INSANE Brawl Between MMA Fighters in a Hotel Lobby – Usman Nurmagomedov Jumped Merab Dvalishvili Mid-Interview and All Hell Broke Lose
What a treat for the hotel staff. Pray for the security guard? You kiddin' me? Do you know how much people would pay for that experience? To watch an organic, no rules, real world brawl between two of the best-trained fighters in the world? That's a once in a lifetime experience. And let's be honest, the security guard did not, and should not be expected to lift a finger when a real life UFC breaks out in the lobby. That's a call the cops and wait for them to show up situation. And hopefully the two parties manage to settle things themselves before the fight they destroy everything in the lobby, along with the structural integrity of the hotel, and the entire building comes crumbling to the ground.
Honestly fuck that guy who even turned to call for security. I'm pretty sure that's one of the guys who walked in filming. You can't bring a UFC fight to the Four Seasons then expect "security" to break things up for you when it inevitably gets WAY out of hand. That's your team's problem, pal. The only help you might get is from somebody who's about to arrest everybody.
I hope at least one person working that night is a UFC fan. Or at least one person in the lobby. I'd like to think someone there realized they were observing more than just a fight. That they recognized the two UFC fighters from the jump, and truly appreciated what they were witnessing.
What a crazy move by Usman to walk right up to Merab and slap him in the face. Merab's reaction was hilarious too. Two hands on his head in utter disbelief of what was happening to him. And before he could even comprehend it, he's taking a kick from Usman's friend. Who held his own pretty damn well. I suppose it helps that his team had them outmanned, and everything about their attack was a massive fucking cheap shot. But he wound up one-on-one with Merab there for a second, and he... well, he didn't die. That's better than most humans could do.
MMA Junkie – "Usman Nurmagomedov and his friends came like snakes from behind!" Dvalishvili said, looking straight into his phone's camera. "What kind of fighters you guys are?! What kind of man does this?! If you want to fight, let's do like real way, bro! You guys came just because there's two of us, and you guys were prepared, bro! What the fck?! … That shows your guys' character, shows you're not real men! If you want to fight, let's fcking fight!"
I'm with ya, Merab. I'd say that was a pretty fucked up thing to do.
Dvalishvili has a rivalry with Usman's brother, Umar Nurmagomedov, whom he defeated in January 2025 at UFC 311. This past August, Dvalishvili had a backstage incident at RAF Georgia where he slapped Umar Nurmagomedov's friend, Ahmed Gadzhimagomedov.
That's one hell of an inter-family rivalry. I haven't purchased a UFC fight on my own in a bit, but consider Usman-Merab bought and paid for if it happens for real.