Merab Dvalishvili guarantees there received’t be any humorous enterprise when he places his bantamweight belt on the road for the primary time.
The Machine’ returns to the Octagon at UFC 311 this Saturday night time when the promotion heads again to the Intuit Dome in Los Angeles. There, Dvalishvili will square off with undefeated Dagestani sensation Umar Nurmagomedov.
Nurmagomedov earned his first title alternative with a unanimous resolution victory over Cory Sandhagen, however ever since profitable the 135-pound crown, Dvalishvili has insisted that Nurmagomedov hasn’t accomplished nearly enough to justify his spot on this weekend’s co-main occasion.
Talking with Bloody Elbow, Dvalishvili echoed that very same sentiment.
“Nurmagomedov is definitely cocky. That’s his downside,” Dvalishvili mentioned. “He thinks that he obtained this one simple, however he by no means confronted me. And imagine me he’ll know on the night time. He’ll understand that he’s going to struggle me and he can be humble. I’ve by no means mentioned that he’s not a very good fighter. I say he’s a very good fighter, however he takes shortcuts, you realize. He cheated slightly bit as a result of he was preventing nobodies and guys on their debut. After which from debut man, he fought quantity two, you realize, that’s, that’s a present and that’s a shortcut. And that’s not the way you wish to earn your title struggle.
“That’s not proper. In my view, he was presupposed to struggle yet another. Possibly in opposition to Music Yadong. However as soon as the UFC requested me, I mentioned, okay, I’ll struggle him. However I wished to struggle in February or March. However that’s what I mentioned. Why don’t I like him? As a result of he known as me a pretend champion. Additionally, he was disrespectful in the direction of my nation.”
Merab Dvalishvili guarantees no shenanigans, simply punches in UFC 311 title struggle
Dvalishvili claimed the bantamweight title in September with a lights-out efficiency in opposition to ex-champion ‘Sugar’ Sean O’Malley at UFC 306 in Las Vegas.
Whereas the Georgian’s efficiency was pretty dominant, there have been a handful of head-scratching moments, all of them perpetrated by ‘The Machine.’ Maybe the strangest one got here within the waning seconds of the second spherical when Dvalishvili planted a number of kisses on the again of O’Malley whereas fishing for a guillotine choke.
This time round, Dvalishvili guarantees there received’t be any mid-fight smooches … Simply punches.
“No kiss, simply punch!” Dvalishvili mentioned.
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