Unlike Conor McGregor, Merab Dvalishvili won’t let a little toe injury stop him from getting back inside the Octagon.
On June 7, ‘The Machine’ is scheduled to put his bantamweight title on the line against the very man he took it from last year, Sean O’Malley. News of their rematch came with little fanfare, but fans quickly found themselves fearful that the sequel scrap was in danger after Dvalishvili revealed a swollen pinky toe on his right foot following a training session.
Perhaps experiencing some PTSD after McGregor’s infamous withdrawal from his UFC 303 bout with Michael Chandler, fight fans flipped out over the revelation, believing that Dvalishvili would be unable to compete, reducing us to a single title tilt at UFC 316.