Is Merab Dvalishvili carrying an excessive amount of emotion into his upcoming conflict towards Umar Nurmagomedov?
In September, Dvalishvili delivered a dominant efficiency towards ‘Sugar’ Sean O’Malley at UFC 306 to assert the coveted bantamweight belt. Now, ‘The Machine’ has his first protection lined up and it’ll come towards none apart from undefeated Dagestani sensation Umar Nurmagomedov — the cousin of UFC Corridor of Famer and former light-weight titleholder Khabib Nurmagomedov.
In Las Vegas for Saturday’s last pay-per-view occasion of the 12 months, Dvalishvili needed to be separated from Nurmagomedov backstage after getting right into a heated confrontation forward of the UFC 311 on-sale press convention.
Later that night time, Dvalishvili bought into an altercation with a person he claims is a member of Nurmagomedov’s crew. The incident occurred shortly after he cornered Aljamain Sterling for his battle towards Movsar Evloev at UFC 310.
Helwani flabbergasted by Merab Dvalishvili’s actions over the weekend
Commenting on Dvalishvili’s actions over the weekend, MMA journalist Ariel Helwani prompt that ‘The Machine’ could also be toting round a bit an excessive amount of emotion going into his first battle because the 135-pound king.
“All fired up. I have to wonder, and we’ll talk to him about this: is he too fired up? Is he too emotional? Very clear, he didn’t want to come back in December, he didn’t want to maybe come back in January,” Helwani mentioned throughout a current episode of his present. “Possibly he doesn’t suppose that Umar deserves the battle. You hardly ever see him that emotional in entrance of, you understand, the general public, if you’ll.
“You see him getting into altercations and whatnot, but not at press conferences and whatnot. He is quite fired up in that moment. That is going to be an amazing scene in Los Angeles.”
Dvalishvili vs. Nurmagomedov will co-main occasion UFC 311 on January 18 with the night’s headliner that includes the return of light-weight titleholder Islam Makhachev. The ‘Dagestani Destroyer’ places his gold up for grabs towards Arman Tsarukyan in a rematch greater than 5 years within the making.
