UFC president Dana White believes bantamweight contender Merab Dvalishvili has a serious decision to make about his career.
After setting a record for takedown attempts in the UFC Fight Night 221 main event at The Theater at Virgin Hotels in Las Vegas, Dvalishvili won a dominant unanimous decision over former champion Petr Yan. Entering the fight at No. 2 in the USA TODAY SPORTS/MMA Junkie bantamweight rankings, Dvalishvili only had one man ahead of him, and that’s his best friend and main training partner, the champ Aljamain Sterling.
Considering his dominant display and his ranking in the division, the next stop for most fighters would be a shot at the title. But for Dvalishvili, there is a bit of a predicament, because he and his friend Sterling have an agreement to not fight each other.
