Merab Dvalishvili's coach downplays broken | MMA News
Last week bantamweight champion Merab Dvalishvili revealed that he broke his toe two weeks before his UFC 316 rematch with Sean O’Malley.
The championship rematch with O’Malley headlines the UFC 316 combat card at the Prudential Center in Newark, N.J. on June 7. The harm appeared to be related to what compelled Conor McGregor out of his scheduled return at UFC 303 final yr.
In an look on Submission Radio, Dvalishvili’s coach, John Wood, downplayed the harm.
“He loves to rile everybody up. The thing is, as much as people think, ‘oh, that’s stupid or this or that.’ He would never post something that was going to take him out of a fight,” Wood informed Submission Radio. “So guys, if he’s posting something it’s really not that bad and it’s not going to bother him that bad.
“I’m sure he broke his toe but like you do not perceive. Every camp and every fighter, even O’Malley says it, everyone is banged up,” Wood continued. “There’s a degree of accidents you go into fights with. That’s the way in which it’s. That’s the way in which it is going to be, and that’s the way in which it at all times is. It’s just one of those issues, clearly, Merab likes to post about a little more than everyone else. It’s alright, though. He’s all good.”
Wood doesn’t see a broken pinky toe playing any role in the upcoming UFC 316 title fight. He considers the injury minor compared to others Dvalishvili has had going into fights.
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“That’s nothing in contrast to a lot of the issues we have had going into fights,” Wood said. “He’s had some large accidents going into some large fights before, and been banged up. Broken ribs and backs full out of whack. But that’s just the way in which it goes. He’s going go show up and do his job no matter what.”
Dvalishvili earned the 135-pound championship by defeating O’Malley at UFC 306 last September. Following the fight, O’Malley underwent hip surgery. The rematch with Dvalishvili will be his first fight since losing the title. While O’Malley watched from the sidelines, Dvalishvili successfully defended the title at UFC 311 in January, defeating the Umar Nurmagomedov via unanimous determination.
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