Merab Dvalishvili shows off bloody cuts on leg suffered ahead of UFC 311 title defense

Merab Dvalishvili’s leg was in unhealthy form at UFC 311, not that anybody appeared to note.

One way or the other, Dvalishvili not solely efficiently defended his bantamweight title with a spectacular five-round efficiency towards Umar Nurmagomedov in Saturday’s co-main occasion, he additionally managed to cover a wounds that may have prevented him from competing in any respect.

On the night’s post-fight press convention, Dvalishvili confirmed the media proof of two cuts on his proper leg and he adopted that up with a social media publish on Monday displaying how they appeared previous to battle week.

Click on previous first slide to see photos and video of Dvalishvili’s bloody wounds.

Dvalishvili appeared on The Ariel Helwani Present on Monday to additional talk about the harm, revealing that he really needed to pull a trick on the fee to verify he can be cleared to battle.

“I used to be doing cardio coaching on the steps and I hit the steps with my shin,” Dvalishvili mentioned.

“The minimize was nonetheless open and it was taking so lengthy to heal up and it lastly closed now in battle week,” he continued. “I used to be nervous the fee was not going to let me battle. I used to be doing all the things, placing lotions day by day, doing therapeutic massage, and all of the therapies, and truly California has a really strict fee. They examine all the things, my physique, and Thursday I had pants on and the fee requested me to point out him my leg, my shin. I lifted my left leg pants and confirmed him the chin and he stored speaking, the second time he requested me to point out him my different leg, I confirmed once more left leg and he didn’t know there was a minimize.

“Who is aware of? Possibly I can move. However I used to be nervous. It seems to be contemporary, however it’s been a longtime minimize.”