Tensions between UFC bantamweight champion Merab Dvalishvili and Umar Nurmagomedov boiled over ahead of the first UFC 311 press conference. After weeks of ducking allegations and online banter, Merab Dvalishvili will make his first bantamweight title defense against Umar Nurmagomedov in the UFC 311 co-main event next month. The card is headlined by a UFC lightweight title rematch between Islam Makhachev and Arman Tsarukyan. Nurmagomedov was immediately named the ‘next man up’ to face Dvalishvili after the latter’s title win at UFC 306. The undefeated Nurmagomedov was briefly linked to another fight in December as Dvalishvili expressed indifference to facing the surging contender. Dvalishvili and Nurmagomedov’s relationship was strictly competitive just a few months ago, but things have taken a dark turn in recent weeks. Threats have swirled between the two bantamweight; adding to the immense hype after the UFC 311 fight announcements this week. Ahead of Dvalishvili and Nurmagomedov’s first promotional appearance before UFC 311, the two bantamweight nearly got after it just weeks before their scheduled fight, before security personnel intervened. READ MORE: I’ve been training with Shavkat Rakhmonov ahead of UFC 310 – this is why Ian Garry will beat him and take his undefeated record Merab Dvalishvili and Umar Nurmagomedov nearly threw hands backstage ahead of UFC 311 presser As you can see in the below clip, Dvalishvili was in the middle of an interview with an MMA media member when Nurmagomedov confronted the bantamweight titleholder. The two fighters exchanged fiery verbal taunts, including Nurmagomedov challenging Dvalishvili to ‘call him’ for a potential face-to-face outside of the venue. Luckily, cooler heads eventually prevailed and UFC security quickly de-escalated the incident. The UFC 311 press conference went on as planned, despite Dvalishvili and Nurmagomedov nearly coming to blows backstage. The beef between Dvalishvili and Nurmagomedov has escalated in recent days after Dvalishvili appeared to offer Petr Yan a title shot following a win at UFC Macau. Nurmagomedov went on a social media tirade in response, further stoking the flames of their adversarial pairing. Dvalishvili also accused Nurmagomedov of lying to fans regarding a rumored fight against Song Yadong. Initially, Nurmagomedov offered to get scheduled for another bout if Dvalishvili anticipated a modest absence from competition. READ MORE: Watch Alex Pereira and Jamahal Hill nearly come to blows at the UFC PI after weeks of online taunts Merab Dvalishvil vs. Umar Nurmagomedov is an early 2025 ‘Fight of the Year’ candidate Dvalishvili’s teammate, former UFC bantamweight champion Aljamain Sterling , has also gotten involved in banter with Nurmagomedov in recent weeks over dodging allegations. Sterling will face Movsar Evloev in a pivotal featherweight bout this Saturday at UFC 310. Things have gotten so personal between Dvalishvili and Nurmagomedov that Dvalishvili briefly hinted at defending the belt during Ramadan , directly impacting Nurmagomedov’s title chances. But, their UFC 311 booking alleviated any concerns the fight wouldn’t come to fruition anytime soon. Dvalishvili vs. Nurmagomedov pairs two of the top UFC pound-for-pound fighters against each other to kick off 2025. Dvalishvili won the belt by defeating Sean O’Malley at UFC 306, while Nurmagomedov cemented himself as the No. 1 contender by defeating Cory Sandhagen earlier this year. It won’t be long until Dvalishvili and Nurmagomedov meet in the Octagon. But in the meantime, the two rivals could potentially get the fight started early just weeks before UFC 311. READ MORE: Alexandre Pantoja pinpoints when Kai Asakura earned a quick ascent to title shot ahead of UFC 310Robbins LLP Urges PACS Stockholders with Large Losses to Contact the Firm for Information About the PACS Group, Inc. Class Action LawsuitSince it was formed in 2000, the mineral-rich state of Jharkhand has been riven by multiple fault lines. But none were as prominent as the social one between the tribal communities, which form a little over a fourth of the state’s population, and non-tribal communities. The tension between these two large umbrella groups created an instability that ensured that no government could complete a five-year term and return to power. They were also spatially segregated — the tribespeople largely in the Santhal Parganas and Kolhan regions, and the non-tribal communities in the North Chhotanagpur region, also home to the coal mining and industrial corridor spread across the Dhanbad-Bokaro-Hazaribag belt. Going into the Jharkhand polls, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) had a simple plan — limit the JMM-led alliance to the tribal-dominated regions, arrest Soren’s appeal among non-Santhal tribes (the chief minister belongs to the largest tribal community, the Santhals), and maximise its catchment among the non-tribal regions of the state. In a state where the mandate has been historically fragmented, the party had reason to believe this was a winning strategy, especially after the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) won all eight non-reserved Lok Sabha constituencies in this summer’s general elections. It had a reasonable belief that the tribal-non-tribal fault line could lend itself to communal polarisation. It did not work. Not only did the JMM-led alliance win the elections with a mandate higher than its tally in 2019, it also made Hemant Soren the first chief minister of the state to complete a full term (he was out of the saddle for about five months due to his imprisonment over corruption charges) and then retain power. More importantly, the JMM-led alliance’s commanding performance erased some of the historic differences between tribal and non-tribal seats, helping the INDIA bloc post victories across the board. How did it happen? The BJP ran an aggressive campaign focussed on alleged infiltration by outsiders and Bangladeshis into Jharkhand. The party released a television ad and told rally after rally that these outsiders were aimed at making indigenous communities homeless in Jharkhand, and that the JMM-led government was helping these outsiders to corner reservation benefits. The strategy was aimed at driving a wedge between the tribal and Muslim vote banks — two crucial bases of the JMM-led alliance. In response, the JMM didn’t engage directly with the allegation but only said that the protection of borders was the prerogative of the central government. Every time a senior BJP leader spoke about infiltration, the JMM sought to switch the conversation to Hemant Soren’s imprisonment and the treatment of a tribal man at the hands of the central government — a pitch it was relatively more confident about. In the battle between aggression and sympathy, the latter eventually won. Throughout the campaign, Soren was careful to keep the focus on himself and asked the BJP repeatedly who its chief ministerial candidate was. The BJP dithered on its answer even as many people expected Babulal Marandi, a former chief minister and the state unit chief, to step up if the party performed well. For some time, it appeared that Champai Soren, Hemant’s former lieutenant who became CM in his stead and then left the JMM after feeling sidelined, could fill the void. But the Kolhan Tiger didn’t have a pan-state appeal, and his influence was largely limited to his seat of Saraikela. A final blow to the BJP’s campaign came from an unexpected quarter — via a 29-year-old man with short-cropped hair and an aggressive tone. Whenever Jairam Mahto would go on the campaign trail, standing atop a car as two underlings grasped hold of a leg each, frenzied crowds would follow with loudspeakers blaring the slogans: “Dekho Dekho Kaun Aaya, Tiger Aaya, Tiger Aaya” (See, the Tiger has arrived) and “Jairam Mahto Zindabad” (Long Live Jairam Mahto). Mahto’s youthful pitch to the Kudmi community, focussing on self-respect, jobs, and economic security struck a chord in the impoverished mining belt. On Saturday, Mahto posted an emphatic victory from the JMM stronghold of Dumri, defeating sitting minister Bebi Devi. More importantly, candidates put up by his Jharkhand Loktantrik Krantikari Morcha played spoiler on 14 seats, ensuring the defeat of candidates from the BJP and its ally All Jharkhand Students Union in at least 11 seats. Mahto’s appeal damaged the BJP’s plans among its erstwhile loyal Kudmi-Mahto base and hurt the BJP’s chances among non-tribals. The tribal-non-tribal fault line had been bridged to an extent, but not in the way the BJP had intended.
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