{"id":39235,"date":"2026-07-12T04:01:18","date_gmt":"2026-07-12T04:01:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/news\/news\/Arman-Tsarukyan-criticizes-Merab-Dvalishvili-for-hitting-Umar-Nurmagomedovs-friend-201855"},"modified":"2026-07-12T04:01:18","modified_gmt":"2026-07-12T04:01:18","slug":"arman-tsarukyan-criticizes-merab-dvalishvili-for-hitting-umar-nurmagomedovs-friend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/arman-tsarukyan-criticizes-merab-dvalishvili-for-hitting-umar-nurmagomedovs-friend\/","title":{"rendered":"Arman Tsarukyan criticizes Merab Dvalishvili for hitting Umar Nurmagomedov\u2019s friend"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Merab Dvalishvili slapped TF out of Umar
\nNurmagomedov\u2019s friend \ud83d\ude33 pic.twitter.com\/SZsqDOBM9y<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Happy Punch (@HappyPunch)
\nJuly 11, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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\nUltimate Fighting Championship<\/a> lightweight Arman
\nTsarukyan<\/a> has accused Merab
\nDvalishvili<\/a> of delivering a sucker-punch to a man he says is
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\nUltimate Fighting Championship<\/a> bantamweight contender Umar
\nNurmagomedov<\/a>\u2019s friend.<\/p>\n

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\nUltimate Fighting Championship<\/a> lightweight Arman
\nTsarukyan<\/a> believes it was wrong of Merab
\nDvalishvili<\/a> to strike a man he says is Umar
\nNurmagomedov<\/a>\u2019s friend.<\/p>\n

Dvalishvili recently got into a scuffle ahead of his wrestling win
\nover Henry
\nCejudo<\/a> at RAF Georgia. He was asked about a potential wrestling
\nmatch against Nurmagomedov during the pre-fight press conference.
\n\u201cThe Machine\u201d dismissed the idea, calling the Dagestani
\n\u201cspoiled.\u201d<\/p>\n

A friend of Nurmagomedov was a part of the contingent of
\nAbdulrashid Sadulaev, who lost to Kyle Snyder at RAF Georgia.
\nNurmagomedov\u2019s friend allegedly confronted Dvalishvili about his
\ncomments after the pre-fight presser. The former bantamweight
\nchampion then struck him, leading to an all-out brawl.<\/p>\n

Tsarukyan didn\u2019t like Dvalishvili\u2019s actions. He revealed that
\nNurmagomedov\u2019s friend was only asking Dvalishvili not to be
\ndisrespectful towards the Dagestani star. \u201cAhalkalakets\u201d claims
\nDvalishvili launched the sucker punch while they were still
\ntalking.<\/p>\n

Arman Tsarukyan slams Merab Dvalishvili, details what happened
\nin the aftermath<\/h2>\n

Tsarukyan believes Dvalishvili could have settled the incident by
\nhaving a conversation instead of throwing hands. The UFC
\nlightweight also revealed that Dvalishvili subsequently squashed
\nhis beef with the Dagestani squad.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe scuffle began after Merab sucker-punched the guy, who was
\nactually trying to say, \u2018Don\u2019t talk bad about our brother while we
\nare here.\u2019 And Merab punched him while he was talking,\u201d Tsarukyan
\ntold Red Corner MMA. \u201cFrom my point of view, it was wrong. They
\njust needed to talk and settle things down. Then, when they got
\nlocked in that room, they started fighting one-on-one. They
\nsquashed it and shook hands.\u201d<\/p>\n

Nurmagomedov (20-1) also slammed Dvalishvili (21-5) for hitting his
\nfriend. Nurmagomedov also questions whether Dvalishvili would have
\nreacted the same way if there had been no crowd to break the
\nfight.<\/p>\n

\u201cOn the Caucasus, a man is defined by honor, dignity, and
\nhospitality,\u201d Nurmagomedov wrote on X. \u201cMy friend only asked why
\nyou were talking behind someone\u2019s back. I don\u2019t need to insult you
\nto feel like a man. Who you really are is shown when there\u2019s no
\ncrowd and no one to step in.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Arman
\nTsarukyan<\/a> shares his perspective on the scuffle between
\nMerab
\nDvalishvili<\/a> and members of Abdulrashid Sadulaev\u2019s team
\nfollowing the RAF press conference on Friday.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe scuffle began after Merab sucker-punched the guy, who was
\nactually trying to say, \u2018Don\u2019t talk bad about\u2026 pic.twitter.com\/jNV3iKwC1B<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Red Corner MMA (@RedCorner_MMA)
\nJuly 11, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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On the Caucasus, a man is defined by honor,
\ndignity, and hospitality.
My friend only asked why you were talking behind someone\u2019s
\nback.
I don\u2019t need to insult you to feel like a man. Who you really are
\nis shown when there\u2019s no crowd and no one to step in. pic.twitter.com\/Oc5AT9U4sN<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Umar
\nNurmagomedov<\/a> (@UNmgdv)
\nJuly 10, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Merab Dvalishvili slapped TF out of Umar Nurmagomedov\u2019s friend \ud83d\ude33 pic.twitter.com\/SZsqDOBM9y \u2014 Happy Punch (@HappyPunch) July 11, 2026 Ultimate Fighting Championship lightweight Arman Tsarukyan has accused Merab Dvalishvili of delivering a sucker-punch to a man he says is Ultimate Fighting Championship bantamweight contender Umar Nurmagomedov\u2019s friend. Advertisement Ultimate Fighting Championship lightweight Arman Tsarukyan believes it […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":39236,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[150],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-39235","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-martial-arts-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39235","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=39235"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39235\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/39236"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39235"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=39235"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=39235"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}