UFC-ийн жингийн аварга Мераб Двалишвили өөрийг нь өдөөн хатгасан Умар Нурмагомедовын багийнханд хандан хариу мэдэгдэл хийжээ.
Гүржид болсон хэвлэлийн бага хурлын үеэр Мераб Двалишвили Умар Нурмагомедовын найзтай маргалдаж, улмаар түүнийг алгадсан бичлэг цахим орчинд тархсан билээ. Уг үйл явдлын дараа Умар Нурмагомедов Двалишвилийн үйлдлийг шүүмжилж, түүнийг хэрхэн ийм байдлаар амьдарч чадаж байна вэ хэмээн асуусан юм. Двалишвили үүний хариуд өөрийн соёлын онцлог, хүмүүжил болон тухайн нөхцөл байдалд өөрийгөө хамгаалсан гэдгээ тайлбарлан, тэднийг амьдралын ухаан дутсан хүмүүс хэмээн нэрлэв.
Тэрээр тухайн үед үүссэн зөрчилдөөнийг аль хэдийн шийдвэрлэж, талууд гар барилцсанаар асуудал намжсан гэдгийг онцоллоо. Мөн тэрээр Умар Нурмагомедов болон түүний багийнхныг өдөөн хатгалгаа зогсоож, бодит байдлыг ойлгохыг уриалсан байна. Мераб Двалишвили болон Умар Нурмагомедов нар 2025 оны нэгдүгээр сард UFC 311 тэмцээний хүрээнд тулалдаж, Двалишвили шүүгчдийн шийдвэрээр ялалт байгуулан аваргын бүсээ хамгаалсан билээ.
Үүний зэрэгцээ Мераб Двалишвили Петр Янтай хийх гурав дахь тулааныхаа талаар мэдээлэл өглөө. Хоёр тамирчин одоогоор 1:1 харьцаатай байгаа бөгөөд Двалишвили UFC-ийн албан ёсны шийдвэр болон Петр Яныг гэрээнд гарын үсэг зурахыг хүлээж байгаагаа илэрхийлэв. Тэрээр хавар цагаас хойш тулалдахад бэлэн байгаагаа мэдэгдээд, энэхүү сонирхолтой трилоги тулаан ойрын хугацаанд болно гэдэгт итгэлтэй байна.
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Inglewood, CA – January 18: Merab Dvalishvili (red) battles Umar Nurmagomedov (blue) during their bantamweight championship bout at UFC 311 at the Intuit Dome in Inglewood, California on Saturday, January 18, 2024. Dvalishvili defeated Nurmagomedov by judges decision to remain the UFC bantamweight champion.(Photo by Hans Gutknecht, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG) | MediaNews Group via Getty Images
Merab Dvalishvili is giving his side of the story in response to Umar Nurmagomedov calling him out for an incident that occurred at RAF Georgia.
This past July, Dvalishvili found himself in a scuffle with a friend of Nurmagomedov’s that occurred at a pre-fight press conference when the friend confronted Dvalishvili for dismissing the possibility of a wrestling match with Nurmagomedov. Dvalishvili and Nurmagomedov previously fought at UFC 311 in January 2025, when Dvalishvili scored a thrilling decision win to successfully defend his bantamweight title.
Nurmagomedv recently spoke on the RAF Georgia altercation, asking “How do you live with that?” in regards to Dvalishvili’s behavior. On Tuesday, Dvalishvili fired back.
“Umar and some small people keep talking trash about me,” Dvalishvili said via a social media video. “You guys probably don’t know anything about life, but I am a man, and if you come to me, pulling me over, disrespect me, start loud talk with me in a different language, I will slap your face. Because that’s who I am. That’s how I grew up. That’s my culture and that’s what you’re going to get.
“So it doesn’t matter if I am in U.S., if I am in Mexico, in Australia, or in my country Georgia. If you come with bad intentions, you’re going to get bad intentions.”
In the clip of the confrontation that went viral, Dvalishvili appeared to slap a fan, later identified as a friend of Nurmagomedov’s named Ahmad. Dvalishvili didn’t deny initiating the physicality, explaining that his actions were a consequence of the manner in which he was approached and his Georgian upbringing.
He warned Nurmagomedov and company that the incident could have been a lot worse under different circumstances.
“After that incident happened, of course I realized I was in Georgia and especially I realized after, all the teenagers, all the Georgian kids from Tbilisi wanted to fight,” Dvalishvili said. “All my friends want to fight. That could happen really bad because let’s say 200 guests from different countries, we are three or four million people in my country, and even if 50,000 kids show up in the street, we all imagine what could happen.
“That’s why I find a guy who I got an accident with and I shake his hand and everything is done and we are cool. But you guys, small people, keep talking about you guys trying to provocate [sic], you guys wasn’t there, you guys don’t know what happened. So stop this trash talk, stop this nonsense talking and you guys are little people. You guys have to learn life. Peace everybody, let’s go.”
Dvalishvili closed out his video message commenting on a different rival, Petr Yan. The two are currently tied in their series with Dvalishvili defeating Yan in their first meeting in 2023, and Yan ending Dvalishvili’s bantamweight title reign this past December at UFC 323. All signs point to the fighters meeting in a trilogy bout later this year and Dvalishvili is just waiting for it to become official.
“Hopefully Petr will sign the contract,” Dvalishvili said. “I’m waiting for UFC announcement, waiting for when Petr will sign the contract, and UFC knows I’ve been ready since springtime and hopefully our trilogy fight happens soon. If later, I’m waiting patiently.”
