2024-12-23 - Martial Arts Kleinanzeigen™

Merab Dvalishvili Claims He Was Denied Entry to UFC P.I. Due to Umar Nurmagomedov

It’s all good - this guy will get what is coming to him on January 18th. #ufc311 🦾🇬🇪🇺🇸 pic.twitter.com/hC8YN6vkX9

— Merab “The Machine” Dvalishvili (@MerabDvalishvil) December 23, 2024

It might be the holiday season, but Merab Dvalishvili wasn’t feeling especially jolly after allegedly being denied entry into the UFC Performance Institute on Monday.

In a social media post, the reigning bantamweight champion claimed that security wouldn’t let him into the facility because UFC 311 opponent Umar Nurmagomedov was already inside the buildiing.

“I’m here out front of the UFC P.I., and security don’t let me go in because they said, ‘Umar Nurmagomedov is inside,’ and they are protecting him,” Dvalishvili said in a video. “Don’t worry, guys. I’m not going to smash him before the fight. But Jan. 18, different story. I’m not able to go in UFC P.I. because I was supposed to get treatment for my injury. I was supposed to sign some …

Arman Tsarukyan: Islam Makhachev ‚Not as Good as People Think‘

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Arman Tsarukyan once viewed fighting in the UFC as an unattainable dream.

Fast forward to the present day, and he’s less than a month away from challenging for championship gold in the world’s largest mixed martial arts promotion, when he locks horns with Islam Makhachev in the UFC 311 main event on Jan. 18 at the Intuit Dome in Los Angeles.

Competing in the Octagon became a reality shortly after Tsarukyan’s last fight on the regional circuit in Russia in August 2018. Sharing a card with the likes of 2024 PFL heavyweight champ Denis Goltsov, UFC veteran Alexander Romanov and ex-Bellator MMA light heavyweight title holder Christian M'Pumbu, Tsarukyan won his 11th straight bout that night — defeating one-time UFC competitor Felipe Olivieiri via third-round knockout.

After that bout, Tsarukyan recalls his manager telling him that he would be in the UFC soon. About eight months later, he was booked in his short-notice Octagon de…

BKFC President Reveals Plans for $25 Million Tournament in 2025

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Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship has something in special in store for the coming year.

BKFC president David Feldman recently announced that the promotion will hold a $25 million tournament — “the biggest, baddest tournament that ever took place” — beginning in April 2025.

“It’s going to spread out between nine or 12 months. There’s going to be tryouts, qualifying rounds and those qualifying rounds are going to take place in five different continents,” Feldman said during a post-fight press conference following BKFC Hollywood.

“We’re close to locking in a huge streaming platform that’s going to have the rights to this thing, so everything is really falling in place. I can’t give you all the details, but it will be the biggest, baddest, biggest prize money to find the baddest motherf—ker on the face of this earth.”

It’s currently unclear how the prize money will be distributed. However, even the promotion’s biggest stars ap…