UFC bantamweight champion Merab Dvalishvili has addressed the altercation he received into with a fan within the crowd at UFC 310.
Final weekend, Merab Dvalishvili was in attendance at UFC 310 as he cornered his long-time pal and coaching companion Aljamain Sterling for his blockbuster featherweight showdown towards Movsar Evloev.
Sadly for him, Sterling wasn’t capable of get the job carried out, however that wasn’t the tip of the night time for Merab Dvalishvili. He proceeded to get right into a bodily altercation with a fan who was by the guardrail as he walked to the again, sparking many questions as to what precisely occurred.
In a video launched to his X account, Dvalishvili appeared to clarify – via a narrator – what precisely went down.
Merab Dvalishvili releases investigation video
“The person who grabbed Merab’s arm bodily and insulted him isn’t just a fan, however a teammate and pal of Umar [Nurmagomedov] and Dagestanis,” a video posted by Dvalishvili declared. “You may see Merab strolling his pal Aljo when man grabs his arm and begins insulting him with cellphone in hand. Seems he isn’t just fan from Kazakhstan however a provoker. And as Merab stated, he was insulting him.”
“Later that day Umar posts tales with the man and his squad,” the voice continues as a real crime soundtrack drones within the background. “And there may be much more footage from years in the past with him and Dagestanis. Media says Merab received into it with a fan, and the man himself stated Merab stated one thing about Shavkat whereas Kazakhstan media promoted it like Merab disrespected Shavkat. And the man is hero.”
Quotes by way of MMA Mania
We could by no means know absolutely the fact behind all of this, however what we do know is that Merab Dvalishvili will get the possibility to place all of this to relaxation when he defends the belt towards Umar Nurmagomedov at UFC 311 subsequent month.