UFC bantamweight champion Merab Dvalishvili opened UFC 323 battle week with a blowout of his former rival Umar Nurmagomedov.
Merab Dvalishvili has rapidly turn into one of many UFC’s prime fan favorites because of his relentless type contained in the cage and versatile character outdoors of it. The UFC bantamweight champion is simply days away from making his fourth title protection of the yr in opposition to former titleholder Petr Yan at UFC 323.
Dvalishvili is thought for refined jabs at his opponents earlier than fights. Nevertheless, regardless of their checkered previous with Yan forward of their first battle in 2023, issues between Dvalishvili and Yan have calmed down forward of UFC 323.
The identical cannot be mentioned about Dvalishvili’s UFC 311 rival Umar Nurmagomedov. Tensions between the 2 males stay excessive forward of a doable rematch after UFC 323.
Forward of UFC 311, Dvalishvili mocked the notorious picture taken in a sizzling tub with Crew Khabib fighters that includes UFC welterweight champion Islam Makhachev. A couple of days earlier than UFC 323, Dvalishvili hilariously revisited his trolling.
Merab Dvalishvili revisits ‘Jacuzzi’ trolls and mocks Umar Nurmagomedov
Lately Instagram Within the submit, Dvalishvili printed a video taken with some mates in a Jacuzzi and despatched a brutal message to his former rival Nurmagomedov.
FFS Merab 🤣🛁
Umar is all the time catching stray cats 😭
🎥 Merab Dvalishvili pic.twitter.com/3BEbxmkXpX
— UFC on TNT Sports activities (@ufcontnt) December 4, 2025
Nurmagomedov defeated Mario Bautista at UFC 321 earlier this yr, incomes him a doable rematch with Dvalishvili. At UFC 311, he misplaced by unanimous resolution to Dvalishvili, the primary lack of his skilled profession.
Dvalishvili can be trying to cap off a powerful 2025 with one other profitable bantamweight title protection after current wins over Sean O’Malley and Cory Sandhagen. UFC CEO Dana White has repeatedly expressed curiosity in reserving a rematch between Dvalishvili and Nurmagomedov sooner or later.
If a rematch had been to occur, we might count on one other attention-grabbing improvement between Dvalishvili and Nurmagomedov.
