Merab Dvalishvili isn’t going to let a little cut keep him from his first shot at UFC gold.
On September 14, ‘The Machine’ will step into the main event spotlight at UFC 306 when the promotion makes its highly anticipated debut at Sphere in Las Vegas. There, Dvalishvili will meet reigning bantamweight world champion Sean O’Malley in one of the most anticipated matchups in 135-pound history.
Recently, Dvalishvili had fight fans in a frenzy after revealing that he had sustained a cut while training. Having flashbacks to Charles Oliveira’s withdrawal from a scheduled rematch with Islam Makhachev last year, speculation quickly ran rampant that the Noche UFC headliner could see a significant shake-up.
“This little f*ckin rat better not pull out I swear to god,” O’Malley wrote on X in response to the news.
Dvalishvili was quick to quell any rumors of his withdrawal while responding to ‘Sugar’ on …