Merab Dvalishvili promises there won’t be any funny business when he puts his bantamweight belt on the line for the first time.
The Machine’ returns to the Octagon at UFC 311 this Saturday night when the promotion heads back to the Intuit Dome in Los Angeles. There, Dvalishvili will square off with undefeated Dagestani sensation Umar Nurmagomedov.
Nurmagomedov earned his first title opportunity with a unanimous decision victory over Cory Sandhagen, but ever since winning the 135-pound crown, Dvalishvili has insisted that Nurmagomedov hasn’t accomplished nearly enough to justify his spot in this weekend’s co-main event.