Merab
Dvalishvili’s coach isn’t worried about his fighter’s latest
injury.
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Dvalishvili is scheduled to defend his bantamweight title in a
rematch against Sean
O’Malley in the main event at UFC 316
on June 7 at the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey. “The
Machine”
revealed a nasty injury to his right pinky toe just two weeks
away from his title defense against O’Malley. Dvalishvili appeared
to have broken his toe, allegedly from landing a head kick on his
training partner.
While Syndicate MMA leader John Wood also believes Dvalishvili’s
toe is broken, he not bothered. According to Wood, breaking a toe
is nothing compared to some of the extremes Dvalishvili pushes
himself to during his fights. Wood is confident that his fighter
will show up on fight night.
„I’m sure he broke his toe… That’s nothing compared to some of
the things we’ve had going into a lot of the fights… He’s going
to show up and do his job no matter what,” Wood told Submission
Radio.
Dvalishvili won his title with a dominant decision win over “Suga”
at UFC 306 last year. He then defended it by handing Umar
Nurmagomedov his first ever loss at UFC 311 earlier this year.
Known for his insane cardio and pressure, the Georgian is a massive
-350 favorite going into the rematch against O’Malley, who hasn’t
fought since their initial encounter.