“Two weeks before the fight, I injured my arm,” Dvalishvili said in a video posted. “I continued to train with one arm. In the first minute of the fight, I felt pain in my arm, but I ignored it to continue the fight. During the fight, I re-injured my hand, and I still feel pain in it. ”
A potential bantamweight challenger between Petr Yan and Merab Dvalishvili headlined UFC Fight Night 221 in Las Vegas went all the way to a unanimous decision win for the Georgian fighter.
After the fight, Yang spoke about some problems that prevented him from performing properly, and sources close to the Russian team confirmed that the former UFC champion entered the fight with injuries.