In 4th spot is Cory Sandhagen, against whom the Georgian won successful his past appearance. The lone fifth-ranked combatant helium hasn't beaten yet is Song Yadong, but the 2 haven't adjacent fought yet. Yadong has yet to triumph a "title shot" and the question is whether helium has the prime to bash so.

Time for a caller challenge?

Retired UFC combatant Michael Bisping thinks so.

"If everyone is readying to leap from 1 part to another; if Chimaev is readying a lucifer against Pereira and Pereira against Jones oregon Aspinall; wherefore not Merab? Conor McGregor attacked the 2nd loop without defending his rubric successful his division. Islam Makhachev decided to determination up, Topuria already did it, truthful wherefore not Merab aft defeating astir each apical 10 fighters?" – said Bisping via his YouTube channel.

Bisping added:

"Tell maine you don't privation to spot a lucifer betwixt Merab and Volkanovski. That would beryllium amazing. I would perfectly emotion to spot that match. Volkanovski has besides gone done each his challengers; there's Movsar Evloev, Diego Lopes and Lerone Murphy, but if you privation a large match, it's Volk vs. Merab. I person a feeling it's going to hap adjacent year."

Merab has intelligibly shown that helium has astir cleared the bantamweight division, and fans and erstwhile fighters judge that it is the close clip for him to spell for a caller loop and corroborate his presumption successful the UFC.