Secrets about injuries and health issues kept draining out following Merab Dvalishvili’s phenomenal performance against Umar Nurmagomedov at UFC 311. Well, while ‘Young Eagle’ blamed his broken right hand for the loss, ‘The Machine’ claimed that he won with an infected right leg. But wait! Shouldn’t the California State Athletic Commission have stopped Dvalishvili if his leg was infected? Well, the bantamweight champion played a trick. 

During his appearance on the Ariel Helwani Show after his big win, Dvalishvili said, “I was worried the commission was not going to let me fight. And I was doing everything, putting creams [on the injury] every day, doing massage and all the therapies. California has a very strict commission, and they check everything on my body. Thursday, I have pants on, and the commission guy asked me to show him my leg. To show to the shin. And I lift my left leg pants, and show him shin. He kept talking, and then once again asked me to show him the other leg. I show, again, left leg. And then he done and never knew about the cut.”

Even the famed MMA reporter, Ariel Helwani, was stupefied by the champion’s story. After all, he showed the same leg twice, successfully hiding his infected injury. Dvalishvili continued, “Maybe I can pass but I was worried because it looks like it was fresh, but it’s been a long time cut.”

Merab Dvalishvili received the cut during a mishap following his victory at UFC 306. Well, he was doing his cardio on a staircase when he apparently slipped and got the cut. Not only did the cut need 27 stitches, but it was also infected. It was the Georgian’s mental hardness that pushed him through the pain and landed him against Umar Nurmagomedov. Thankfully, the cut closed up on fight week. This was the reason why he was able to bypass the CSAC check. But soon after the champion’s words were shared on Instagram, the fight fans revealed their thoughts in the comments section.

Fight fans lash out at Merab Dvalishvili for revealing the CSAC goof-up

Well, the one repercussion that Dvalishvili’s words seemed to have was strict action against the CSAC representative who let an infected fighter fight. One of the fans pointed at the near future and wrote, “Commission guy getting fired after this 💀💀💀.” Another fan gave his verdict and commented, “Well he’s fired.” Needless to say, it was “Not the best look for the commission.”

Some of the fans brought Dana White into the discussion and claimed that he wouldn’t have wanted Dvalishvili to reveal such information to the public. A fan commented, “Dana gonna come out and b–ch about him sharing this lol.” One fan directly asked ‘The Machine’, “Why are u saying this?” Meanwhile, a few others shared the sentiment and wrote, “Dry snitching at its finest.”

One of the fight fans guessed that the Californian Commission probably wanted Dvalishvili to fight a compromised battle. The comment read, “They wanted him to fight comprimised.” Nevertheless, the Georgian fighter had garnered a huge fanbase for himself. And these fans claimed, “We’re glad we got to see the best do it.”

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