“The Machine” 2017-2026 · 60 rounds on file

Merab Dvalishvili

14-4-0 W-L-D in this database

No photograph on file

Strike accuracy 1,322/3,181

Takedown accuracy 119/338

Sig. strikes / round 22.0

Control / round 1:47

Inside the distance 14% 2 of 14 wins

Height: 5′6″167.6 cm
Reach: 68″172.7 cm
Leg reach: --
Stance: Orthodox
Age: 3510 JAN 1991
Listed weight: 135 lb61.2 kg

Positional Controller Automatically assigned from data across 17 fights - 16.9 takedown attempts and 36% control time per 15 minutes.

Who they have fought

Every completed bout, grouped by the opponent's style.

Hybrid 8 6-2-0 vs 1589 avg

Well-Rounded 8 6-2-0

Grappling 6 4-2-0 vs 1570 avg

Positional Controller 6 4-2-0

Striking 4 4-0-0 vs 1640 avg

Distance Striker 4 4-0-0

Opponent styles are assigned from their own fight data, not from a training background. They describe how those opponents have fought. Bars scale against 8 bouts, the largest group.

The career, in order

One bar per bout, oldest on the left. Height is the significant strikes landed in that fight.

Won Lost Draw / no contest

What they do with a round

Summed over 60 rounds across 17 of 18 bouts - the ones the corpus has per-round observations for.

Per round

Sig. strikes landed 22.0

Sig. strikes absorbed 14.0

Takedowns landed 2.0

Knockdowns 0.0

Sub. attempts 0.1

Control time 1:47 of each 5:00 round

Accuracy

Sig. strikes 42% 1,322/3,181

Takedowns 35% 119/338

Opponents’ accuracy 46% 838/1,823

Where the strikes land

Head 67% 880

Body 17% 229

Leg 16% 213

And from where

At distance 64% 841

In the clinch 15% 197

On the ground 21% 284

How the bouts ended

KO / TKO 1 won Technical Knockout · 1-0

Submission 1 won Submission · 1-1

Decision 12 won Decision (Unanimous) · 12-2 Decision (Split) · 0-1

Every bout

Most recent first. Struck and absorbed are significant strikes.

Date	Opponent	Result	Method	End	Struck	Absorbed	Event
24 OCT 2026	Petr Yan	Lost	Decision (Unanimous)	R5 5:00	--	--	UFC 333
06 DEC 2025	Petr Yan	Lost	Decision (Unanimous)	R5 5:00	134	139	UFC 323: Dvalishvili vs. Yan 2
04 OCT 2025	Cory Sandhagen	Won	Decision (Unanimous)	R5 5:00	114	80	UFC 320: Ankalaev vs. Pereira 2
07 JUN 2025	Sean O'Malley	Won	Submission	R3 4:42	52	31	UFC 316: Dvalishvili vs. O'Malley 2
18 JAN 2025	Umar Nurmagomedov	Won	Decision (Unanimous)	R5 5:00	111	104	UFC 311: Makhachev vs. Moicano
14 SEP 2024	Sean O'Malley	Won	Decision (Unanimous)	R5 5:00	82	47	UFC 306: Riyadh Season Noche UFC
17 FEB 2024	Henry Cejudo	Won	Decision (Unanimous)	R3 5:00	74	29	UFC 298: Volkanovski vs. Topuria
11 MAR 2023	Petr Yan	Won	Decision (Unanimous)	R5 5:00	147	75	UFC Fight Night: Yan vs. Dvalishvili
20 AUG 2022	Jose Aldo	Won	Decision (Unanimous)	R3 5:00	57	38	UFC 278: Usman vs. Edwards
25 SEP 2021	Marlon Moraes	Won	Technical Knockout	R2 4:25	69	29	UFC 266: Volkanovski vs. Ortega
01 MAY 2021	Cody Stamann	Won	Decision (Unanimous)	R3 5:00	71	48	UFC Fight Night: Reyes vs. Prochazka
15 AUG 2020	John Dodson	Won	Decision (Unanimous)	R3 5:00	50	27	UFC 252: Miocic vs. Cormier 3
13 JUN 2020	Gustavo Lopez	Won	Decision (Unanimous)	R3 5:00	73	14	UFC Fight Night: Eye vs. Calvillo
15 FEB 2020	Casey Kenney	Won	Decision (Unanimous)	R3 5:00	63	45	UFC Fight Night: Anderson vs. Blachowicz
04 MAY 2019	Brad Katona	Won	Decision (Unanimous)	R3 5:00	55	32	UFC Fight Night: Iaquinta vs. Cowboy
15 SEP 2018	Terrion Ware	Won	Decision (Unanimous)	R3 5:00	62	8	UFC Fight Night: Hunt vs. Oleinik
21 APR 2018	Ricky Simon	Lost	Submission	R3 5:00	61	34	UFC Fight Night: Barboza vs. Lee
09 DEC 2017	Frankie Saenz	Lost	Decision (Split)	R3 5:00	47	58	UFC Fight Night: Swanson vs. Ortega