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UFC bantamweight champion Merab Dvalishvili would prefer a full training camp to fight Umar Nurmagomedov.

Dvalishvili (18-4 MMA, 11-2 UFC) claimed the 135-pound title when he defeated Sean O’Malley (18-2 MMA, 10-2 UFC) by unanimous decision at UFC 306 in September. No. 1 contender Nurmagomedov has been pestering him about a fight date, but Dvalishvili said he’s willing to fight him in March – when Nurmagomedov can’t compete due to Ramadan.

But what rubbed Nurmagomedov (18-0 MMA, 6-0 UFC) and many others wrong was Dvalishvili offering O’Malley a rematch in November. Dvalishvili explains the reasoning behind his callout.

“I already fought him, and it’s easy to come back because we’re both in the same situation,” Dvalishvili told MMA Junkie on rematching O’Malley. “We both fought on Sept. 14, and we would both step back on the same day. But when somebody else has been ready for me, preparing for me, that’s a different story.

“With O’Malley, it’s easy because we’re both in the same situation. That’s why I told him we could do a quick turnaround for November. That shouldn’t be a problem because I was ready to fight O’Malley or ‘Chito’ Vera three weeks after I beat Henry Cejudo, but to fight somebody new, somebody with a different style. Yeah, I need time. I need two or three months.”

Dvalishvili revealed that the UFC mentioned December for his first title defense against Nurmagomedov, but he told them it was too early. He’s willing to compromise and fight early next year but is a little bothered about the criticism – considering that he just became champion a little over a month ago.

“I think February I’ll be ready,” Dvalishvili said. “I would like to fight February, so that’s it, and I want to fight three times next year. I want to be busy, but I just became champion, and I don’t understand why they want me to – I just want to relax.”

JUDE BELLINGHAM’s brother was at the centre of a heated brawl after Sunderland beat Luton Town.

Jobe Bellingham clashed with the Hatters’ goalkeeper Thomas Kaminski at full-time.

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Many more players joined in as the tensions escalated at Kenilworth Road.

Bellingham and his Sunderland team-mate Luke O’Nien, as well as Luton’s Carlton Morris and Tom Holmes, ended the night in the book.

But it was Sunderland’s night after they survived a gruelling first-half examination at the hands of the Hatters, who should have been ahead at the break.

The Town’s failure to cash in rebounded as Chris Rigg, 17, fired the visitors ahead ten minutes into the second half.

Luton made things difficult again when Elijah Adebayo headed his first of the season eight minutes later but the Black Cats got the cream when Mundle shot home in the 66th minute.

Sunderland, chasing their second away win in four days after Sunday’s victory at Hull, were first into the attack with just a minute on the clock with a shot from Dan Neil.

Seconds later, Belgian stopper Thomas Kaminski saved Alan Browne’s close-range goalbound back-heel with a leg.

Luton, tails up after Saturday’s 3-0 win over derby rivals Watford, survived that nervy spell and went close with a shot by striker Morris.

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This was breathless, all- action stuff, and Sunderland came under severe pressure midway through the half.

First, Mackems keeper Anthony Patterson intervened to stop a header from home centre-back Mark McGuiness squeezing in under the bar.

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That was from Alfie Doughty’s left-wing corner. Within seconds, Doughty’s next corner set up McGuinness for another header — and this time the ball hit the bar.

Luton thought they had found a way through deep into first-half added time when Morris swept home yet another Doughty corner — but Town midfielder Jordan Clark was standing well offside.

Two minutes into the second half, Patterson kept the score level with a save from Adebayo’s close-range header out after Clark’s cross from the right found the big striker.

But Sunderland took the lead on 55 minutes.

For once, Luton slackened their grip in midfield as Tahith Chong lost possession and Browne’s header sent Rigg on a run.

As he headed towards the left of the area, the teenager swivelled and fired home a low left-foot shot.

But Luton levelled eight minutes later. That man Doughty was at the root of things again, firing in a free-kick from the right

Morris met it just past the far post and volleyed across goal for Adebayo to head home.

Sunderland grabbed back the lead six minutes later. Chong claimed he had been fouled, ref Tom Nield disagreed, and Neil set up Mundle for a run across the box that ended with a low finish.

Robert Whittaker won’t walk into the cage Saturday expecting Khamzat Chimaev to gas out early in their five-round middleweight clash in the co-main event of UFC 308 in Abu Dhabi.

Chimaev was victorious in all seven of his octagon appearances so far with five dominant finishes, but has clearly slowed down in both fights that went the distance, against Gilbert Burns and a last-minute replacement Kamaru Usman. Whittaker, however, is 9-1 in fights that have gone the distance since moving up to middleweight in 2014.

“I am expecting him to come out hard and aggressive from the first second to the last, and I have prepared accordingly for that,” Whittaker said during the UFC 308 media day. “I’ve prepared for the hardest fight of my life, to start extremely hard, like sprinting for the first five to 10 minutes, but also drag it out to five minutes. I’m ready to sprint for 25 minutes if so. I’m coming in for war.”

“He’s had such success with his really hard starting fighting approach,” he added. “Regardless whether he gassed or not, he still won those fights pretty handily, and then it was due to the amount of dominance he had in those first rounds. I’m expecting the best version of himself. I’m expecting a guy that comes out hard and a guy that will last. I’m prepared for it. I’ve trained for it. I’m not going to train thinking that if I get out of the first round it’s game over. I’m preparing for the best version he can offer me, a super soldier. I’ve done that.”

The UFC opted to book Whittaker vs. Chimaev as a five-rounder even with no belt attached, and the former 185-pound champion said he was not the one making the request.

“Why would I do that? Five rounds is so much harder than three rounds,” Whittaker said with a laugh. “I know I’ve had a lot of them, but they’re not fun. It kind of just worked out this way. But I don’t know. I’m in the fight game. If you want me to fight for three rounds, five rounds, 10 rounds, I’m going to train for it, prepare for it, and I’ll turn up.”

Whittaker doesn’t not rule out finishing Chimaev early, though, like he’s done to Ikram Aliskerov, who stepped in as a replacement for the Chechen fighter back in June.

“I look to go into this fight hunting, much like I planned to last fight,” Whittaker said. “I look to do again this fight. I’m the hunter in this fight. I’m the predator and I’m gonna be looking for him.”

Whittaker hopes to re-insert himself in the title conversation with a victory Saturday, his third since losing to future champion Dricus Du Plessis. The UFC is set to return to Australia on February 8, and the New Zealander could be part of the card.

“Since the Dricus loss I had a bit of a wake up call,” Whittaker said. “I made some changes. Inside, outside the gym. We just sat down and we ripped in. We worked hard, we worked harder than ever, and you can see the results of that work show itself in every fight this year. Every fight I’ve gotten better. I’ve started to back myself more, the confidence I take in the victories that I’ve had. I’m coming into this fight, all cylinders firing.”