
Kevin
Vallejos wants to team up with Aljamain
Sterling before they collide inside the
Ultimate Fighting Championship Octagon.
Vallejos (18-1) and Sterling (26-5) are scheduled to fight at
UFC Qatar on Nov. 21. However, following the recent altercation
between Sterling’s close friend and teammate Merab
Dvalishvili and Usman
Nurmagomedov at an Abu Dhabi hotel, Vallejos jokingly asked
“Funk Master” to join him in avenging Dvalishvili.
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Kevin Vallejos‘ message to Aljamain Sterling following Merab
Dvalishvili-Usman Nurmagomedov Abu Dhabi altercation
Dvalishvili was jumped by Nurmagomedov and his entourage while the
former UFC bantamweight champion was shooting a video. Nurmagomedov
slapped Dvalishvili and an all-out brawl ensued. “The Machine”
later took to social media to reveal cuts and bruises he sustained
during the altercation.
Reacting to the same, Vallejos asked Sterling where he was so they
could “beat up the bad guys.”
“We are in Qatar,” Vallejos wrote on X. “Sterling where are you?
Let’s go to Abu Dhabi and beat up the bad guys.”
While Vallejos’ response to the viral incident is light-hearted,
other fighters slammed Nurmagomedov for his actions, including
Ilia
Topuria, Sean
Strickland, Gilbert
Burns and Dakota
Ditcheva.
WE are in Qatar. Sterling where are you?
Let’s go to Abu Dhabi and beat up the bad guys 🤝 @funkmasterMMA— Kevin
Vallejos (@ElChinoVallejos)
November 11, 2026