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Merab Dvalishvili
“The Machine”
GeorgiaBantamweightActiveage 35
21-6
78% win rate
L2 streak
Peak Vertex
2025-06-07 → 2025-06-0797held 4 bouts-36 vs current
Bouts at peak
- Wvs · Sub · 2025-06-07
Eased since the peak
Career timeline
Each dot is a fight — green wins, red losses, larger dots are title fights. Hover for details, click to open the bout.
- Win
- Loss
- Draw / No contest
- Title
14 wins4 losseslast 5: L L W W Wdrag to scroll · 1993–2026
Key stats
Six attributes derived from striking, grappling, and finishing rates.
Striking heatmap
Significant strikes by target zone, aggregated across all UFC rounds.
Round-by-round averages
Average values per round across the selected fights — toggle metrics below.
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Metrics
| Metric | R1(18) | R2(18) | R3(17) | R4(6) | R5(6) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sig Str landed | 19.8 | 21.8 | 21.1 | 30.3 | 28.3 |
| Sig Str absorbed | 14.7 | 12.1 | 11.6 | 22.3 | 25.3 |
| Takedowns landed | 1.67 | 2.35 | 1.72 | 1.33 | 2.50 |
| Takedowns absorbed | 0.00 | 0.33 | 0.18 | 0.17 | 0.33 |
| Control time | 1:29 | 2:07 | 1:51 | 1:14 | 1:04 |
Fight history
Career UFC bouts in reverse chronological order.
- UFC 3332026-10-24L·U-Dec·R5 · 5:00
- UFC 323: Dvalishvili vs. Yan 22025-12-06L·U-Dec·R5 · 5:00
- UFC 320: Ankalaev vs. Pereira 22025-10-04W·U-Dec·R5 · 5:00
- UFC 316: Dvalishvili vs. O'Malley 22025-06-07W·Sub·R3 · 4:42
- UFC 311: Makhachev vs. Moicano2025-01-18W·U-Dec·R5 · 5:00
- UFC 306: Riyadh Season Noche UFC2024-09-14W·U-Dec·R5 · 5:00
- UFC 298: Volkanovski vs. Topuria2024-02-17W·U-Dec·R3 · 5:00
- UFC Fight Night: Yan vs. Dvalishvili2023-03-11vsPetr YanW·U-Dec·R5 · 5:00
- UFC 278: Usman vs. Edwards2022-08-20W·U-Dec·R3 · 5:00
- UFC 266: Volkanovski vs. Ortega2021-09-25W·KO·R2 · 4:25
- UFC Fight Night: Reyes vs. Prochazka2021-05-01W·U-Dec·R3 · 5:00
- UFC 252: Miocic vs. Cormier 32020-08-15W·U-Dec·R3 · 5:00
- UFC Fight Night: Eye vs. Calvillo2020-06-13W·U-Dec·R3 · 5:00
- UFC Fight Night: Anderson vs. Blachowicz2020-02-15W·U-Dec·R3 · 5:00
- UFC Fight Night: Iaquinta vs. Cowboy2019-05-04W·U-Dec·R3 · 5:00
- UFC Fight Night: Hunt vs. Oleinik2018-09-15W·U-Dec·R3 · 5:00
- UFC Fight Night: Barboza vs. Lee2018-04-21L·Sub·R3 · 5:00
- UFC Fight Night: Swanson vs. Ortega2017-12-09L·S-Dec·R3 · 5:00
In the news
Recent MMA headlines that mention this fighter.
- Sherdog
Petr Yan, the UFC bantamweight champion, has expressed little enthusiasm for the current state of his division ahead of his trilogy bout against Merab Dvalishvili at UFC 333 on October 24.
- MMA Fighting
Petr Yan returns to face Merab Dvalishvili in a trilogy bout at UFC 333 on October 24, nearly a year after reclaiming the bantamweight title from his rival in April.
- Sherdog
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