The current champion of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), Georgian Merab Dvalishvili, responded to the post of Russian fighter Umar Nurmagomedov on the social network X, accusing him of disrespecting Georgia and its people.
Before that, Nurmagomedov published a Georgian proverb that says a coward will always find an excuse to retreat. The post on the social network X was published after the conflict between athletes as part of a broadcast in which Dvalishvili challenged another Russian fighter Petr Yan.
“That’s why I lost respect for Umar and Ali a long time ago (Umar’s manager – Ali Abdel-Aziz – socialbites.ca note). They play dirty games and write nonsense without respecting my country and my nation. Keep the same energy when I see you in person, the representative of Georgia said in response. “We will see what happens,” he wrote.
October 2 Nurmagomedov caught Dvalishvili is playing games before choosing a date for his UFC title fight.
On August 3, Umar defeated American Corey Sandhagen in the main event of UFC Abu Dhabi. After the victory, he immediately announced that he was ready to fight for the league title. The 28-year-old Russian won by unanimous decision. He currently has 18 wins in 18 fights. While 32-year-old Sandhagen suffered his fifth defeat in 22 matches, he has 17 wins.
Umar is the cousin of former UFC champion Khabib Nurmagomedov.
Previously Nurmagomedov named timing of your next fight.
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Source: Gazeta
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