LAS VEGAS – Merab Dvalishvili and Umar Nurmagomedov got into it on Friday night.
Not only did the two have a lot to say backstage prior to their UFC 311 press conference in Las Vegas, but also during. Dvalishvili (18-4 MMA, 11-2 UFC) and Nurmagomedov (18-0 MMA, 6-0 UFC) got into a heated argument and stole most of the attention, as the two went back and forth over the merit of Nurmagomedov’s title shot scheduled to go down on Jan. 18 in Los Angeles.
“I’m going to fight Umar and is going to be a tough fight,” Dvalishvili said at the presser. “As a fighter, he’s a good fighter, but he don’t earn like everybody else. He don’t go through, like you know. You have to fight the best, and he only fought no-wrestling Sandhagen. Yeah, he’s a good fighter, but you have to fight everybody to prove, but I give people what they want, and I give UFC what they want.”
