Merab Dvalishvili
GeorgiaMerab Dvalishvili, “The Machine”, is a Bantamweight from Georgia with an official record of 21-5. MMA Hub holds 24 of those bouts: 20 wins and 4 losses, the wins coming 1 by knockout, 1 by submission and 12 by decision. The most recent bout on file is a decision loss to Petr Yan at UFC 323: Dvalishvili vs. Yan 2 on 6 December 2025.
| Date | Opponent | Result | Method | Round | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 24, 2026 | Petr YanTitle | Upcoming | — | — | UFC 333: Volkanovski vs. Evloev |
| Dec 6, 2025 | Petr YanTitle | LOSS | DECDecision | R5 · 5:00 | UFC 323: Dvalishvili vs. Yan 2 |
| Oct 4, 2025 | Cory SandhagenTitle | WIN | DECDecision | R5 · 5:00 | UFC 320: Ankalaev vs. Pereira 2 |
| Jun 7, 2025 | Sean O'MalleyTitle | WIN | SUBGuillotine Choke | R3 · 4:42 | UFC 316: Dvalishvili vs. O'Malley 2 |
| Jan 18, 2025 | Umar NurmagomedovTitle | WIN | DECDecision | R5 · 5:00 | UFC 311: Makhachev vs. Moicano |
| Sep 14, 2024 | Sean O'MalleyTitle | WIN | DECDecision | R5 · 5:00 | UFC 306 – Riyadh Season Noche UFC: O’Malley vs. Dvalishvili |
| Feb 17, 2024 | Henry Cejudo | WIN | DECDecision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC 298: Volkanovski vs. Topuria |
| Mar 11, 2023 | Petr Yan | WIN | DECDecision | R5 · 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Yan vs. Dvalishvili |
| Aug 20, 2022 | José Aldo | WIN | DECDecision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC 278: Usman vs. Edwards 2 |
| Sep 25, 2021 | Marlon Moraes | WIN | KOPunches | R2 · 4:25 | UFC 266: Volkanovski vs. Ortega |
| May 1, 2021 | Cody Stamann | WIN | DECDecision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Reyes vs. Prochazka |
| Aug 15, 2020 | John Dodson | WIN | DECDecision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC 252: Miocic vs. Cormier 3 |
| Jun 13, 2020 | Gustavo Lopez | WIN | DECDecision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Eye vs. Calvillo |
| Feb 15, 2020 | Casey Kenney | WIN | DECDecision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Anderson vs. Blachowicz 2 |
| May 4, 2019 | Brad Katona | WIN | DECDecision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Iaquinta vs. Cowboy |
| Sep 15, 2018 | Terrion Ware | WIN | DECDecision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Hunt vs. Oleinik |
| Apr 22, 2018 | Ricky Simon | LOSS | SUBGuillotine Choke | R3 · 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Barboza vs. Lee |
| Dec 9, 2017 | Frankie Saenz | LOSS | DECDecision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Swanson vs. Ortega |
| Jun 2, 2017 | Raufeon Stots | WIN | — | — | Shamrock FC: Shamrock 290 |
| Feb 24, 2017 | Suhrob Aydarbekov | WIN | — | — | ROC 58: Ring of Combat 58 |
| Nov 18, 2016 | Tony Gravely | WIN | — | — | ROC 57: Ring of Combat 57 |
| Sep 23, 2016 | Paul Grant | WIN | — | — | ROC 56: Ring of Combat 56 |
| Jun 10, 2016 | Matt Tullos | WIN | — | — | CES MMA 36: Andrews vs. Muro |
| Apr 1, 2016 | Geoffrey Then | WIN | — | — | CES MMA 34: Curtis vs. Burrell |
| Nov 1, 2014 | Ricky Bandejas | LOSS | DECDecision - Unanimous | R3 · 5:00 | CFFC 43: Webb vs. Good |
Wins, losses and draws are Merab Dvalishvili’s official record. Everything else is counted from the 24 bouts we hold a full result for — method, round and time. Per-fight striking and grappling statistics are not published in our data source, so they are not shown.
Merab Dvalishvili’s record, in numbers
Merab Dvalishvili’s official record is 21-5. Every figure on this page is counted instead from the 24 bouts MMA Hub holds a result for — 20 wins, 4 losses — because 2 bouts from the official record are not in the history we hold.
The 20 wins break down as 1 by knockout, 1 by submission and 12 by decision — 2 of 20 inside the distance, a finish rate of 10%.
Merab Dvalishvili has been stopped once in the 24 bouts on file, by submission — 4% of them.
Of the 24 bouts MMA Hub holds a result for, 5 were for a title and 4 were the main event of the card. Five of them have come since July 2024.
Set against the 448 Bantamweight fighters MMA Hub holds eight or more bouts for, Merab Dvalishvili has a finish rate above 1% of them, a record of avoiding stoppage above 79% of them and a two-year bout count above 94% of them. The comparison is made inside the division rather than across the whole roster, because how often a division finishes depends heavily on what it weighs.
Merab Dvalishvili is listed at 5ft 6in with a reach of 68in, fights orthodox and is 35, born 9 January 1991.
These figures are recomputed from Merab Dvalishvili’s bout history each time results are synced, so they follow the record rather than a fixed snapshot.