Merab Dvalishvili and Umar Nurmagomedov put on an instant classic for the bantamweight title this past weekend at UFC 311.

Following the five-round clash where "The Machine" retained his belt, both men revealed that they had to deal with some injuries before hearing the final bell sound.

Nurmagomedov said in his post-fight interview with Joe Rogan that he believed he had broken his hand in the first round which limited his striking throughout the contest.

In his post-fight press conference, Dvalishvili responded to this by talking about the adversity that he faced before even stepping inside the Octagon:

“I broke my back in training camp and it was some days I cannot get up from the bed,” Dvalishvili said. “I was laid down and I don’t have a training camp and I don’t have a Khabib Nurmagomedov to help me to train. Some days the P.I. was closed. It was Christmas and it was New Year’s and weekends and it happened a couple of times Umar was there and the security goes, ‘I’m sorry. We cannot let you go in.’

“I’m not making this excuse. You’re a f****** fighter and you’ve got to find a way to win. It might happen, maybe, I don’t know, but after he disrespected me, he said so many bullshit things. I don’t know, as a fighter I respect him. God bless him, I wish him all the best, but it’s a fight, but guess what? Who broke his hand?”

Dvalishvili went on to address a common talking point throughout fight week which was in relation to a cut on his leg that fortunately healed before Saturday night came around.

Despite his injuries and the short preparation time, the champion took this fight to prove a point and he certainly did that with an incredible display from the defending champion.

“In November, I got big cuts on my leg,” Dvalishvili said. “This just healed up Wednesday and closed, finally. It was big cuts, it was taking so long to heal up, and then it gets infected, and then every time somebody touch me and I was doing wrestling or kicking, it was so painful. That was a challenge for this training camp.”

“Then I had this fight and I’m laid down in my bed, I’m depressed, I cannot go gym,” he continued. “Umar Nurmagomedov is talking trash, ‘Merab will pull out. I won’t be surprised if Merab pull out.’ I’m like, ‘No! I’m not going to pull out.’ I never pull out.”

Watch the full post-event press conference below: