UFC President Dana White erupted in criticism of the Georgian fighter of the bantamweight division Merab Dvalishvili.
Earlier, Dvalishvili announced his readiness to wait for his chance to fight for the belt, since, in his opinion, Aljamain Sterling should get an immediate rematch with the reigning champion Sean O'Malley.
“I can’t stand this. Why did you come to this sport at all, if you have such an attitude - I don’t want to fight for the championship belt, we are friends ...
In this business, you can be friends with almost everyone - there are a lot of nice people here. However, all this is not about friendship, but about who is the best in the world. If you don't want to find out who's the best in the world, you don't belong here. Fight somewhere else. If you don’t want to fight for the title, there are other promotions where no one cares what you do,” White said at a UFC press conference.
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