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“I'll cut it off” … Merab Dvalishhvili shows gnarled injury weeks from UFC 316 title fight

The Merab Dvalishhvili training camp for Sean O'malley was not according to plan.

The UFC Bantamweight Champion is removed 15 days before its title with Sean O'malley at UFC 316.

Dvalishvili is currently driving an outstanding profit series with 12 strokes and already has a victory over O'malley, which is deported by the champion by unanimous decision last September.

Dvalishvili wanted to go 2-0 against 'The Sugar Show' in New Jersey in New Jersey and suffered a brutal cut under his eyes at the beginning of this month, but that seems to be the least of his problems after his last injury.

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Merab Dvalishvili broke the toe in a recently carried out training session

On Friday, Dvalishvili saved with unbeaten prospect Cameron Sandoval and apparently broke his pinky toe on a head.

Dvalishvili filmed the consequences and showed the swollen pinky toe on his right foot.

“Why are you breaking my toe, my friend?” Dvalishvili asked his teammate Sandoval.

“That was you, you stepped into my head and broken your toe. It's just wrong,” replied Sandoval.

Dvalishvili joked that he took drastic measures to ensure that his title fight with O'malley remains intact.

“It's okay … I'll cut it off,” said Dvalishvili about his broken toe.

Conor McGregor withdrew from his last fight due to the same injury

As you may remember, Conor McGregor suffered a broken little toe in the run-up to his comeback fight last summer.

McGregor was supposed to be Michael Chandler in the main event of UFC 303 three years after he had broken his leg against Dustin Poirier at UFC 264. A week after the event, however, McGregor retired because of the toe injury.

“The Notorious” had never withdrawn from a fight before, he quoted that he would not hinder the way again and he would be “100% conor McGregor” next time.

A 'machine' inside and outside the training room does not look as if Merab Dvishvili slowed this injury or keep it out of his fight against Sean O'malley at UFC 316, even though it causes concerns.

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