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Dvalishvili was working a full time construction job up until 2020 to stay in America and pursue his dream of becoming champ.

It’s been a long road for Merab Dvalishvili to become UFC bantamweight champion. The Georgian fighter has been toiling since 2014 as a pro in mixed martial arts, and even when he joined the UFC in 2017 he had to keep his job in construction to pay the bills.

In a new interview with Jake Shields, Dvalishvili revealed that it wasn’t until 2020 that he was able to focus on his UFC career full time, and that was only because the COVID-19 pandemic shut everything down.

“So I lost my first fight in UFC, and we know how UFC pay It’s not well in the beginning,” Merab said. “$ 10,000 and you still have to pay your manager and some expenses. I buy car. I was driving very old car, and then no money. In my second fight, I got bonus, but I take off, I stop working. But when my next fight comes, I was broke again because I spent all this money. And I’m like like, now what?”

“When I win the next one, I keep this money and I stay working,” he said. “Because I don’t want [to be broke] again.”

Dvalishvili said there were a lot of expenses making sure his immigration papers kept moving, which kept him returning to work. Earlier this year he finally became a U.S. citizen and moved from New York to Las Vegas where he trains with John Wood at Syndicate MMA. He still has a lot of loyalty to his New York City coaches Ray Longo and Matt Serra … but he prefers the traffic situation in Vegas.

“Now that I have a good training in Vegas, I have so many training partners,” he said. “I can go jujitsu. I can sparring, the MMA practice. So I rather do that.”

Despite losing a largely one-sided contest to Dvalishvili at UC 306, Sean O’Malley is still making a lot of noise about beating Merab. None of that bothers “The Machine,” though.

“I’m not mad or something. I can have fun now. Make fun with him,” he said. “I would love to rematch with him. I think it’s gonna be so next time, I will finish him. But how I beat him, I don’t even think he will take a next challenge.”

For now he’s preparing for the next number one contender, which is looking like Umar Nurmagomedov.

“I think the the most deserving guy is Figueiredo,” he reiterated. “But I guess UFC wants to me fight Umar. All the people, I see their comments, everybody wants me to fight Omar. So I will fight Omar.”

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Colby Covington’s last submission win in the UFC came with a rear-naked choke against Jonathan Meunier back in 2016 but he dusted off that move for a new video he made with rapper Lil Pump.

For some reason, a great number of athletes and influencers who are not trained mixed martial artists love to feel what it’s like to get choked out by a professional fighter. So Covington obviously granted Lil Pump’s wish when he applied a submission to put the 24-year-old rapper to sleep.

In the video, the three-time UFC title challenger applies the choke and initially uses a Gable grip to lock up the submission but Lil Pump ends up tapping his own chest rather than Covington’s arm to signify he’s done.

So Covington then switches to the more traditional rear-naked choke with his arms wrapped around Lil Pump’s head and neck to secure the submission. A moment later, the rapper falls unconscious from the choke and Covington finally releases the hold when he’s told Lil Pump is out.

“Look at his eyes,” Covington said in the video. “He’s out.”

Lil Pump is soon revived with a look of confusion on his face that eventually gives way to a smile when he realizes what happened. He also posted the video on his social media with a comment about getting choked out by Covington.

“Don’t miss my next kick stream It’s getting crazier by the day,” the rapper wrote on his Instagram account. “Don’t try this at home. I got put to sleep.”

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