Merab Dvalishvili is back within the gym, having fun after losing his UFC bantamweight title.
‘The Machine’ was shockingly outworked and outpointed by Petr Yan at UFC 323 on December 6.
Merab Dvalishvili‘s legendary run at 135lbs means he’ll almost actually get an instantaneous rematch in 2026.
So, he’s decided to remain busy by moving around with Facebook billionaire and MMA fanatic Mark Zuckerberg.
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Merab Dvalishvili spars Mark Zuckerberg
Earlier this 12 months, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg shared a sparring session with Alex Pereira.
The UFC light heavyweight champion was clearly taking it easy and trying not to harm Zuckerberg.
Merab Dvalishvili pulled his punches, but his spar with the tech mogul was rather more real.
11 minutes of footage from their three-round training session has gone viral on social media.
It shows Dvalishvili landing real shots on his overmatched but all the time improving opponent.
Zuckerberg managed to land a few takedowns on the Georgian fighter famous for his wrestling.
Dvalishvili made him pay for his ambition with a Stockton Slap that Nate Diaz could be happy with.
Dana White warns trolls about Mark Zuckerberg
Mark Zuckerberg has been training in various martial arts for the reason that COVID-19 pandemic in 2020.
Still, the 41-year-old is usually ridiculed by fans who don’t imagine he can actually fight.
Dana White warned trolls of Zuckerberg’s fighting pedigree as he defended his friend in November.
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Dana White believes the Facebook billionaire would beat up all of his haters. 👀
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“People talk s— about (Mark) Zuckerberg, Zuckerberg is an ideal athlete,” the UFC CEO said. “He trains in MMA, he surfs, he does all this s—. You already know, everybody — Zuckerberg will beat the s— out of you, okay?
“Everybody thinks he’s some computer nerd, Mark Zuckerberg will beat the living s— out of you. All these guys that talk stuff about him on the web, yeah, he’ll kick your a–.”
“The moral of the story is, all of you, you recognize, telephone tough guys and web tough guys that talk s— about Mark Zuckerberg, Zuckerberg will beat the s— out of each one in all you.”
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