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Merab Dvalishvili

“The Machine”

Bantamweight

Georgia#1 Bantamweight

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Next: vs Petr Yan · UFC 333 · Main card Sat, Oct 24 · 2:00 PM ET

21WINS

5LOSSES

0DRAWS

3KO/TKO

2SUB

16DEC

Pro MMA recordSource: UFC.com athlete profile (official)Checked 2026-10-22

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Main card Sat, Oct 24 · 2:00 PM ET · Bantamweight Title · Etihad Arena, Yas Island/Yas West, United Arab Emirates

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Tale of the tape

Age: 35 · born Jan 10, 1991 UFC.com
Height: 5′6″ 168 cm UFC.com
Reach: 68″ 173 cm UFC.com
Leg reach: 38″ 97 cm UFC.com
Stance: Orthodox UFCStats
Weight class: Bantamweight UFC.com
UFC ranking: #1 Bantamweight UFC.com
Fighting style: Freestyle UFC.com
Team / gym: Syndicate MMA UFC.com
Born: Tbilisi, Georgia UFC.com
Fights out of / flag: Georgia UFC.com
UFC debut: Dec. 9, 2017 UFC.com

UFC.com: UFC.com athlete profile (official) · checked 2026-10-22 · UFCStats: UFCStats.com fighter page (data via the public ufcstats.com mirror, snapshot 2026-10-18)

UFC career stats

42%Striking accuracy1322 of 3181 landed

5%Takedown accuracy17⚑ of 338 landed

4.42Sig. strikes landedper min

2.8Sig. strikes absorbedper min

54%Striking defense

5.97Takedownsper 15 min

76%Takedown defense

0.35Submission attemptsper 15 min

0.05Knockdownsper 15 min

17:36Average fight time

Sig. strikes by position

Standing841 64%

Clinch197 15%

Ground284 21%

Sig. strikes by target

Head880 67%

Body229 17%

Leg213 16%

⚑ = UFC.com and UFCStats disagree on this number. We show the official UFC.com figure and have flagged it for review.

Source: UFC.com athlete profile (official) (UFC stats are for UFC bouts only) · checked 2026-10-22

UFC fight history 17 bouts

Res	Opponent	Method	Rd	Time	Event	Date
L	Petr Yan	Decision - Unanimous	5	5:00	UFC 323: Dvalishvili vs. Yan 2	Dec 6, 2025	↗
W	Cory Sandhagen	Decision - Unanimous	5	5:00	UFC 320: Ankalaev vs. Pereira 2	Oct 4, 2025	↗
W	Sean O'Malley	Submission	3	4:42	UFC 316: Dvalishvili vs. O'Malley 2	Jun 7, 2025	↗
W	Umar Nurmagomedov	Decision - Unanimous	5	5:00	UFC 311: Makhachev vs. Moicano	Jan 18, 2025	↗
W	Sean O'Malley	Decision - Unanimous	5	5:00	UFC 306: Riyadh Season Noche UFC	Sep 14, 2024	↗
W	Henry Cejudo	Decision - Unanimous	3	5:00	UFC 298: Volkanovski vs. Topuria	Feb 17, 2024	↗
W	Petr Yan	Decision - Unanimous	5	5:00	UFC Fight Night: Yan vs. Dvalishvili	Mar 11, 2023	↗
W	Jose Aldo	Decision - Unanimous	3	5:00	UFC 278: Usman vs. Edwards	Aug 20, 2022	↗
W	Marlon Moraes	KO/TKO	2	4:25	UFC 266: Volkanovski vs. Ortega	Sep 25, 2021	↗
W	Cody Stamann	Decision - Unanimous	3	5:00	UFC Fight Night: Reyes vs. Prochazka	May 1, 2021	↗
W	John Dodson	Decision - Unanimous	3	5:00	UFC 252: Miocic vs. Cormier 3	Aug 15, 2020	↗
W	Gustavo Lopez	Decision - Unanimous	3	5:00	UFC Fight Night: Eye vs. Calvillo	Jun 13, 2020	↗
W	Casey Kenney	Decision - Unanimous	3	5:00	UFC Fight Night: Anderson vs. Blachowicz	Feb 15, 2020	↗
W	Brad Katona	Decision - Unanimous	3	5:00	UFC Fight Night: Iaquinta vs. Cowboy	May 4, 2019	↗
W	Terrion Ware	Decision - Unanimous	3	5:00	UFC Fight Night: Hunt vs. Oleinik	Sep 15, 2018	↗
L	Ricky Simon	Submission	3	5:00	UFC Fight Night: Barboza vs. Lee	Apr 21, 2018	↗
L	Frankie Saenz	Decision - Split	3	5:00	UFC Fight Night: Swanson vs. Ortega	Dec 9, 2017	↗

UFC bouts only. Source: UFCStats.com bout pages (via the public mirror, snapshot 2026-10-18) · checked 2026-10-22. Bouts outside the UFC aren’t listed because we only republish history we can trace to an official source.