UFC president Dana White can not wrap his head across the bond between Aljamain Sterling and Merab Dvalishvili. White insulted Dvalishvili for placing Sterling’s global name ambitions forward of his personal within the aftermath of UFC 292.

Sterling’s reign as bantamweight champion interfered with Dvalishvili’s name pursuit because the similar buddies had been reluctant to battle each and every alternative. In a great global, Sterling would have vacated the name and moved as much as featherweight next defeating Sean O’Malley. However “Suga’s” exciting second-round knockout threw a wrench in the ones plans. Each Sterling and Dvalishvili need a split on the unutilized champ however are keen to concede precedence for the alternative.

“I hate it,” White stated right through Tuesday’s “Contender Series” post-fight press convention. “Why did you even get into this sport if that’s your mentality in the way that you think? ‘I don’t even want the title, I don’t want the championship. We’re friends, we’re this, we’re that.’

“There are so many of great folk on this industry. A bundle of just right folk. This isn’t about friendship. It’s about studying who the most productive on the earth is. And in the event you don’t need to to find out who the most productive on the earth is this isn’t the playground for you. You will have to be someplace else. There are enough quantity of playgrounds to battle the place they don’t give a shit what you do. Doesn’t paintings right here.”

Dvalishvil was once outraged with the referee stoppage at UFC 292 regardless of a basic consensus that Sterling misplaced rather. Dvalishvili not too long ago stated that he’s keen to stick sidelined generation Sterling avenges his loss to O’Malley.

“After Aljamain Sterling, I am the No. 1 contender. We all know that,” Dvalishvili in the past informed MMA Junkie. “I have a nine-fight winning streak and I beat two former champions, back to back. I fought everybody who they put in front of me… I think the right way is that Aljo comes back, beat O’Malley, gets his belt back, and I think after that he may go up a weight class.

“If he vacates the belt and takes a pleasure or one thing, I will be able to battle for the belt with whoever can be later. Now, I don’t need to speed. I simply don’t need any silly battle, you understand, for the reason that battle doesn’t manufacture sense. I don’t need to battle any person that has a loss. What does this battle get me?”

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Dvalishvili has now not fought since March however sees negative explanation why to hurry every other battle till O’Malley vs. Sterling 2 concludes.

“I want to fight the top guys. I don’t want to test, I’m tested already. I proved it. My last opponents I dominated…” Dvalishvili stated. “I’m the next guy after Aljo. So a good way would be to give Aljo a rematch and after that, I’m just going to wait for my title fight, and we’ll figure it out after. But I’m just going to fight for the title next – even if I have to wait a year or more.”

Sterling stated in travel of UFC 292 that there was once a “99%” probability it might be his extreme bantamweight battle particularly if he defeated O’Malley. Getting knocked out at 135 kilos has Sterling reconsidering if he’d actually thrive up a weight magnificence. Sterling had a record-setting run as bantamweight champ and needs the later name shot, however he gained’t inconvenience his good friend for lengthy.

“I think there’s only one name that comes to mind, and that’s Aljamain Sterling in the rematch,” Sterling stated on his “Weekly Scraps” podcast. “All jokes aside, I think if I don’t get the immediate rematch — if they were to offer me that immediate rematch for December, I’m just going to have to respectfully decline; but if they were to do it early next year like January or February, I would accept it in a heartbeat.

“But when I’m now not getting to get the rematch, the later man in series must be Merab Dvalishvili. Must be. Deny. 1 contender. I don’t assume any alternative matchup makes extra sense than him.”