Nina Drama is not happy!! The MMA world has never been more heated as videos we're shown of Usman Nurmagomedov and his team jumping Merab Dvalishvili. A lot of fighters have weighed in on the situation and there has been a lot of backlash from Usman and his teams actions. Merab was doing a video for RAF which is a wrestling promotion and things went ugly quick. Nina Drama said she thinks Usman and his team are "Cowards" and hopes he never gets signed to the UFC which many people had their fingers crossed would be something in the near future. Usman has made a huge name for himself in the PFL and his future has taken a drastic turn. Do you agree with Nina?
Nina Drama has publicly condemned Usman Nurmagomedov and his team as "cowards" following an altercation involving UFC bantamweight Merab Dvalishvili, a clash that has set off a wave of reaction across the MMA community.
Videos circulating this week show Nurmagomedov and members of his camp confronting Dvalishvili while the Georgian was filming content for RAF, a wrestling promotion. The encounter reportedly turned ugly quickly. Many fighters have weighed in, and much of the response has been critical of how Nurmagomedov and his team behaved. Drama said she hopes he never signs with the UFC, a move many fans had expected in the near future given his run in the PFL.
Dvalishvili, nicknamed The Machine, is 21-6-0 and ranked first at bantamweight and second in the pound-for-pound list. The 35-year-old from Georgia trains with the Serra-Longo Fight Team. His most recent recorded fight was a unanimous-decision loss to Petr Yan in a title bout at UFC 333 on October 24, 2026, his second straight defeat to Yan after the result at UFC 323 in December 2025. He is known for relentless wrestling, averaging 5.74 takedowns per 15 minutes alongside 4.48 significant strikes landed per minute at 41 percent accuracy.
Nurmagomedov is unbeaten at 22-0-0 and sits 14th in the pound-for-pound rankings. The 27-year-old Russian stands five-foot-eleven with a 71-inch reach. His recorded striking numbers are modest in volume, 0.33 significant strikes per minute, but efficient, with 52.78 percent accuracy. He averages 0.65 takedowns per 15 minutes and has no recorded submission attempts.
Why it matters
- Nurmagomedov's UFC prospects are now clouded by the backlash, with fighters publicly questioning whether he should be signed.
- Dvalishvili, coming off consecutive title-fight losses, now finds himself at the center of a controversy outside the cage.
- The physical gap is notable: Dvalishvili is 168 cm tall with a 173 cm reach, while Nurmagomedov is 12 cm taller and has a 7 cm longer reach.
The two compete in different organizations and weight classes, so there is no bout between them on record. How the promotions respond to the incident has not been reported.
