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 known as ‘The Machine’ for a reason and he has been able to power through a lot of adversity over the years.