Merab Dvalishvili coach John Wood has revealed that he was nearly pulling his student away from Umar Nurmagomedov from the UFC 311 title fight.
As we know, Merab Dvalishvili is the UFC Bantamweight champion. He won that crown last year by defeating Sean O’Malley with a strap at the Noche UFC, where he successfully defended the belt against Umar Nurmagomedov. But in the end, the contest was rare.
Merab dvalishvili is known as a “machine” for reasons and has been able to exert its strength over the years through many adversities. In a recent interview, the aforementioned John Wood explained that UFC 311 has a lot of risk involved.
Coach of Merab Dvalishvili is making UFC 311 revelation
“I think Umar will be the toughest fight for Merab at the time,” Dovalishvili head coach John Wood told MMA Fighting. “I think we’ll be fighting him again and the same thing. We beat them. Well, Merab was half-dead for that fight.
“You don’t understand, he had an open wound, he had a staphylococcal infection, he was taking all sorts of antibiotics. I personally, it was up to me honestly and I really had no one to say, I would probably have pulled him out of the fight. I had honestly.”
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Dvalishvili is one of the best bantamweights of all time, and while it is clear, he wants to solidify his legacy as the only goat. Of course, whether he can achieve that will depend, of course, heavily on the outcome of his upcoming rematch against Sean O’Malley. He may have won their first meeting, but you just don’t know what will happen the second time.
