Is the UFC headed to Georgia?!
After spending a good portion of the previous few years operating occasions inside the comfortable confines of The APEX in Las Vegas, the Final Preventing Championship is able to stretch its legs and hit the street.
“I mean, I met some guys the other day who were pushing hard for me to bring a fight to Georgia,” White mentioned on the post-fight press convention. “And could it make any more sense than to go to Georgia right now? No, it really does. So, the answer to your question is yes.”
Positioned on the intersection of Jap Europe and West Asia, Georgia has produced a few of the UFC’s largest stars, together with reigning bantamweight champion Merab Dvalishvili and featherweight king Ilia Topuria, although ‘El Matador’ presently calls Spain house.
Different noteworthy names out of Georgia embody 15-win veteran Giga Chikadze and three-time Efficiency of the Evening winner Roman Dolidze.
‘The Machine’ takes some credit score for MMA’s explosion in Georgia
MMA has exploded within the nation and up to date years courtesy of rising stars like Dvalishvili who has captured the eye of battle followers along with his unending gasoline tank contained in the Octagon and his entertaining presence on social media.
“I know some fighters that started MMA because of me, and now they are professional fighters and some organizations’ champions. This means I’m old,” Dvalishvili mentioned with amusing whereas talking with the UFC. “However I’m happy with this as a result of I used to be a part of the explanation MMA is fashionable in my nation, in my hometown. MMA in Georgia is simply going up, and it’ll solely get higher and higher.
Dvalishvili additionally marveled at how rapidly MMA has turn into a fan-favorite sport in his house nation.
“They know every fighter in the UFC, who fights who, when they fight, they really know MMA. It’s very, very good. It’s crazy,” he added.
