{"id":34727,"date":"2026-11-14T11:16:27","date_gmt":"2026-11-14T11:16:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mmaallout.com\/?p=34727"},"modified":"2026-11-14T11:16:27","modified_gmt":"2026-11-14T11:16:27","slug":"merab-dvalishvili-makes-statement-after-being-released-from-custody","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mmaallout.com\/?p=34727","title":{"rendered":"Merab Dvalishvili makes statement after being released from custody"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Usman Nurmagomedov and a group of associates in Abu Dhabi ambushed former UFC bantamweight champion Merab Dvalishvili and a friend in a hotel lobby earlier this week. Video of the incident has emerged and authorities worked quick to detain and sentence those involved. <\/p>\n

Dvalishvili was initially detained but later released after paying a fine. On ‘Friday, “The Machine” released a statement addressing the wild altercation. <\/p>\n

“Just want to let everyone know I have been released and I am good,healthy and ready to go,” he wrote on X. “I want to thank everyone in Abu Dhabi for your help in resolving this matter. I love visiting Abu Dhabi and am happy to be welcomed. I do hope that they release everyone – i would not press charges. I want peace and the best for all. Thanks everyone for your love and support.”<\/p>\n

Just want to let everyone know I have been released and I am good,healthy and ready to go . I want to thank everyone in Abu Dhabi for your help in resolving this matter. I love visiting Abu Dhabi and am happy to be welcomed. I do hope that they release everyone – i would not…<\/p>\n

— Merab “The Machine” Dvalishvili (@MerabDvalishvil) November 13, 2026<\/p>\n

Dvalishvili last fought at UFC 333 on October 24, losing to current champion Petr Yan in a trilogy bout. He was in Abu Dhabi to make his RAF return against former UFC title challenger Marlon Moraes. <\/p>\n


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Usman Nurmagomedov and a group of associates in Abu Dhabi ambushed former UFC bantamweight champion Merab Dvalishvili and a friend in a hotel lobby earlier this week. Video of the incident has emerged and authorities worked quick to detain and sentence those involved. Dvalishvili was initially detained but later released after paying a fine. On ‘Friday, “The Machine”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":34728,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24],"tags":[9661,251,88,2266,456],"class_list":["post-34727","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","tag-custody","tag-dvalishvili","tag-merab","tag-released","tag-statement"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmaallout.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34727","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmaallout.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmaallout.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmaallout.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmaallout.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=34727"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mmaallout.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34727\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmaallout.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/34728"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmaallout.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=34727"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmaallout.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=34727"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmaallout.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=34727"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}