Merab Dvalishvili accuses Usman & Umar Nurmagomedov of hotel attack

Merab Dvalishvili says Usman Nurmagomedov, Umar Nurmagomedov and several of their associates attacked him and a friend in a hotel lobby in Abu Dhabi before his scheduled wrestling match at the RAF in Abu Dhabi.

Former
Ultimate Fighting Championship bantamweight champion said in an Instagram post that during an interview at the event, he and his friend were approached from behind by a group of about 20 people. Dvališvili was seen in the video with blood on his face and his friend was injured.

Merab Dvalishvili claims he and a friend were attacked in Abu Dhabi before the RAF

“I was giving an interview to the RAF in the lobby of the hotel and Usman and his buddies came up from behind and started punching me and my young friend,” Dvalishvili wrote in the caption accompanying his video. “Security held me back – they kept beating us when we were like losers.” “What a mean way, just the two of us, me and my friend, came here to Abu Dhabi, and Usman Nurmagomedov and his friends came from behind like snakes,” Dvalishvili said in the video. “What kind of fighters are you? What man does that? If you want to talk and fight, let’s do it for real.”

Dvališvili also accused Umar Nurmagomedov of participating.

“I just came here in Abu Dhabi and then Usman, Umar and his friends came in a sneaky way and tried to beat us. So many boys,” he continued.

Dvalishvili defeated Umar Nurmagomedov by unanimous decision in his bantamweight title fight
UFC 311 in January 2025.

“I’m fine,” Dvalishvili said. “To all my friends and family, I’m fine, I’m a fighter. It’s nothing to me. Again, it shows what kind of people you are.”

Dvalishvili will meet on the schedule Marlon Moraes in a wrestling match at RAF Abu Dhabi on November 14 at the Etihad Arena.