September 5, 2024 1: 15 pm ET
UFC 306, which commemorates Mexican Independence, doesn’t have a Mexican or fighter of Mexican descent contending in the primary even. However, it may have an embraced Mexican depending on who you ask.
Georgia’s Merab Dvalishvili, who now lives in the U.S., difficulties UFC bantamweight champ Sean O’Malley in the headlining act of UFC 306, likewise understood as Noche UFC, at the Sphere in Las Vegas. With no Mexican representative to appearance up to in primary occasion, Dvalishvili hasactually endedupbeing rather of an honorary Mexican through his wholesome efforts in accepting the culture.
In the accumulation to the occasion, and even method before getting scheduled to battle on Mexican Independence Day weekend, Dvalishvili hasactually been combining and experiencing the Mexican culture. Recently, Dvalishvili stopped by Entram Gym in Tijuana, where strawweight possibility Yazmin Jauregui got to witness Dvalishvili’s efforts veryfirst hand.
“That’s been truly good to see,” Jauregui informed MMA Junkie in Spanish when asked about Dvalishvili accepting Mexico. “Just the truth that Merab, somebody who’s amongst the world’s finest and is battling for the title, is welcoming our culture so much and knowing about our culture, which I thinkabout a gorgeous culture, tremendous culture and history. So the reality that anybody would go to another nation and shot to discover about it and kind part of it, that’s constantly truly good to see and valued.
“I’ve seen him. I likewise believe he’s making the most out of this boom that we’re experiencing. You see Dana White talk extremely of us and our boxing and our aggressive design. I believe (Dvalishvili) is linking with that, being a fighter that’s