Vallejos Offers Sterling Help After Dvalishvili Attack

Kevin Vallejos has offered to help Aljamain Sterling avenge his close friend and training partner Merab Dvalishvili following a hotel altercation in Abu Dhabi.

Vallejos and Sterling are set to meet at UFC Qatar on Nov. 21, but the Argentine featherweight took to social media with a tongue-in-cheek proposal after Dvalishvili was slapped and attacked by Usman Nurmagomedov and his team. Per a Sherdog report, Vallejos posted on X asking Sterling to skip their upcoming bout and join forces instead.

"We are in Qatar. Sterling where are you? Let's go to Abu Dhabi and beat up the bad guys," Vallejos wrote, tagging his scheduled opponent.

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The former UFC bantamweight champion was shooting a video when Nurmagomedov confronted him and the situation escalated into a brawl. Dvalishvili later shared images on social media showing cuts and bruising from the incident.

While Vallejos kept his response light, other fighters including Ilia Topuria, Sean Strickland, Gilbert Burns and Dakota Ditcheva criticised Nurmagomedov for the attack. Sterling, who trains alongside Dvalishvili at Serra-Longo Fight Team, has yet to respond publicly to his opponent's offer.

UFC Qatar goes ahead Nov. 21 with Vallejos entering the octagon at 18-1 and Sterling carrying a 26-5 record.

Reported via:

• Sherdog — Aljamain Sterling's next UFC opponent wants to help his friend Merab Dvalishvili