Final Combating Championship (UFC) is outwardly returning to “The Metropolis of Angels” in Jan. 2025.
Merab Dvalishvili is contemporary off a five-round Bantamweight champion struggle in opposition to Sean O’Malley, wherein he dominated en path to a unanimous choice from inside Sphere in Las Vegas, and is ready for the date for his first Bantamweight title protection.
Whereas O’Malley is making an attempt to bait the Georgian fighter into a right away rematch, all indicators level to a conflict between Dvalishvilli and No. 1 contender Umar Nurmagomedov—because it ought to.
Dvalishvili believes Nurmagomedov is undeserving, and the pair of Bantamweights have been jawing at one another on social media for a couple of weeks now.
Yesterday (Weds., Oct. 2, 2024), Nurmagomedov took to Twitter to problem “The Machine” to a struggle in Jan., which he says will occur in Los Angeles.
Hey Merab you realize that Ramadan is in March and figuring out this you insist on March, in February the match will probably be held in Australia and so they will not put us there.There’s a match in Los Angeles in January – let’s struggle there, and there may be sufficient time to organize.Cease…
— Umar Nurmagomedov (@UNmgdv) October 2, 2024
“Hey Merab you realize that Ramadan is in March and figuring out this you insist on March,” Nurmagomedov wrote. “In February the match will probably be held in Australia and so they gained’t put us there. There’s a match in Los Angeles in January – let’s struggle there, and there may be sufficient time to organize. Cease on the lookout for excuses. Give the individuals what they need, everybody who follows our weight – needs to see this struggle.”
In case you take it at face worth, there may be a lot data to dissect from Nurmagomedov’s tweet.
Dvalishvili needs to return in March and UFC is headed to L.A. in Jan. after which to Australia in Feb.
MMAMania.com can verify, per a number of sources, that when the UFC returns to Los Angeles, the occasion will probably be held on the brand-new Intuit Dome, dwelling of the Los Angeles Clippers. We are able to additionally verify that the UFC will go to Australia twice in 2025.
It is smart for Nurmagomedov to wish to compete within the first pay-per-view of 2025 as a result of he observes Ramadan yearly and will probably be unable to compete.
Sadly for Dvalishvilli, that will imply he would miss the vacations this yr as he would bounce straight into struggle camp, and I’ve a sense he needs to rejoice his title for longer than 4 months.
For now, Nurmagomedov will compete in a grappling match later this month.
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