Georgian mixed martial arts (MMA) fighter Merab Dvalishvili, who competes in the Ultimate Fighting Championship’s (UFC) lightest weight category, said that Russian Anatoly Malykhin owes him a large amount of debt.
“Anatoly Malykhin is a two-time champion of One FC and a great friend of Petr Yan. $50,000 bet on Peter’s victory over Aljo (Aljamain Sterling – socialbites.ca), I bet on Sterling. We bet that all of Russia and all of Georgia knew. Sterling won and Anatoly wanted to send him my account number but I didn’t see the money.
I hope Anatoly is true to his word, does the right thing and pays me. If not, I will go to Thailand and find him there,” says Dvalishvili “Championship.com”.
Petr Yan and Merab Dvalishvili will meet on March 12 as part of the UFC tournament in American Las Vegas.
Recall that on October 22, American Sean O’Malley defeated Petr Yan by split decision in a bantamweight fight as part of the UFC-280 tournament in Abu Dhabi.
For the Russians, this defeat was the second in a row. He lost to Aljamain Sterling at UFC-273 in April of this year. This meeting was vengeful in nature. In a previous fight, Yang was disqualified for hitting a sitting opponent on the head with his knee.
Dvalishvili fought 19 fights in mixed martial arts, of which 15 were won. The last opponent of the Georgian was Jose Aldo, which he defeated by a unanimous decision of the jury.
Former Russian MMA fighter Said Nurmagomedov called advantage Petra Yana duels Merab Dvalishvili at the UFC tournament.