Merab Dvalishvili shows off bloody cuts on leg suffered ahead of UFC 311 title defense

Merab Dvalishvili’s leg was in unhealthy form at UFC 311, not that anybody appeared to note.

One way or the other, Dvalishvili not solely efficiently defended his bantamweight title with a spectacular five-round efficiency in opposition to Umar Nurmagomedov in Saturday’s co-main occasion, he additionally managed to cover a wounds which may have prevented him from competing in any respect.

On the night’s post-fight press convention, Dvalishvili confirmed the media proof of two cuts on his proper leg and he adopted that up with a social media publish on Monday exhibiting how they appeared previous to struggle week.

Click on previous first slide to see footage and video of Dvalishvili’s bloody wounds.

Dvalishvili appeared on The Ariel Helwani Present on Monday to additional focus on the damage, revealing that he really needed to pull a trick on the fee to verify he can be cleared to struggle.

“I used to be doing cardio coaching on the steps and I hit the steps with my shin,” Dvalishvili stated.

“The minimize was nonetheless open and it was taking so lengthy to heal up and it lastly closed now in struggle week,” he continued. “I used to be anxious the fee was not going to let me struggle. I used to be doing every thing, placing lotions each day, doing therapeutic massage, and all of the therapies, and really California has a really strict fee. They test every thing, my physique, and Thursday I had pants on and the fee requested me to point out him my leg, my shin. I lifted my left leg pants and confirmed him the chin and he saved speaking, the second time he requested me to point out him my different leg, I confirmed once more left leg and he didn’t know there was a minimize.

“Who is aware of? Perhaps I can cross. However I used to be anxious. It seems to be recent, however it’s been a longtime minimize.”