Georgian UFC fighter Merab Dvalishvili showed his injured hand before the fight with Peter Yan
Georgian mixed martial arts fighter (MMA) Merab Dvalishvili on his Instagram (the social network is banned in the Russian Federation; it belongs to the Meta corporation, which is recognized as extremist in Russia and banned) spoke about the injury received two weeks before the fight with the Russian Petr Yan.
According to the athlete, he injured his hand. “In the first minutes of the fight, I felt pain, but I ignored it, so I was able to fight. During the fight, I injured my arm even more, it still hurts,” Dvalishvili said.
Gruzin also showed a photo and video of a swollen right hand. In addition, Dvalishvili showed fragments of training before the fight, in which he strikes only with his left hand.
On March 14, Azerbaijani MMA fighter Rafael Fiziev said that Jan went to fight Dvalishvili with two serious injuries. “The leg was injured, I don’t want to talk about the second one. He wants to – he will tell, ”said Fiziev.
On March 12, Jan lost to Dvalishvili via unanimous decision. The fight took place as part of the UFC Fight Night 221 tournament in Las Vegas.
Source: Lenta
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