Merab Dvalishvili clashes with ‘liar’ Umar Nurmagomedov, returns home with title

Merab Dvalishvili and Umar Nurmagomedov are escalating their verbal duel.

The newest volley within the ongoing rivalry noticed Dvalishvili kick issues off by vowing he’ll “smash” the undefeated Nurmagomedov ought to they meet within the octagon. Dvalishvili lately grew to become bantamweight champion with a commanding determination win over Sean O’Malley at UFC 306, and Nurmagomedov is in pole place to be his first challenger coming off of an vital win over Cory Sandhagen that improved his professional report to 18-0.

See Dvalishvili’s social media shot under, together with Nurmagomedov’s response.

“I smacked Petr Yan’s a** like a b****,” Dvalishvili wrote. “I carried Henry Cejudo like a child, I kissed Sean O’Malley like his daddy BUT I’ll merely SMASH Umar if the UFC places him in entrance of me subsequent.”

Nurmagomedov replied, “There isn’t any if. There is just one contender and that’s me. you grew to become champion solely since you didn’t settle for a combat with me twice earlier than. For a similar cause there are not any fighters from the highest 10 in my record of fights, you and people such as you didn’t settle for a combat with me.”

In six UFC appearances, Nurmagomedov has completed three of his opponents and he defeated his first ranked opponent when he gained a five-round determination over Sandhagen this previous August. He’s at present No. 2 at bantamweight within the MMA Combating World Rankings, behind solely Dvalishvilli.

Dvalishvili didn’t take Nurmagomedov’s phrases mendacity down as he put his Twitter fingers to work to deal with Nurmagomedov’s declare.

“Umar no longer solely are you disrespectful, you’re a liar,” Dvalishvili wrote. “If UFC supplied you to combat with me 2 instances – present the followers the contract and the dates. They supplied me to combat you proper after I beat Petr Yan with a damaged hand in 6 weeks. I accepted the combat verbally despite the fact that I used to be no. 1 contender and also you have been no. 13 rank and even with damaged hand.

“Finally the physician stated no to this and I had surgical procedure. So lets see the contract of the second providing??!!! So if the UFC is gifting you the title protection – wtf are you speaking trash and with disrespect? I’m performed with you now since you preserve mendacity – you misplaced my respect as a person and a martial artist. I’ll wait to listen to from the UFC.”

Unwilling to let Dvalishvili have the final phrase, Nurmagomedov accused Dvalishvili of being keen to combat by means of harm to just accept a combat with Sandhagen, however not him.

“Is that the identical harm you have been able to combat Cory with?” Nurmagomedov wrote. “I’m simply basing this on the supervisor’s phrases. Since prehistoric instances nobody cares in regards to the respect of cowards.”

He additionally shared a picture of himself together with his cousin, UFC legend Khabib Nurmagomedov, writing, “Merab doesn’t have every other choices, his solely alternative is to combat with me. I’m the subsequent contender to combat for the UFC bantamweight championship.”

Dvalishvili is but to reply to the most recent Nurmagomedov assertion, although he probably has his thoughts on different issues as he lately obtained a hero’s welcome in his residence nation of Georgia.