UFC bantamweight contender Merab Dvalishvili has responded to Dana White’s harsh rhetoric about his determination to point out off a nasty head minimize on social media.
Dvalishvili will face UFC bantamweight champion Sean O’Malley within the UFC 306 principal occasion on September 14 in Las Vegas. The occasion marks the primary main sporting occasion held on the Las Vegas Sphere.
Forward of UFC 306, Dvalishvili gave MMA followers a quick scare when he shared footage of him getting a head minimize stitched up on his social media pages. The publish infuriated White, who known as Dvalishvili “next-level silly” for sharing it.
Dvalishvili then shared one other publish days later, exhibiting him eradicating his stitches in an unorthodox style. This, too, irked White and the matchmakers.
Whereas Dvalishvili says he’s one hundred pc wholesome heading into UFC 306, he was shocked by White’s response to his posts.
Merab Dvalishvili: “No regrets” over upsetting Dana White
In a current interview with MMA Junkie‘s Mike Bohn, Dvalishvili was requested if he regretted posting his minimize to social media.
“I by no means remorse what I did,” Dvalishvili mentioned. “I publish this as a result of I publish every part in my social media. It wasn’t a giant deal as a result of I had greater than three weeks once I acquired minimize, and I do know that my minimize will take 5 days to heal up, after which this minimize didn’t have an effect on my coaching, my sparring – nothing. As you see, I’m healed up. All the things is sweet…
“After I noticed Dana was upset, in fact I don’t need to upset Dana White and UFC or do one thing like that. However I used to be very calm and relaxed as a result of it wasn’t a giant deal. I don’t remorse nothing. That is who I’m, that is what I do, and that is my life. That’s why I’m a fighter, and that is my life and what I do.”
The temporary disaster has gave the impression to be averted forward of UFC 306. However, White doubtless stays agitated at certainly one of his high bantamweights leaking an damage.
