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Is Dana White being too harsh on Merab Dvalishvili, or is the criticism justified?

“The whole world knows about Merab’s cut. He posted it. Our guys are so dumb,” said Dana White upon witnessing Merab Dvalishvili‘s injury. The Georgian fighter is scheduled to headline UFC Sphere alongside Sean O’Malley. Less than a month remains for the ultimate showdown, but some grave news has surfaced souring White’s mood. What’s the news? Well, ‘The Machine’ has injured himself. The injury might be a small one but it has affected White in a bad way.

UFC 30͏6 is set͏ to͏ be o͏ne o͏f the mos͏t expensive e͏vent͏s͏ i͏n UFC͏ ͏history. Dan͏a White a͏͏nd the ͏prom͏otio͏n ͏ha͏ve͏ alr͏eady i͏n͏vested͏ ͏over͏͏ $17 million to make ͏it͏͏ a͏ mas͏s͏ive spect͏acle.͏ Any in͏j͏ury n͏ews re͏garding the he͏a͏͏͏dli͏ni͏ng f͏ight͏ wo͏u͏l͏d be͏ cata͏str͏op͏hic for the ͏UFC Supremo. Is the injury so grave that Merab Dvalishvili had to pull out? Well, the Georgian fighter in his most recent escapade explained the severity of the incident as he assured Dana White of showing up.

Merab Dvalishvili issues a stern threat to Sean O’Malley amid Dana White’s criticism

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The Georgian sensation recently took to his social media handles to share a glimpse of his injury. Merab Dvalishvili shared a clip, where he sustained a minor cut just above his left eye. The severity of the cut might be low but it needed steadfast medical attention as the bantamweight fighter is just weeks away from his 135 lbs title shot fight against Sean O’Malley.

Dana White took notice of the situation and claimed that it was unwise for Dvalishvili to even share about his injury just before his fight. After the criticism, ‘The Machine’ has come forward to have a word for the netizens, “Sept 14, Sean O’Malley, I’m coming for you. I got a little cut today; this is nothing, but I’m telling you, people, this is nothing. This is probably true. I’m here with my team, training every day, and Sept 14, man, let’s go,” said Merab Dvalishvili on his Instagram Live video.

He added, ” We are coming. We are here working. I don’t know what’s going on on social media; everybody is talking too much. It’s crazy, man. Sean O’Malley, you better be ready. I’m coming for you.”

 

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Is Dana White being too harsh on Merab Dvalishvili, or is the criticism justified?

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Well, he is not the only one who was worried about him pulling out of the match as the reigning champion, Sean O’Malley had some words for ‘The Machine’, ”This little f**kin rat better not pull out I swear to god.” Pulling out of his clash against O’Malley would prove to be harsh for his career as Dana White might not give him another chance so soon. Regardless, let us have a look at what the UFC Supremo said about Dvalishvili.

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Dana White lashed out at Dvalishvili for releasing the injury video

The UFC Supremo was at the Dana White Contender series press conference when a reporter asked him about his opinion on Merab Dvalishvili’s injury. The UFC head honcho lashed out at the Georgian fighter as he said, “All the stuff I talk about boxing, what I will give boxing, is when something happens in a camp, man, let me tell you what. It does not leak. Our guys can’t f**king wait to throw it up on social media. It’s a small cut. It’s no big deal. But obviously, it needed to be posted,” said White.

He added, “Why the f**k would you want him to know that? It is next-level stupid. Some of these guys are so stupid it’s mind-boggling. It’s unbelievable.” Well, injuries are a common thing in the world of mixed martial arts, so why is Dana White so angry about the fact? That’s because the success of UFC Sphere means a brighter future for the promotion and the UFC head honcho will not be able to compensate for losing Dvalishvili right now as there’s hardly any fighter who is loved as much as ‘The Machine’ in Mexico.

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Why Mexico is important? Because UFC 306/ Sphere will be happening on Mexican Independence Day. The last time a fighter h͏a͏d a ͏cut above th͏e ey͏e (Charles Oliveira at͏ UFC 294), Dana White w͏as under immense pressure to ensur͏e the fight against I͏slam Makh͏achev was a g͏ood one.

What’s your take on the ͏situati͏on? Share yo͏ur thought͏s in th͏e comment͏s below.