Merab Dvalishvili did not appear at RAF Abu Dhabi's pre-match press conference on Thursday, following his arrest along with Usman Nurmagomedov and eight others. Dvalishvili was ambushed by Nurmagomedov and several others as he gave an interview in the lobby of an Abu Dhabi hotel on Wednesday. Abu Dhabi Police said that eight people involved had been arrested, along with two others who had filmed the incident, and referred them to the Public Prosecutor.