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Farah Hannoun

Dana White reacts to Merab Dvalishvili removing his own stitches: ‘I think he’s just f*cking with me now’

LAS VEGAS – Dana White thinks Merab Dvalishvili is trolling him at this point.

The UFC CEO called Dvalishvili “next-level stupid” last week for revealing that he suffered a cut less than a month out from his title fight against bantamweight champion Sean O’Malley (18-1 MMA, 10-1 UFC), which headlines UFC 306 on Sept. 14 at Sphere in Las Vegas.

Dvalishvili (17-4 MMA, 10-2 UFC) took it up a notch this week by posting another update on social media – this time a video of him removing his own stitches. White couldn’t help but react when asked for his thoughts.

“Isn’t he awesome? I think he’s just f*cking with me now, to be honest with you,” White told MMA Junkie and other reporters Tuesday after DWCS 69. “Do what you want. Have you ever seen the scissors they take stitches out with? They’re tiny, and they have that thing on there so you don’t cut yourself. They can slide them up under the stitches and you don’t cut yourself, and this dude had f*cking bush shears that he was using, that you trim your f*cking bushes with, that gardeners use. Whatever, good for him.”

Dvalishvili insists there’s no cause for concern, chalking up the cut to a “little training injury.”

For more on the card, visit MMA Junkie’s event hub for UFC 306.

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