‘Next level stupid’ – Dana White blasts UFC title challenger for revealing injury just weeks before historic bout
DANA WHITE has blasted Merab Dvalishvili for revealing he suffered a horror cut just weeks before his first UFC title fight.
The Georgian gladiator will look to end Sean O’Malley‘s reign as the king of the bantamweights on September 14 in the main event of UFC 306 in Las Vegas.
But new fan favourite Dvalishvili sparked fears the fight could be off by revealing on social media that he’d suffered a cut above his left eye in training.
And his sharing of the injury drew the ire of White, who said: “The whole world knows about Merab’s cut. He posted it.
“Our guys are so dumb, it’s next-level unbelievable.
“All the stuff that I talk about boxing, what I will give boxing is when something happens in a camp, man, let me tell you what…it does not leak.
“Our guys can’t f***ing wait to throw it up on social media.
“Small cut, not a big deal, but obviously, it needed to be posted.”
White believes Dvalishvili has unwittingly given slick striker O’Malley an area to target in their Sin City showdown.
The 55-year-old continued: “And why the f**k would you want [O’Malley] to know that?
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“It is next-level stupid.
“Some of these guys are so stupid, it’s mind-boggling. It’s unbelievable.”
Defending champion O’Malley was quick to issue a x-rated message Dvalihvili’s way after learning of his cut.
He wrote on X: “This little f***ing rat better not pull out I swear to God.”
It didn’t take long for Dvalishili to respond to Suga and allay fears of him falling out of their desert dust-up.
He wrote on X: “Calm down, it’s all good.
“Just a little training injury. Never pulled out of a fight and never will!
“I’m coming for you, O’Malley. Stronger than ever. Vamos!”