MMA Twitter in shambles over Merab Dvalishvili, Sean O'Malley jacket incident (Video)
By Amy Kaplan
Merab Dvalishvili proves that pranking someone never really gets old.
When Aljamain Sterling won his fight against Henry Cejudo the UFC brought in his next challenger, Sean O'Malley.
When the pair faced off and started jawing, O'Malley removed his red leather jacket and Merab Dvalishvili, who was in Aljamain's corner quickly swiped it and put it on. He then jumped up on the cage to celebrate and O'Malley didn't take too nicely to the prank.
O'Malley went after Dvalishvili, which then caused Sterling to go after O'Malley. It was all broken up pretty quickly but not before MMA Twitter enjoyed the hilarious moment.
Merab Dvalishvili stole Suga Sean jacket LOL π #ufc #ufc288 #merabdvalishvili #sugasean #seanomalley #aljamainsterling @MerabDvalishvil @ufc @SugaSeanMMA @funkmasterMMA pic.twitter.com/60YJNmK4tz
β Nina-Marie Daniele (@ninamdrama) May 7, 2023
Merab ππ #UFC288 pic.twitter.com/yAOxyyjsPB
β UFC (@ufc) May 7, 2023
Merab put on O'Malley's jacket π #UFC288 pic.twitter.com/1dH5inwJWz
β UFC (@ufc) May 7, 2023
Watch Merab @MerabDvalishvil put on Sean OβMalleyβs jacket #UFC288 pic.twitter.com/i4LUayAcBv
β Helen Yee (@HelenYeeSports) May 7, 2023
MMA Twitter absolutely loved seeing Merab prank Sean O'Malley with his jacket
Merab trying to steal that Thriller jacket π€£#UFC288
β Anthony Walker (@AntWalkerMMA) May 7, 2023
Performance of the night: merab
β C Hππ½T Oπͺπ¨V E R A (@chitoveraUFC) May 7, 2023
This is really the ultimate way to enjoy Merab. You have to look at his style as just an advancement of his little goblin trolling.
β Ollie Gadd (@OGaddMMA) May 7, 2023
He's gonna take the best guy in the world and just stick to them infuriatingly for 25 minutes, and you just have to laugh along https://t.co/ghhZQGlAwK
Not gonna lie. Merab putting on the jacket is legit hilarious. lol.
β Brett Okamoto (@bokamotoESPN) May 7, 2023
Merab Dvalishvili stealing Sean O'Malley's jacket during his faceoff with Aljamain Sterling was freaking hilarious. π #UFC288 pic.twitter.com/PcJKysNjfJ
β Nolan King (@mma_kings) May 7, 2023
Merab Dvalishvili after taking Seanβs jacket #UFC288 pic.twitter.com/2RDhUSznhQ
β Ben Davis (@BenTheBaneDavis) May 7, 2023
Merab is wearing Suga's jacket... ππ€£ππ€£π₯ #MMATwitter #UFC288
β davefretz (@davefretz) May 7, 2023
that man should know better than to fuck with merab, dangerous game to play
β K ξ² (@tinymma) May 7, 2023