Khvicha Kvaratskhelia: Merab, Saba, thank you—we stand with you! Once again, you have shown the world what it means to be Georgian, to be a man, and to be a human being - unlike those who cowardly tried to overpower you by sneaking up from behind in an unfair confrontation

They tried to overpower you in a cowardly, unfair manner, by sneaking up from behind. That is not how men behave. Naturally, they failed—and they will never succeed against Georgians. This is how Georgian footballer Khvicha Kvaratskhelia reacted on social media to the attack on Georgian UFC fighter Merab Dvalishvili in Abu Dhabi.

"Merab, Saba, thank you—we stand with you! Once again, you have shown the world what it means to be Georgian, to be a man, and to be a human being—unlike those who cowardly tried to overpower you by sneaking up from behind in an unfair confrontation. That is not how men behave; naturally, they failed—and they will never succeed against Georgians," writes Khvicha Kvaratskhelia.

As a reminder, while an interview was being recorded in Abu Dhabi, Russian MMA fighter Usman Nurmagomedov—accompanied by others—attacked Merab Dvalishvili and Saba Lazishvili. Merab Dvalishvili himself shared this information, and footage of the attack later surfaced on social media.