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The current UFC bantamweight title challenger, Merab Dvalishvili, respects the rising contender Umar Nurmagomedov but does not respect the ease with which he came to the top of the division – Dvalishvili feels that Umar Nurmagomedov has Khabib privilege and that the Cory Sandhagen fight was a “gift”.
There is a high chance for Umar Nurmagomedov to fight the winner of Merab Dvalishvili vs Sean O’Malley. Such a fight can prove if Umar Nurmagomedov rightfully made his way to the top or had privileges carving the way for him.
Merab Dvalishvili reacts to Umar Nurmagomedov's fast rise to title contention:
"He’s been disrespectful. … Yes, he’s a good fighter, but he got pushed because he’s Khabib’s cousin and he has to be humble."
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Merab Dvalishvili on Umar Nurmagomedov
In a recent interview with MMA Fighting, Merab Dvalishvili explained how he feels Umar Nurmagomedov got an easy way to the top.
“Let’s talk about it this way,” Dvalishvili said, as quoted by mmafighting.com. “Umar is a good fighter, we all know this, but he fights nobody from the top 15, and now of course UFC gives him a gift [with] No.
2 Cory Sandhagen; if he wins, he’s right there. Now he wins, so now he’s right there. He’s been disrespectful. He’s calling [out] Sean O’Malley, he’s calling [out] me. Like bro, give us respect and let us fight and chill out a little bit.
What the *? You don’t fight nobody and now you just got here because your last name is Nurmagomedov, because you’re Khabib’s cousin”.
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