An insider on her social networks Amy Kalpan said that Georgian mixed martial arts fighter Merab Dvalishvili would commit suicide if she was defeated by Russian Petr Yan.
“Merab says he will commit suicide if he loses to Petr Yan,” Kalpan wrote.
On March 12, Dvalishvili and Jan met in a championship fight at the UFC Fight Night 221 tournament in Las Vegas.
Georgia won unanimously. He last lost in a duel against American Ricky Simon in 2018.
The defeat for the Russian MMA fighter was the third in a row and the fourth in the last five fights.
Recall that on October 22, American Sean O’Malley defeated Russian Petr Yan by split decision in a bantamweight fight as part of the UFC-280 tournament in Abu Dhabi.
He lost to Aljamain Sterling at UFC 273 last April. This meeting was vengeful in nature. In a previous fight, Yang was disqualified for hitting a sitting opponent on the head with his knee.
Formerly Merab Dvalishvili He determined the amount he was ready to fight Sterling.