Dana White thinks Merab Dvalishvili is simply f*cking with him now.
Final week, White went off on Dvalishvili after the No. 1 ranked bantamweight contender posted a video on-line revealing a minimize he sustained whereas coaching for his upcoming title tilt with reigning 135-pound champion Sean O’Malley. White known as the choice “next-level silly” in a scathing rant aimed on the UFC 306 headliner.
“Why the f*ck would you need [O’Malley] to know that?! It’s next-level silly,” White mentioned throughout a media scrum following the August 20 episode of Contender Collection. “A few of these guys are so silly it’s mind-boggling. It’s unbelievable.”
Not lengthy after White’s feedback went viral, Dvalishvili posted a video of him slicing and eradicating the stitches himself with a pair of frequent family scissors.
Whereas referencing a reasonably gnarly minimize sustained by DWCS fighter Michael Aswell earlier within the night time, White prompt that he might take a web page out of Dvalishvili’s ebook by getting “some large ass scissors and take the stitches out himself.” Clearly referring to the Georgian, media members took the bait and requested White for his ideas on Dvalishvili’s newest video.
“Isn’t he superior? I feel he’s simply f*cking with me now, to be sincere with you,” White mentioned with a smirk. “Have you ever ever seen the scissors they take stitches out with? Their tiny and so they have that factor on their so that you don’t minimize your self. They will slide them up below the stitches and this dude had f*cking bush shears that he was utilizing…that you simply trim your f*cking bushes with. No matter, good for him.”
White additionally confirmed that he has not spoken with Dvalishvili since ‘The Machine’ first revealed his minimize to the world on social media.
Merab Dvalishvili’s Minimize Shouldn’t Impression His Combat with O’Malley
Luckily, it seems that Merab Dvalishvili’s “small minimize” won’t have an effect on his skill to headline Noche UFC in just a few brief weeks.
Going into his first title alternative, ‘The Machine’ is using a 10-fight win streak that options noteworthy victories towards the likes of Jose Aldo, Petr Yan, and Henry Cejudo.
As for his opponent, it will likely be O’Malley’s second time defending the bantamweight belt after handing Marlon ‘Chito’ Vera a five-round shellacking throughout their UFC 299 headliner final March.
