Javier Mendez thinks Merab Dvalishvili ’s antics swayed the judges in his favor against Umar Nurmagomedov . After winning the first two rounds on two of the three judges’ scorecards, Nurmagomedov was outlasted in a unanimous decision loss to bantamweight champion Dvalishvili (19-4 MMA, 12-2 UFC) in the UFC 311 co-main event in January. Although Nurmagomedov (18-1 MMA, 6-1 UFC) broke his hand in Round 1 of the fight, his head coach Mendez points to a different reason why he lost. “I just said to him, ‘You know what, Umar
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