Merab Dvalishvili is not bothered by Dana White calling him “next-level stupid” for sharing footage of a cut around his eye being stitched up just weeks prior to his UFC 306 title fight.
Dvalishvili (17-4 MMA, 10-2 UFC) sustained a laceration that required multiple stitches roughly three weeks prior to when he steps into the octagon to challenge Sean O’Malley (18-1 MMA, 10-1 UFC) for the bantamweight title at Noche UFC, which goes down Sept. 14 at Sphere in Las Vegas (ESPN+ pay-per-view, ESPNews).
White went on a classic tirade against Dvalishvili after the footage surfaced, questioning why he would offer up a target to O’Malley so close to their championship fight. Plenty of others in the MMA community offered the same criticism, but none of it bothered Dvalishvili.
