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Merab Dvalishvili is nearing his first official protection of the UFC bantamweight title and the Georgian champion will want all the assistance he can get. That’s as a result of Dvalishvili might be going up in opposition to undefeated sensation Umar Nurmagomedov at UFC 311 on Jan. 18 from Inglewood, California. Nurmagomedov is the cousin of former UFC light-weight champion and undefeated all-time nice, Khabib Nurmagomedov.
Regardless of coming off a unanimous determination win over Sean O’Malley at UFC 306 to win the UFC bantamweight crown, Dvalishvili is at the moment a +275 underdog coming into his conflict with Nurmagomedov at UFC 311. That’s additionally due partly to Nurmagomedov being 18-0 (6-0 UFC) and coming off a lopsided win over Cory Sandhagen final August. He arguably has higher wrestling than Dvalishvili and has a fairly strong arsenal on the ft as nicely. It will likely be a tricky problem for Dvalishvili as he appears to earn extra stripes as champion.
Fortunately, Dvalishvili has the help of his house nation of Georgia, which incorporates fellow countryman and UFC champion, Ilia Topuria. The 2 are extra than simply acquaintances and absolutely help each other as UFC titleholders. In actual fact, Dvalishvili intends to ask “El Matador” to assist nook him at UFC 311 later this month. That’s if the UFC featherweight king has time in his busy schedule.
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“Yeah I’m going to ask Ilia [Topuria] if he desires this, we are going to see,” mentioned Dvalishvili.
“I’m going to ask Ilia if he has time and go from there,” he later added.
What do you assume struggle followers? Does Dvalishvili have a greater likelihood of defeating Umar Nurmagomedov with Topuria in his nook?
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