Merab Dvalishvili
17 UFC Fights | 82% Win Rate | 2 Finishes (14%)
Merab Dvalishvili UFC Record & Pro MMA Record
Merab Dvalishvili is 14-3 in the UFC across 17 fights, with 1 win by knockout, 1 by submission and 12 by decision. The full pro MMA record is 21-5, 7-2 of it outside the UFC. Dvalishvili competes at bantamweight as an orthodox complete fighter, standing 5'6" with a 68" reach at 35 years old. The last bout was a loss to Petr Yan by decision in Dec 2025.
Best attribute: takedown offense (takedowns landed per fight) — 99th percentile among 182 bantamweight fighters (7.0/fight).
Merab Dvalishvili's UFC win rate is 82% (14 of 17 fights), and 14% of those wins came by finish. Dvalishvili averages 7.0 takedowns per fight at 35% accuracy and stops 76% of opponents' takedown attempts.
- Pro MMA Record
- 21-5
- UFC Record
- 14-3
- Height
- 5'6"
- Reach
- 68"
- Age
- 35
- Stance
- Orthodox
- Last Fight
- L vs Petr Yan · Decision · Dec 2025
Pro record from Sherdog (snapshot 2026-07-03) plus every UFC bout since; UFC record from UFCStats.
Merab Dvalishvili's Last 5 Fights
Dvalishvili is 4-1 in the last five UFC fights.
- Loss vs Petr Yan · Decision · R5 5:00 · UFC 323: Dvalishvili vs. Yan 2 · Dec 2025
- Win vs Cory Sandhagen · Decision · R5 5:00 · UFC 320: Ankalaev vs. Pereira 2 · Oct 2025
- Win vs Sean O'Malley · Submission · R3 4:42 · UFC 316: Dvalishvili vs. O'Malley 2 · Jun 2025
- Win vs Umar Nurmagomedov · Decision · R5 5:00 · UFC 311: Makhachev vs. Moicano · Jan 2025
- Win vs Sean O'Malley · Decision · R5 5:00 · UFC 306: Riyadh Season Noche UFC · Sep 2024
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Round-by-Round Output
Sig. Strikes Landed per Round — Merab Dvalishvili vs Average
Merab Dvalishvili lands 20.5 strikes in R1 but 23.5 in R3+ — output increases in later rounds.
Merab Dvalishvili's UFC Fight History
17 UFC fights on record (14-3), most recent first.
| Result | Opponent | Method | Rd · Time | Event | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| L★ | Petr Yan | Decision | R5 · 5:00 | UFC 323: Dvalishvili vs. Yan 2 | 2025-12-06 |
| W★ | Cory Sandhagen | Decision | R5 · 5:00 | UFC 320: Ankalaev vs. Pereira 2 | 2025-10-04 |
| W★ | Sean O'Malley | Submission | R3 · 4:42 | UFC 316: Dvalishvili vs. O'Malley 2 | 2025-06-07 |
| W★ | Umar Nurmagomedov | Decision | R5 · 5:00 | UFC 311: Makhachev vs. Moicano | 2025-01-18 |
| W★ | Sean O'Malley | Decision | R5 · 5:00 | UFC 306: Riyadh Season Noche UFC | 2024-09-14 |
| W | Henry Cejudo | Decision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC 298: Volkanovski vs. Topuria | 2024-02-17 |
| W | Petr Yan | Decision | R5 · 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Yan vs. Dvalishvili | 2023-03-11 |
| W | Jose Aldo | Decision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC 278: Usman vs. Edwards | 2022-08-20 |
| W | Marlon Moraes | KO/TKO | R2 · 4:25 | UFC 266: Volkanovski vs. Ortega | 2021-09-25 |
| W | Cody Stamann | Decision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Reyes vs. Prochazka | 2021-05-01 |
| W | John Dodson | Decision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC 252: Miocic vs. Cormier 3 | 2020-08-15 |
| W | Gustavo Lopez | Decision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Eye vs. Calvillo | 2020-06-13 |
| W | Casey Kenney | Decision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Anderson vs. Blachowicz | 2020-02-15 |
| W | Brad Katona | Decision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Iaquinta vs. Cowboy | 2019-05-04 |
| W | Terrion Ware | Decision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Hunt vs. Oleinik | 2018-09-15 |
| L | Ricky Simon | Submission | R3 · 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Barboza vs. Lee | 2018-04-21 |
| L | Frankie Saenz | Decision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Swanson vs. Ortega | 2017-12-09 |
How Dvalishvili Ranks at Bantamweight
Percentile among the 182 bantamweight fighters in our database (higher is better; absorbed strikes are inverted).
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