Khabib
Nurmagomedov thinks Merab
Dvalishvili (18-4) doesn’t want to fight Umar
Nurmagomedov (18-0).

Umar challenges Dvalishvili for the bantamweight title in the
co-main event at UFC 311
on Saturday at the Intuit Dome in Los Angeles. While Umar has long
been the most eligible candidate for a title shot, the matchup
didn’t come to fruition without some drama.

After winning the strap against Sean O’Malley at UFC 306 last year,
Dvalishvili initially made it clear that he didn’t want his first
title defense to be against Umar. “The Machine” claimed Umar was
still undeserving of a title shot and was being pushed by the UFC
due to his relation to Khabib, who is is his cousin. When the
matchup was eventually made official, Dana White said Dvalishvili
accepted the booking as he couldn’t tolerate the “disrespect” from
Umar anymore. Dvalishvili has since consistently beefed with Umar,
accusing the Dagestani of disrespecting him.

Khabib believes the champ was forced into the fight by
UFC officials.

“The difficulty was only because Merab didn’t want to fight,”
Khabib recently told Gorilla Fighting. “I believe that the UFC made
Merab fight and they pressured him and made him fight [Umar]. The
UFC needed a co-main event fight. That’s my personal opinion. Umar,
after [Cory] Sandhagen was targeting the belt.”

Dvalishvili had a long road to the UFC title, which was partly due
to his unwillingness to fight his teammate Aljamain
Sterling. Meanwhile, Umar’s perfect record includes six UFC
wins — topped off by signature triumph against Sandhagen.

IMAK ADMIN

By IMAK ADMIN

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