Merab
Dvalishvili claims Umar
Nurmagomedov refused to accept a fight against Yadong
Song.

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Dvalishvili won the bantamweight title with a dominant unanimous
decision win over Sean O’Malley at UFC
306 this past September. Nurmagomedov has since been calling
for a title shot against Dvalishvili, who instead wants a rematch
against “Suga.”

In the meantime, Nurmagomedov was reportedly close to finalizing a
potential title eliminator with Chinese contender Song at UFC
Tampa in December. However, Nurmagomedov recently announced
that the matchup is off because “Kung Fu Kid” is injured.

Dvalishvili has now countered Nurmagomedov’s claim, accusing the
undefeated Dagestani of ducking Song. The Georgian champ has always
maintained that Nurmagomedov receives favored treatement from the
UFC due to his relationship with cousin Khabib
Nurmagomedov. Dvalishvili reiterated that even if Nurmagomedov
gets the next title shot, he is undeserving of it.

“Don’t be fooled again by the bulls—t coming out of Umar’s lying
mouth. Yadong didn’t pull out of any fight — he was ready — Umar
didn’t sign,” Dvalishvili wrote on X. “Keep talking crap — you need
to work hard and fight other contenders to be the [No. 1] contender. You are being given a gift from the UFC as everyone
knows without earning it. I can’t wait to smash your face and every
lying word that comes out of that mouth when your time comes.”

While Nurmagomedov is undefeated in six UFC outings with three
finishes, his most significant win came in his last outing against
Cory
Sandhagen via unanimous decision this past August. Meanwhile,
Song is coming off unanimous decision loss against former champ
Petr
Yan at UFC 299 in March. Dvalishvili is riding an 11-fight
winning streak — 10 at 135 pounds — that has seen him face much of
the top talent in the division.

IMAK ADMIN

By IMAK ADMIN

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