Lower than per week out from his premiere title protection, Merab Dvalishvili has revealed he handled a relatively “serious” damage concern earlier than his UFC 311 co-headliner with Umar Nurmagomedov, and can reveal the extent of the setback following the end result of their pairing.
Dvalishvili, the present undisputed bantamweight champion, is about to return to motion this weekend within the co-main occasion of UFC 311 in Inglewood, taking over the 18-0 unbeaten power, Nurmagomedov in his first outing donning the divisional crown.
Profitable the belt again in September in one other grudge combat on the Las Vegas Sphere, Dvalishvili bested former champion, Sean O’Malley with a unanimous choice win within the headliner of Noche UFC — extending his exceptional profitable spree to a staggering 11 straight contests.
Merab Dvalishvili reveals “serious” damage fear pre-UFC 311
Nonetheless, lower than per week out from his fierce conflict with Russian standout, Nurmagomedov, Dvalishvili knowledgeable Bloody Elbow throughout a current interview how he handled a relatively “serious” damage concern forward of his preventing comeback at UFC 311, however will stay hush on precisely what occurred till after the matchup.
“I’m good now, I will post the injury or whatever after the fight, but before, I don’t want to show and panic people,” Merab Dvalishvili defined. , the damage was critical, like, not a joke. “Because I take a fight on six weeks’ notice I was training hard and I get a lot of pain banged up and I was dealing with some other injuries too, but thank God now I’m OK and ready to go.”
“I was ready to fight and come back after five or six months, like every champion does,” Merab Dvalishvili stated. “They even take more time. But when I said I was going to fight February or March, Umar started complaining and blaming me and disrespecting me. When I said fight February or March, he said February fight was in Australia and March was Ramadan. I had no idea because last year, Ramadan was in May. It’s not my problem also – I’m a champion. So Umar wanted to fight January, and UFC asked me. Then I went to UFC and I said, OK, I will step up. I love UFC so no problem.”
