Merab Dvalishvili hasn’t stopped having enjoyable forward of the largest struggle of his profession.
“The Machine” threw the combined martial arts (MMA) world right into a frenzy, or no less than a collective confusion, when he shared a current video of himself with a lower over his eye. Dvalishvili’s subsequent struggle shall be for the Final Preventing Championship (UFC) Bantamweight title when he challenges the champion, Sean O’Malley, in Noche UFC’s foremost occasion subsequent weekend (Sat., Sept. 14, 2024).
The champion, O’Malley, was amongst these most anxious about Dvalishvili presumably withdrawing from the competition however UFC CEO, Dana White, wasn’t too thrilled concerning the choice to share the damage publicly. White labeled his high Bantamweight contender as “next-level silly” and questioned the selection. Regardless of such a response from his employer, Dvalishvili wasn’t bothered by it.
“I by no means remorse what I did,” Dvalishvili informed MMA Junkie. “I put up this as a result of I put up the whole lot in my social media. It wasn’t an enormous deal as a result of I had greater than three weeks once I acquired lower, and I do know that my lower will take 5 days to heal up, after which this lower didn’t have an effect on my coaching, my sparring — nothing. As you see, I’m healed up. All the pieces is sweet.
“After I noticed Dana was upset, after all, I don’t wish to upset Dana White and UFC or do one thing like that,” he continued. “However I used to be very calm and relaxed as a result of it wasn’t an enormous 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.”
A win for Dvalishvili would prolong his present file Bantamweight successful streak to 11, including him to the checklist of reigning European champions.
