O’Malley’s coach ‘was very disrespectful to me’

Merab Dvalishvili takes challenge with Tim Welch’s feedback forward of his battle vs. Sean O’Malley.

Dvalishvili (17-4 MMA, 10-2 UFC) challenges bantamweight champion O’Malley (17-1 MMA, 10-1 UFC) Sept. 14 within the UFC 306 principal occasion at Sphere in Las Vegas. O’Malley’s head coach Welch has given Dvalishvili his flowers by way of skillset, however predicted a first-round knockout for “The Suga Present.”

Dvalishvili shouldn’t be proud of Welch’s phrases – together with a video that just lately surfaced the place Welch impersonated Aljamain Sterling’s nook, urging him that he has to go in his title battle vs. O’Malley at UFC 292. Seconds later, Sterling lunged in and was knocked out by O’Malley.

“I’ve an issue along with his coach, Tim,” Dvalishvili informed MMA Preventing. “He was very disrespectful to me and he was doing silly and never respectful (issues). Any actual coach ought to by no means do this, no matter he was doing. Strive do the identical factor in basketball or let’s attempt to do the identical factor in a soccer recreation. They provides you with a disqualification. Solely the UFC you may get out of this. Coach your man, coach your fighter. Don’t be disrespectful to the opponent.

“What sort of individuals does this? Solely a snake individuals does this. Even now he’s speaking on his podcast, like making enjoyable of my peak, making enjoyable of my nostril, even now some followers ship some silly issues. Nothing is actual. He’s making up some tales about me which isn’t true. He deserves to smack his face. That’s what I informed Sean O’Malley, ‘Hey Sean, inform your coach to close his mouth,’ as a result of I used to be so pissed after I noticed all these movies, how he does silly issues, how he talks silly. I informed him to close his mouth.”

In a current interview with Submission Radio, Welch warned Dvalishvili of the results if he decides to step as much as him throughout battle week.

“Initially, I believed it was as a result of I stated we’re going to focus on his nostril in an interview, which isn’t a lie,” Welch stated. “I imply, it’s not a lie, and I’ve by no means actually stated combating phrases to these guys. However then Merab tweeted out and stated, ‘Subsequent time I see you, I’m going to maintain it’ or one thing. And it’s like, come on brother, I haven’t skilled martial arts my entire life for a little bit 5 foot 4 man to attempt to punk me out. I’ve skilled my entire life, and I’m solely 34 years previous. I’m 6 foot, 195 kilos. It’s like, alright, alright, we’ll see what occurs. However that’s in addition to the purpose. This can be a enormous battle that we’ve acquired the No. 1 contender vs. the champion of the world.

“That battle goes to occur, 100%. ‘Sugar Present’ vs. Merab, and we’re making ready and we’re extra dialed in than we’ve ever been as a result of Merab does pose a critical, critical menace. … It’s in all probability not sensible for Merab to try this battle week. Perhaps after the battle. You’ve acquired the largest battle of your life and also you’ve acquired the chance to get a world championship. So battle week entering into my face might be not sensible. You’ve acquired a battle forward of you that you simply’re going to receives a commission for. So taking over me shouldn’t be very sensible, however we’ll what occurs. In the event that they assume our staff goes to cower right down to their staff like (Henry) Cejudo’s staff did, then they’re going to be unsuitable.”

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