O'Malley (18-3 MMA, 10-3 UFC) lost to bantamweight champion Merab Dvalishvili (20-4 MMA, 13-2 UFC) for the second-straight time when he was submitted in Saturday's UFC 316 headliner at Prudential Center in Newark, N.J. O'Malley lost in more definitive fashion after dropping their first fight at UFC 306 by unanimous decision.

UFC bantamweight champion Merab Dvalishvili proved his first win over Sean O'Malley was no fluke by submitting his foe in the main event of UFC 316 on Saturday. While O'Malley was improved from their first meeting,

The reigning UFC bantamweight champion secured his first-ever UFC submission on Saturday, tapping out Sean O'Malley with a nasty choke to defend his title at UFC 316.