Regardless of receiving backlash for first publicizing how he suffered a nasty laceration forward of Noche UFC from Dana White — after which after eradicating his stitches with backyard shears, Merab Dvalishvili claims it’s prefer it or lump it in terms of him.
Dvalishvili, the present primary ranked bantamweight contender, is slated to headline Noche UFC later this month on the Las Vegas Sphere, difficult for Octagon gold for the primary time in a showdown in opposition to incumbent divisional champion, Sean O’Malley.
Driving a formidable 10-fight successful run, Georgian contender, Dvalishvili most just lately turned in a spectacular unanimous resolution win over former two-weight champion, Henry Cejudo on the primary card of UFC 298 again in February to lastly ear his premiere title cost within the group.
Nevertheless, forward of the long-anticipated cost with O’Malley, Dvalishvili has come below hearth from White who questioned why he would first exhibit a minimize suffered in coaching on social media, earlier than turning physician and eradicating his personal stitches with a backyard sheers.
Merab Dvalishvili unfazed by fear from UFC CEO, Dana White
And so far as Tbilisi grappler, Dvalishvili is anxious, critics ought to simply settle for him for who he’s.
“I by no means remorse what I did,” Merab Dvalishvili informed MMA Junkie. “I publish this as a result of I publish all the things in my social media. It wasn’t an enormous deal as a result of I had greater than three weeks after I acquired minimize, and I do know that my minimize will take 5 days to heal up, after which this minimize didn’t have an effect on my coaching, my sparring — nothing. As you see, I’m healed up. The whole lot is nice.”
“After I noticed Dana (White) was upset, in fact, I don’t wish to upset Dana White and the UFC or do one thing like that,” Merab Dvalishvili defined. “However I used to be very calm and relaxed as a result of it wasn’t an enormous deal. I don’t remorse nothing. That is who I’m, that is what I do, and that is my life. That’s why I’m a fighter, and that is my life and what I do.”