Merab Dvalishvili Record, Stats & Next Fight

UFC fight history

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Finish	Rd	Time	Event	Date
L	#3Petr YanTitle Bantamweight	Decision	Unanimous	R5	5:00	UFC 323: Dvalishvili vs. Yan 2	Dec 6, 2025
W	#4Cory SandhagenTitle Bantamweight	Decision	Unanimous	R5	5:00	UFC 320: Ankalaev vs. Pereira 2	Oct 4, 2025
W	#1Sean O'MalleyTitle Bantamweight	Submission	Guillotine Choke On Ground	R3	4:42	UFC 316: Dvalishvili vs. O'Malley 2	Jun 7, 2025
W	#2Umar NurmagomedovTitle Bantamweight	Decision	Unanimous	R5	5:00	UFC 311: Makhachev vs. Moicano	Jan 18, 2025
W	CSean O'MalleyTitle Bantamweight	Decision	Unanimous	R5	5:00	UFC 306: Riyadh Season Noche UFC	Sep 14, 2024
W	#3Henry Cejudo Bantamweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC 298: Volkanovski vs. Topuria	Feb 17, 2024
W	#2Petr Yan Bantamweight	Decision	Unanimous	R5	5:00	UFC Fight Night: Yan vs. Dvalishvili	Mar 11, 2023
W	#3Jose Aldo Bantamweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC 278: Usman vs. Edwards	Aug 20, 2022
W	#6Marlon Moraes Bantamweight	KO/TKO	Punches to Head On Ground	R2	4:25	UFC 266: Volkanovski vs. Ortega	Sep 25, 2021
W	#13Cody Stamann Bantamweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC Fight Night: Reyes vs. Prochazka	May 1, 2021
W	#12John Dodson Bantamweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC 252: Miocic vs. Cormier 3	Aug 15, 2020
W	Gustavo Lopez Catch Weight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC Fight Night: Eye vs. Calvillo	Jun 13, 2020
W	#15Casey Kenney Bantamweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC Fight Night: Anderson vs. Blachowicz	Feb 15, 2020
W	Brad Katona Bantamweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC Fight Night: Iaquinta vs. Cowboy	May 4, 2019
W	Terrion Ware Bantamweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC Fight Night: Hunt vs. Oleinik	Sep 15, 2018
L	Ricky Simon Bantamweight	Submission	Guillotine Choke From Mount Technical Submission	R3	5:00	UFC Fight Night: Barboza vs. Lee	Apr 21, 2018
L	#15Frankie Saenz Bantamweight	Decision	Split	R3	5:00	UFC Fight Night: Swanson vs. Ortega	Dec 9, 2017

Outside the UFC

7-2across 9 bouts · 9 promotions · wins by 2 KO · 1 sub · 4 decROC 59 · ROC 58 · ROC 57 · ROC 56 · CES MMA 36 +4

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Finish	Rd	Time	Promotion	Date
W	Raufeon Stots21-4	KO/TKO	Spinning Backfist	R1	0:15	ROC 59	Jun 2, 2017
W	Sukhrob Aydarbekov7-5	Submission	Armbar	R2	4:14	ROC 58	Feb 24, 2017
W	Tony Gravely23-9	Decision	Unanimous	R3	4:00	ROC 57	Nov 18, 2016
W	Paul Grant4-4	Decision	Unanimous	R3	4:00	ROC 56	Sep 23, 2016
W	Matt Tullos1-1	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	CES MMA 36	Jun 10, 2016
W	Geoffrey Then2-2	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	CES MMA 34	Apr 1, 2016
L	Ricky Bandejas15-9	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	CFFC 43	Nov 1, 2014
W	Dennis Dombrow9-6	KO/TKO	Punches	R3	0:50	ROC 49	Sep 19, 2014
L	Darren Mima11-9	Decision	Majority	R3	4:00	ROC 47	Jan 24, 2014

Non-UFC bouts (regional/other promotions) and Dana White’s Contender Series — shown for context only, excluded from Schedule Score, striking/grappling rates, and every UFC-scoped metric.

Amateur

2-0across 2 amateur bouts · 2 promotionsVCS · RDMMA

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Finish	Rd	Time	Promotion	Date
W	Andrew Vass0-1	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	0:18	VCS	May 17, 2013
W	Orlando Torres3-1-1	Decision	Unanimous	R4	3:00	RDMMA	Jul 14, 2012

Amateur (pre-professional) bouts — shown for context only and excluded from the professional record and every UFC-scoped metric.

Method of victory & defeat

KO / TKO

3 wins, 0 losses

W3

L0

Submission

2 wins, 1 loss

W2

L1

Decision

16 wins, 4 losses

W16

L4

Finishes

UFC KOs

1

Below avg · 10%Bantamweight

Knockdowns / fight

0.06

Below avg · 0.24Bantamweight

UFC submissions

1

Below avg · 8%Bantamweight

Submission attempts / fight

0.41

Above avg · 0.37Bantamweight

KO history

Knockout power and chin durability (UFC; clean KOs only).

Merab Dvalishvili

PowerChin

Knockout rate

6%

1 KO/TKO wins

Knockdowns dealt

1

0.11 per 100 head

Clean KO losses

0

cuts / injury TKOs excluded

Knockdowns absorbed

1

0.20 per 100 head

Chin gauges use a league scale: green = clean record, red = bottom ~10% of UFC fighters (4+ KO losses · 6+ knockdowns absorbed).

Never finished by strikesin the UFC

Decision behavior

Judging

12 scorecards on file

Merab Dvalishvili

Scorecard luck

Wrong end of the cards

Won just 0 of 1 coin-flip decision — repeatedly on the wrong end of close calls. Judges have given them 4 of 9 rounds they disagreed on (44%).

Coin-flip decisions

Split + majority

0–1

Won – Lost

Swing rounds

Judges disagreed

4–5

Won – Lost

44% went their way

Unanimous11 decisions · 92%

11W

Split1 decision · 8%

1L

Majority

None

10-8 rounds

14 rounds total

14

Won

0

Lost

Most frequent judges

All judges →

Scorecard data ingested from MMA Decisions

Career striking

OverallC50th

41%1,322 / 3,181

Striking accuracy

54%

Striking defense

Sig. strikes / min+1.62 differential

Landed4.42

Absorbed2.80

65%str + td

Defensive rating

Striking edge

-5%accuracy vs opp. landing

worseevenbetter

Strike maps

Sig. strikes by target

Head67%81st880
Body17%62nd229
Leg16%73rd213

Color = division rank · green elite → red low · % = share of strikes

Sig. strikes by position

64%Standing

Standing64%841
Clinch15%197
Ground21%284

Striking zones

Per-15-minute breakdown — where this fighter lands, and where they get hit.

UFC only

Merab Dvalishvili

Landed per 15

Head

A

85th

44.1

85th

Body

B

63rd

11.5

63rd

Leg

A

75th

10.7

75th

Ranks are division percentiles — e.g. 90th = top 10% of the weight class. Higher is always better: on “absorbed” rows the rank is inverted, so a high rank means they get hit less.

Absorbed per 15

Head

A

73rd

24.7

73rd

Body

C

42nd

11.3

42nd

Leg

B

65th

6.0

65th

Ranks are division percentiles — e.g. 90th = top 10% of the weight class. Higher is always better: on “absorbed” rows the rank is inverted, so a high rank means they get hit less.

Career totals — landed / attempted

Landed (career total)

Zone	Per 15	Landed	Attempted	Accuracy
Head	44.1	880	2,597	34%
Body	11.5	229	334	69%
Leg	10.7	213	250	85%

Absorbed (career total)

Zone	Per 15	Landed	Attempted	Accuracy
Head	24.7	493	1,371	36%
Body	11.3	225	309	73%
Leg	6.0	120	143	84%

UFCStats career rates, per 15 minutes. Percentiles vs the division; absorbed is inverted so higher is better.

Grappling

Per-15-minute breakdown of takedowns, submissions, and ground control.

UFC only

Merab Dvalishvili

35%

Takedown accuracy

76%

Takedown defense

Control / 15 min+4.6 min net

On top5.4

On bottom0.8

Offense

Takedowns

A+

98th

6.0

98th

TD accuracy

C

48th

35%

48th

Sub attempts

C

54th

0.4

54th

Control

A

83rd

5.4 min

83rd

Defense

TD defense

A

72nd

76%

72nd

Controlled

0.8 min

Career totals — landed / attempted, control time

Offense

Takedowns	119 / 338
Submission attempts	7
Control time	107:25

Defense

TDs defended	38 / 50
Control absorbed	15:45

Rates above are per 15 minutes of UFC fight time (299min total). Value colors reflect the per-15 rate’s percentile against the current weight class baseline; raw totals without a division reference stay neutral.

Pace & fade

Round-by-round work rate, and whether they fade.

UFC only

Merab Dvalishvili

17 UFC bouts (per‑round) · 299 min

110%

R3 pace · 16 bouts

Dvalishvili builds (+7% per round through round 5). Within fights that reached round 3, Dvalishvili lifts to 110% of round-1 output by round 3 (16 bouts).

Dvalishvili ▲ BUILDSOutput / min

Rounds backed by fewer than 2 bouts are drawn smaller and dimmed with an n= count — a deep round seen in one or two fights is a thin sample, not a settled rate. Per-round bout counts are in the breakdown below.

Full per-round breakdown

What drives the pace · per round

The composite output line above blends these three inputs — splitting them out shows whether the work rate is built on striking volume, takedown pressure, or top control, and which input fades.

Sig. strikes landed

Dvalishvililanded / min

Takedown attempts

Dvalishviliattempts / min

Control time

Dvalishvili% of round

Round	Output / min	Sig landed / min	Sig absorbed / min	TD att / min	Control	Bouts
R1	8.4	4.1	3.0	1.02	31%	17
R2	9.2	4.3	2.4	1.07	43%	17
R3	9.2	4.1	2.2	1.17	39%	16
R4	10.4	6.1	4.2	1.04	30%	5
R5	11.3	5.2	4.0	1.68	25%	5

Output / minis the headline work rate — significant strikes landed, plus 3 per takedown attempt, plus one per 15 seconds of control — so a takedown-and-grind round isn’t scored as idle the way bare striking volume would. The remaining columns are its components. Per-round rates use UFCStats per-round data (available for ~95% of bouts since 2008). Each round’s rates are averaged only over bouts that reached that round, so the bout count shrinks as rounds deepen. The final round of a finished fight is pro-rated by its actual length.

Schedule Score

Opponent quality, ranked across the UFC. Recent fights weighted heavier.

UFC only

Merab Dvalishvili

17 resolved UFC bouts · 13 ranked at the time

Schedule Score

95/ 100

0255075100

Schedule strength

A+

98th

82%

98th

Win quality

A+

99th

88%

99th

Opponent quality distribution

Every UFC bout, grouped by who the opponent was at the time.

5

4

5

2

ChampionHeld the title in this weight class at the time
Top-5Ranked #1–#5 at the time
Top-15Ranked #6–#15 at the time
Building3+ UFC fights, ≥.40 win rate
UnprovenFewer than 3 fights, or sub-.40 win rate

Tier	Bouts	Record	Win rate
Champion	5	4-1	80%
Top-5	4	4-0	100%
Top-15	5	3-2	60%
Building	1	1-0	100%
Unproven	2	2-0	100%

Highest-quality opponents

Toughest opponents on the scheduleScore, scored at the time of the fight.

All bouts — opponent quality bout-by-bout

Res	Opponent	Tier	Score	Date
L	Petr Yan#3	Champion	94	Dec 6, 2025
W	Cory Sandhagen#4	Top-5	85	Oct 4, 2025
W	Sean O'Malley#1	Champion	97	Jun 7, 2025
W	Umar Nurmagomedov#2	Top-5	89	Jan 18, 2025
W	Sean O'MalleyCHAMP	Champion	100	Sep 14, 2024
W	Henry Cejudo#3	Champion	97	Feb 17, 2024
W	Petr Yan#2	Champion	96	Mar 11, 2023
W	Jose Aldo#3	Top-5	89	Aug 20, 2022
W	Marlon Moraes#6	Top-5	85	Sep 25, 2021
W	Cody Stamann#13	Top-15	68	May 1, 2021
W	John Dodson#12	Top-15	70	Aug 15, 2020
W	Gustavo Lopez	Unproven	8	Jun 13, 2020
W	Casey Kenney#15	Top-15	60	Feb 15, 2020
W	Brad Katona	Building	15	May 4, 2019
W	Terrion Ware	Unproven	8	Sep 15, 2018
L	Ricky Simon	Top-15	47	Apr 21, 2018
L	Frankie Saenz#15	Top-15	64	Dec 9, 2017

Per-bout quality scoring: champion = 100; same-division ranks 1–5 = 90 → 78 linear; ranks 6–15 = 75 → 60 linear; cross-division champion = 78; cross-division ranked = 45; title-fight challenger (no rank signal) = 50, bumped to 65 when opp had an elite career UFC record at the time. Unranked opponents are scored on UFC record-at-time (long-tenured vet 60, contender-level 45, established 30, building 18, unproven 8). P4P top-10 at time adds +5; top-3 adds +8 (capped at 100). The Schedule Score combines schedule strength (65%) and quality wins (35%), then is held toward a rookie baseline for fighters with limited UFC experience so a thin résumé reads honestly low.

Career cohorts

17 resolved UFC bouts

Performance broken down by situation — camp length, response to the previous result, title-fight presence, and rematches. Computed across every completed UFC bout.

Camp length

Days between fights

Short turnaround

< 100 days

1-1

2 bouts

Typical camp

100–180 days

6-1

7 bouts

Long layoff

> 180 days

7-0

7 bouts

UFC debut

first UFC bout

0-1

1 bout

Post-result bounce

Performance based on the previous UFC result

After a loss

next bout after a defeat

1-1

2 bouts

After a win

next bout after a win

13-1

14 bouts

First UFC bout

no precedent

0-1

1 bout

Title fights

Performance with a belt on the line

All title fights

as challenger or champion

4-1

5 bouts

As champion

defending the belt

3-1

4 bouts

As challenger

fighting for the belt

1-0

1 bout

Rematches

Performance when meeting an opponent again

All rematches

any second meeting

1-1

2 bouts

Revenge bouts

lost the first meeting

—

Encore bouts

won the first meeting

1-1

2 bouts

Activity & layoff

Last fight, activity, and divisional context.

Time since last UFC bout

7 months

Active

0–6 mo

Normal

6–12 mo

Layoff

12–18 mo

Extended

18+ mo

Merab Dvalishvili

Within a year

7 monthssince last bout

vs Petr Yan · Dec 6, 2025

DraftKings fantasy scoring

DFSAs favorite 12-2As underdog 2-0

123.5

DK avg

120.3

Median

163.8

Ceiling

77.6

Floor

82%

Boom

0%

Bust

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