INGLEWOOD, Calif. – The bickering and back-and-forth between Merab Dvalishvili and Umar Nurmagomedov continues.
The 2 UFC bantamweights, who meet within the co-main occasion of Saturday’s UFC 311, obtained into it as soon as once more at Thursday’s pre-fight press convention. This time round, Dvalishvili, who enters the bout because the defending champion, started the arguing by questioning Nurmagomedov on his nationality, which got here in response to Nurmagomedov, saying he was extra Georgian than him earlier within the week.
“That’s one other bullsh*t from him,” Dvalishvili stated. “After all, he’s not Georgian. He can’t even symbolize Dagestan; he represents Russia. Umar, on Saturday night time, you’re going to search out out.
“Umar, I’ve a query: The place are you from?”
Nurmagomedov replied, “From Russia and Dagestan,” which brought on fun for Dvalishvili.
Nurmagomedov went on to query Dvalishvili on why he’s residing within the U.S. and never Georgia. The 2 argued, and ultimately transitioned to different matters of debate extra battle associated.
Russia and Georgia have a protracted and sophisticated historical past. Since Georgia’s independence from Russia in 1918, there’s been many conflicts and invasions from Russia. The latest, large escalation between the 2 international locations led to a battle, often known as the Russo-Georgian Struggle of 2008.
You may watch their full back-and-forth within the video above.
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