Yahoo Sports Merab Dvalishvili vows to make 'spoiled little baby' Umar Nurmagomedov humble
UFC bantamweight champion Merab Dvalishvili can't wait to shut down Umar Nurmagomedov's hype.
Dvalishvili (18-4 MMA, 11-2 UFC) defends his title against Nurmagomedov (18-0 MMA, 6-0 UFC) on Jan. 18 in the UFC 311 co-main event from Inglewood, Calif. (ESPN+ pay-per-view, ESPN, ESPN+).
Dvalishvili has made it very clear that he doesn't think Nurmagomedov deserves the title fight and has found him disrespectful in the lead-up to their fight.
"I'm just going to make him humble," Dvalishvili told "The Schmo." "I think Umar is spoiled little baby. He's been disrespectful. You can go on his Twitter, and you guys all see how he disrespected the champion, but I'm just going to prove it.
"I don't want to talk. I just want to do it, you know? January 18th, I'm just going to prove it. I'm working really hard, and you guys know every time I fight against top contenders, I make them look easy. So I think I will do the same again."
Dvalishvili knows he has a tough task at hand against Nurmagomedov but is confident that he bounces him out of the ranks of the unbeaten.
"I'm going to look for the finish, but I'm not saying nothing," Dvalishvili said. "All I want is to win, beat him because he is 18-0, which is undefeated. He was never defeated before.
"He is like amateur world champion, Russian champion, Dagestan champion, sambo champion. He's Khabib's cousin, and his brother Khabib never lost before. I will be the first who gives him loss."
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