Merab Dvalishvili scored his first successful defense of the bantamweight title at UFC 311, handing previously undefeated Dagestani sensation Umar Nurmagomedov his first career loss via unanimous decision.
But even before ‘The Machine’ stepped foot inside the Intuit Dome in Los Angeles, he was dealing with a gnarly injury that could have put the kibosh on his title fight had the California State Athletic Commission caught it.
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While appearing on The Ariel Helwani Show on Monday, Dvalishvili revealed how he gave the CSAC the slip during his pre-fight physical.