Umar Nurmagomedov has some questions concerning the deeper high quality of Merab Dvalishvili’s character after the latter slapped a good friend of the previous lately. This transpired at Actual American Freestyle’s first foray into Georgia, with a good friend of Nurmagomedov’s, recognized by the Dagestan fighter as Ahmad, asking the previous UFC bantamweight champion a query concerning if Dvalishvili would ever grapple Umar in RAF.
Dvalishvili was readily available to wrestle former MMA opponent Henry Cejudo, with Merab Dvalishvili occurring to upset the Olympic gold medalist wrestler.
Umar Nurmagomedov and Merab Dvalishvili have beforehand fought beneath MMA guidelines, with Dvalishvili successful a unanimous choice over Nurmagomedov to retain his 135-pound crown in January 2025 at UFC 311. However but, the unhealthy blood nonetheless appears to be ever growing between the 2, with Dvalishvili responding by saying he would wrestle anybody besides Nurmagomedov, who he referred to as a ‘spoiled man’ earlier than issues bought bodily with Ahmad.
On-site safety subtle the skirmish, however there are clearly nonetheless residuals popping out of the problems that transpired at RAF Georgia. By the use of an interview carried out by Adam Zubayraev, with an excerpt of the general video shared through X account @RedCorner_MMA, Nurmagomedov mentioned,
“[Merab’s] the one who has to stay with it. For instance, are you able to think about a Georgian coming as much as me in Dagestan? … If a Georgian tells me to not speak to Merab, and I hit him from behind and insult him in my very own language, I can’t think about myself doing that. However as an individual, how do you reside with that? And the individuals who defend it, meaning there’s one thing unsuitable there. You must name unsuitable issues unsuitable. Irrespective of who does it.”
Umar Nurmagomedov delves additional into the slap scenario, addresses if a Merab Dvalishvili rematch is desired for the longer term
Umar Nurmagomedov additionally took time to provide additional backstory to the Ahmad altercation and the way Nurmagomedov isn’t paying a lot thoughts to Dvalishvili as Nurmagomedov has a conflict with Track Yadong set for August twenty ninth at UFC Shanghai. Touching upon these aforementioned items, Nurmagomedov acknowledged [via MMA Fighting],
“Yeah, Ahmad walked as much as him and mentioned, ‘Why are you talking for somebody who isn’t even right here?’ He didn’t insult him, didn’t say something impolite, didn’t present any disrespect. He mentioned, ‘Inform him to his face what you wish to say. Why are you swearing right here?’…. I swear, I don’t care in any respect what [Merab Dvalishvili] does or how he feels. I’m being trustworthy with you.”
“Normally, there are most likely individuals who wish to show one thing. Brother, I’ve nothing to show to anybody and I’ve nothing to show to Merab and I’ve nothing to show to Georgians. I simply wish to stay my life, that’s it.”
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