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Merab Dvalishvili
“The Machine”
Rank 7 - UFC Men's Pound-for-Pound
Champion - UFC Bantamweight
Age: 33 | Jan 10, 1991
Nationality: Georgia
Weight Class: Bantamweight
Height: 5'6"
Weight: 135 lbs
Professional Record
| 22 fights | 18 wins | 4 losses |
|---|---|---|
| KO/TKOs | 3 | 0 |
| Submissions | 1 | 1 |
| Decisions | 14 | 3 |
Fight Details
| Result | Record | Opponent | Event | Date | Method | Referee | Round | Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WIN | 18 - 4 | Sean O'Malley | UFC 306 - Noche UFC: O'Malley vs. Dvalishvili | September 14, 2024 | Decision (Unanimous) | Herb Dean | 5 | 5:00 |
| WIN | 17 - 4 | Henry Cejudo | UFC 298 - Volkanovski vs. Topuria | February 17, 2024 | Decision (Unanimous) | Jonathan Romero | 3 | 5:00 |
| WIN | 16 - 4 | Petr Yan | UFC Fight Night 221 - Yan vs. Dvalishvili | March 11, 2023 | Decision (Unanimous) | Herb Dean | 5 | 5:00 |
| WIN | 15 - 4 | Jose Aldo | UFC 278 - Usman vs. Edwards 2 | August 20, 2022 | Decision (Unanimous) | Jason Herzog | 3 | 5:00 |
| WIN | 14 - 4 | Marlon Moraes | UFC 266 - Volkanovski vs. Ortega | September 25, 2021 | TKO (Punches) | Keith Peterson | 2 | 4:25 |
| WIN | 13 - 4 | Cody Stamann | UFC on ESPN 23 - Reyes vs. Prochazka | May 01, 2021 | Decision (Unanimous) | Chris Tognoni | 3 | 5:00 |
| WIN | 12 - 4 | John Dodson | UFC 252 - Miocic vs. Cormier 3 | August 15, 2020 | Decision (Unanimous) | Chris Tognoni | 3 | 5:00 |
| WIN | 11 - 4 | Gustavo Lopez | UFC on ESPN 10 - Eye vs. Calvillo | June 13, 2020 | Decision (Unanimous) | Mark Smith | 3 | 5:00 |
| WIN | 10 - 4 | Casey Kenney | UFC Fight Night 167 - Anderson vs. Blachowicz 2 | February 15, 2020 | Decision (Unanimous) | Joe Coca | 3 | 5:00 |
| WIN | 9 - 4 | Brad Katona | UFC Fight Night 151 - Iaquinta vs. Cowboy | May 04, 2019 | Decision (Unanimous) | Kevin MacDonald | 3 | 5:00 |
| WIN | 8 - 4 | Terrion Ware | UFC Fight Night 136 - Hunt vs. Oleynik | September 15, 2018 | Decision (Unanimous) | Vyacheslav Kiselev | 3 | 5:00 |
| LOSS | 7 - 4 | Ricky Simon | UFC Fight Night 128 - Barboza vs. Lee | April 21, 2018 | Technical Submission (Guillotine Choke) | Liam Kerrigan | 3 | 5:00 |
| LOSS | 7 - 3 | Frankie Saenz | UFC Fight Night 123 - Swanson vs. Ortega | December 09, 2017 | Decision (Split) | Frank Trigg | 3 | 5:00 |
| WIN | 7 - 2 | Raufeon Stots | ROC 59 - Ring of Combat 59 | June 02, 2017 | KO (Spinning Backfist) | Vitor Ribeiro | 1 | 0:15 |
| WIN | 6 - 2 | Sukhrob Aydarbekov | ROC 58 - Ring of Combat 58 | February 24, 2017 | Submission (Armbar) | Keith Peterson | 2 | 4:14 |
| WIN | 5 - 2 | Tony Gravely | ROC 57 - Ring of Combat 57 | November 18, 2016 | Decision (Unanimous) | Gasper Oliver | 3 | 4:00 |
| WIN | 4 - 2 | Paul Grant | ROC 56 - Ring of Combat 56 | September 23, 2016 | Decision (Unanimous) | Vitor Ribeiro | 3 | 4:00 |
| WIN | 3 - 2 | Matt Tullos | CES MMA 36 - Andrews vs. Muro | June 10, 2016 | Decision (Unanimous) | Dan Miragliotta | 3 | 5:00 |
| WIN | 2 - 2 | Geoffrey Then | CES MMA 34 - Curtis vs. Burrell | April 01, 2016 | Decision (Unanimous) | Dan Miragliotta | 3 | 5:00 |
| LOSS | 1 - 2 | Ricky Bandejas | CFFC 43 - Webb vs. Good | November 01, 2014 | Decision (Unanimous) | Gasper Oliver | 3 | 5:00 |
| WIN | 1 - 1 | Dennis Dombrow | ROC 49 - Ring of Combat 49 | September 20, 2014 | TKO (Punches) | Keith Peterson | 3 | 0:50 |
| LOSS | 0 - 1 | Darren Mima | ROC 47 - Ring of Combat 47 | January 24, 2014 | Decision (Majority) | Liam Kerrigan | 3 | 4:00 |
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UFC Bantamweight Rankings
- 15Montel Jackson
(14 - 2 - 0)
Merab Dvalishvili(18 - 4 - 0)
- 1Sean O'Malley
(18 - 2 - 1)
- 2Umar Nurmagomedov
(18 - 0 - 0)
- 3Petr Yan
(17 - 5 - 0)
- 4Cory Sandhagen
(17 - 5 - 0)
- 5Deiveson Figueiredo
(24 - 3 - 1)
- 6Henry Cejudo
(16 - 4 - 0)
- 7Marlon Vera
(23 - 10 - 1)
- 8Yadong Song
(21 - 8 - 2)
- 9Rob Font
(20 - 8 - 0)
- 10Jose Aldo
(32 - 8 - 0)
- 11Mario Bautista
(14 - 2 - 0)
- 12Kyler Phillips
(12 - 2 - 0)
- 13Jonathan Martinez
(19 - 5 - 0)
- 14Dominick Cruz
(24 - 4 - 0)
