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Merab Dvalishvili
“The Machine”
GeorgiaBantamweightActiveage 35
21-5
81% win rate
L1 streak
Peak Vertex
2025-06-07 → 2025-06-0797held 4 bouts-20 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 wins3 losseslast 5: L W W W Wdrag to scroll · 1993–2025
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(17) | R2(17) | R3(16) | R4(5) | R5(5) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sig Str landed | 20.5 | 21.7 | 20.5 | 30.6 | 26.0 |
| Sig Str absorbed | 15.2 | 11.8 | 10.9 | 21.0 | 20.0 |
| Takedowns landed | 1.71 | 2.25 | 1.82 | 1.60 | 3.00 |
| Takedowns absorbed | 0.00 | 0.35 | 0.19 | 0.20 | 0.40 |
| Control time | 1:32 | 2:11 | 1:57 | 1:29 | 1:16 |
Fight history
Career UFC bouts in reverse chronological order.
- 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.
- MMA Fighting
Sean O'Malley is prepared to wait for a title shot against Petr Yan, calling a potential rematch between the two the biggest fight in bantamweight history. O'Malley earned his second consecutive…
- Sherdog
A backstage altercation at RAF Georgia's press conference has drawn criticism from multiple fighters in the Dagestani camp after bantamweight contender Merab Dvalishvili struck a friend of UFC…
- MMA Fighting
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