Merab Dvalishvili says his MMA career could have looked totally different.
It’s pretty crazy to think that the current UFC Bantamweight Champion suffered back-to-back losses when he first arrived in the Octagon in 2017-18.
As then,Merab Dvalishvili has put together quite the title run,with 13 straight wins and two title defenses in the bantamweight division thus far.
Next week, dvalishvili is set to meet the #4-ranked contender Cory Sandhagen in the co-main event of UFC 320 in Las Vegas.
Ahead of the matchup, the defending champion admitted he might not be where he is today if it wasn’t for a longtime teammate and friend.
Merab Dvalishvili says he could be in PFL right now if it wasn’t for Aljamain Sterling
Up there with Dvalishvili, Aljamain Sterling is one of the greatest bantamweight fighters of all time.
sterling made it to the UFC three years before his teammate and broke the record for most title defenses in divisional history (3).
Sterling and Dvalishvili helped each other prepare for many fights and made it clear they would never fight in the Octagon out of friendship.
Dvalishvili was asked what his career would look like if there were no Sterling to train with.
“Oh, man. I don’t know,