Umar Nurmagomedov is getting tired of Merab Dvalishvili talking about him in the media, and Nurmagomedov has just one request: If Dvalishvili has a problem, say it to his face.

While Dvalishvili is set to face Petr Yan in a trilogy bout for the bantamweight title in the co-main event of October’s UFC 333 event in Abu Dhabi, Nurmagomedov competes this Saturday as he faces Song Yadong in a pivotal bantamweight headliner at UFC Shanghai.

In a recent interview on The Ariel Helwani Show , Dvalishvili was asked why he got into it with a Nurmagomedov fan ahead of July’s RAF Georgia event, and the former champ began to talk about Nurmagomedov being the