Usman Nurmagomedov’s attack on Merab Dvalishvili should never be 'good for business,' but we all know better
They left me without my belt." https://t.co/py7EZ9hF6Z pic.twitter.com/Z9BHpGB0pT — Championship Rounds (@ChampRDS) November 13, 2026 Then again, Dana also said in a separate interview, “That stuff’s never good for business, it makes everybody involved look bad.
Key points
- In fact, Real American Freestyle (RAF) appreciated his heroics enough to add him to RAF Abu Dhabi, replacing Usman’s older brother Umar Nurmagomedov against Urijah Faber.
- Did Usman Nurmagomedov and his droogies turn Saba Lazishvili into a kind of cult figure, the way Usman’s famous cousin Khabib did to Dillon Danis after UFC 229?
- Saba Lazishvili didn’t hesitate to let his hands fly after his pal Merab Dvalishvili was jumped in the hotel lobby in Abu Dhabi by six guys.
And today Usman and seven others — the five other dudes who swarmed in, and two others who filmed the attack — are all in a Yas Island jail.
Additional details
- That particular episode was entirely good for business, and was even used to drum more business up on the UFC’s official promo material.
- He and Merab have a mountain of beef stemming back from before they faced each other in the UFC in early 2025, and that mountain, which sits among the Greater Caucasus range, is what separates Georgia from Dagestan.
- There was that time that Conor McGregor flew to New York — and into a fit of rage — after Khabib Nurmagomedov went at his pal Artem Lobov.
- Ali Abdelaziz, the manager of All Those Nurmagomedovs, referenced this mountain in his apology to entire country of Abu Dhabi.
- He just finished out his contract with the PFL, beating a guy named Archie Colgan on Long Island in the summer, and essentially said “show me the money” during his post-fight interview.
How this summary was made: extractive summary — built from the sources' own reporting. It is drawn only from the reporting of the sources listed below — read the originals for full detail. How we summarize →
Advertisement
Every article behind this summary — 1 article from 1 outlet
Get stories like this in your inbox.
Subscribe — it's freeOne free email at 6am — your topics, deduplicated, five minutes. No account, no paywall.