Someone got a massive tattoo of Merab Dvalishvili (Photo)
By Amy Kaplan
No. 1 ranked bantamweight Merab Dvalishvili has a dedicated super fan.
On Monday, he shared a photo of what appears to be a woman's leg with the entire leg below the knee covered in a realistic tattoo of the UFC fighter.
"Tattoo of an unknown Italian lady. With a picture of me," he wrote in Georgian (translated by Facebook). He then wrote in English, "Awesome Tattoo! Thanks to whoever did this."
უცნობი იტალიელი ქალბატონის ტატუ. ჩემი გამოსახულებით… 🙏🦾 Awesome Tattoo! Thanks to whoever did this. 👌
Posted by Merab "The Machine" Dvalishvili on Monday, July 24, 2023
Dvalishvili is currently sidelined recovering from surgery as he helps his best friend and UFC bantamweight champion Aljamain Sterling prepare to fight Sean O'Malley.
He should be the next in line for the title but a pact between friends who agreed to never fight has stalled his hopes of being the first Georgian UFC champion.
Dvalishvili is riding a nine-fight win streak with victories over Petry Yan, Jose Aldo, and Marlon Moraes, among others. He's been angling for a fight with former champion Henry Cejudo, who is coming off a loss to Sterling and Cejudo seems keen as well, but they must wait for his injury to heal before any fight can be made.
Fans getting UFC-related tattoos is nothing new, if you google "Conor McGregor tattoo" you'll plenty of fan tattoos of the former two-division champion, and champions like Israel Adesanya are often sharing tattoos of themselves they come across.
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