Merab Dvalishvili is bringing in the big guns to help him on his journey back to the bantamweight title.
Earlier this month, Dvalishvili lost the UFC bantamweight belt in his rematch with Petr Yan at UFC 323. Dvalishvili and Yan are now 1-1, and a rubber match is expected between the two sometime next year; and Dvalishvili is already back to training.
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On Wednesday, Dvalishvili released footage of him doing a sparring session with Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, with Aljamain Sterling also in attendance.
One of the richest men in the world, Zuckerberg has fallen in love with MMA in recent years, and at one point, there was even talk of him fighting Elon Musk in the UFC. While Zuckerberg may not exactly be “UFC-ready” right now, he gives a decent account of himself over three rounds of sparring, even scoring a takedown on the former champion, though Dvalishvili is obviously not trying too hard.
Check out the sparring session below.
