Merab Dvalishvili is able to scrap, and he’s nonetheless a month away from his first UFC title protection.
At UFC 310 on Saturday, Dvalishvili appeared to get into an altercation with a fan in attendance at T-Cellular Area. A clip surfaced of Dvalishvili having to be pulled away from a member of the viewers, which occurred shortly after his shut good friend and teammate Aljamain Sterling misplaced a choice to Movsar Evloev on the preliminary portion of the cardboard.
Watch the incident beneath.
From the footage on social media, it’s unclear how bodily concerned Dvalishvili grew to become with the fan, if in any respect. Shortly afterwards although, an affiliate of his is clearly seen exchanging punches with the fan in query.
It is usually not recognized how the altercation between Dvalishvili and the fan originated.
Dvalishvili had the same expertise forward of his bout with Sean O’Malley at UFC 306 this previous September, when a gaggle of O’Malley supporters had a heated confrontation with the Dvalishvili and Sterling.
O’Malley was fast to chime in on the incident on social media, writing, “Merab solely throws hand with followers within the stands.”
The actual check for Dvalishvili comes on Jan. 18, when he defends his title towards the undefeated Umar Nurmagomedov in the primary occasion of UFC 311.
