Ray Longo on Merab Dvalishvili's Broken Nose

Ray Longo isn't sugarcoating it — Merab's nose looks like it's going to bleed the moment it takes a clean shot, and Merab CHOSE not to fix it before the fight. That's the kind of mentality that separates elite fighters from everyone else. Longo respects the toughness but he's keeping it real about the optics and the risk. A nose that opens up early can change the course of a whole fight. We'll see if it becomes a factor.