KevinVallejos wants to team up with AljamainSterling before they collide inside the Ultimate Fighting Championship Octagon.
Vallejos (18-1) and Sterling (26-5) are scheduled to fight atUFC Qatar on Nov. 21. However, following the recent altercationbetween Sterling’s close friend and teammate MerabDvalishvili and UsmanNurmagomedov at an Abu Dhabi hotel, Vallejos jokingly asked”Funk Master” to join him in avenging Dvalishvili.
Kevin Vallejos’ message to Aljamain Sterling following MerabDvalishvili-Usman Nurmagomedov Abu Dhabi altercation
Dvalishvili was jumped by Nurmagomedov and his entourage while theformer UFC bantamweight champion was shooting a video. Nurmagomedovslapped Dvalishvili and an all-out brawl ensued. “The Machine”later took to social media to reveal cuts and bruises he sustainedduring the altercation.
Reacting to the same, Vallejos asked Sterling where he was so theycould “beat up the bad guys.”
“We are in Qatar,” Vallejos wrote on X. “Sterling where are you?Let’s go to Abu Dhabi and beat up the bad guys.”
While Vallejos’ response to the viral incident is light-hearted,other fighters slammed Nurmagomedov for his actions, includingIliaTopuria, SeanStrickland, GilbertBurns and DakotaDitcheva.
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