Coach Nearly Pulled Merab Dvalishvili From Umar Nurmagomedov Fight Due to Staph and Open Wound

Coach nearly pulled Merab Dvalishvili from Umar Nurmagomedov fight due to staph and open wound

UFC bantamweight champion Merab Dvalishvili defeated Umar Nurmagomedov at UFC 311.

Merab Dvalishvili's Parents, Amiran and Darejan Dvalishvili, Are The Humble Pillars Behind UFC's Rise

Merab Dvalishvili, a Georgian and American professional mixed martial artist, defeated Sean O’Malley for the UFC Bantamweight Championship on September 14, 2024, at UFC 306. He is scheduled to make his second title defense against Sean O’Malley in a rematch on June 7, 2025, at UFC 316. Highlights Merab Dvalishvili’s parents, Amiran and Darejan Dvalishvili, moved to Tbilisi, Georgia’s capital, in search of better opportunities. His parents retu…

Merab Dvalishvili was nearly pulled from UFC 311 title fight, his coach reveals

Merab Dvalishvili‘s coach John Wood has revealed that he nearly pulled his student from his UFC 311 title fight against Umar Nurmagomedov. As we know, Merab Dvalishvili is the UFC bantamweight champion. He earned that crown by defeating Sean O’Malley for the strap last year at Noche UFC, and from there, he successfully defended the belt against Umar Nurmagomedov. As it turns out, though, that contest almost never came to be. Merab Dvalishvili is…

Merab Dvalishvili. Photo via Instagram In just a few weeks, Merab Dvalishvili will defend his bantamweight title for the second time. Now his trainer reveals that Dvalishvili barely made it to the cage in his first title defense. – Merab was half-dead before that fight, reveals trainer John Wood. No fight is easy in the UFC, but some are harder than others. Bantamweight champion Merab Dvalishvili knows that as well as anyone. Before his first ti…

'Half Dead' Merab Dvavishvili was nearly pulled from UFC 311 by coach

Bantamweight champion Merab Dvalishvili successfully defend his title at UFC 311 in January but was nearly pulled from the fight due to injuries and a staph infection. "The Machine" defeated Umar Nurmagomedov in Inglewood, Calif., but his coaches had given serious consideration to pulling him from the event. Dvalishvili's coach, John Wood, revealed the multiple issues his fighter was dealing with heading into the UFC 311 title bout.“I think that…

Merab Dvalishvili's coach reveals they were close to pulling him from UFC 311 title fight

Merab Dvalishvili's coach has revealed that they nearly pulled him from his UFC 311 title fight against Umar Nurmagomedov.