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Danny Segura and Mike Bohn

UFC 311: Merab Dvalishvili, Umar Nurmagomedov get heated over nationality, breaking GSP’s record

INGLEWOOD, Calif. – The bickering and back-and-forth between Merab Dvalishvili and Umar Nurmagomedov continues.

The two UFC bantamweights, who meet in the co-main event of Saturday’s UFC 311, got into it once again at Thursday’s pre-fight press conference. This time around, Dvalishvili, who enters the bout as the defending champion, began the arguing by questioning Nurmagomedov on his nationality, which came in response to Nurmagomedov, saying he was more Georgian than him earlier in the week.

“That’s another bullsh*t from him,” Dvalishvili said. “Of course, he’s not Georgian. He can’t even represent Dagestan; he represents Russia. Umar, on Saturday night, you’re going to find out.

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