Ray Longo thinks Merab Dvalishvili ’s long road to UFC gold turned him into an unstoppable force. Dvalishvili (19-4 MMA, 12-2 UFC) had to win 10-straight fights – including wins over former champions Jose Aldo, Petr Yan, and Henry Cejudo before earning his title shot. He dethroned Sean O’Malley to become UFC bantamweight champion this past September, but didn’t get too much time to enjoy his accomplishment. Instead, Dvalishvili felt pressured to make a relatively quick turnaround to defend his belt against undefeated Umar Nurmagomedov four months later at UFC 311. But the Georgian prevailed once again when he outlasted Nurmagomedov (18-1 MMA, 6-1 UFC) by unanimous decision this past Saturday at Intuit Dome in Inglewood, Calif. “First off, he’s still getting better,” Longo told MMA on SiriusXM
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Ray Longo explains how the UFC ‘created a monster’ in Merab Dvalishvili – MMA Junkie