UFC bantamweight kingpin Merab Dvalishvili recently revealed there is one former rival he simply cannot bring himself to cheer for.
In a candid chat with Daniel Cormier, Dvalishvili shared that he usually roots for his former opponents, believing their victories after facing him help restore their reputations as top fighters. ‘The Machine’ also said that despite his differences with Petr Yan, he still roots for ‘No Mercy’ whenever the latter enters the octagon.
However, there is one UFC fighter whom Dvalishvili never roots for, and that is Umar Nurmagomedov. Umar and Dvalishvili locked horns earlier this year at UFC 311, and the challenger lost via unanimous decision.