Merab Dvalishvili
"The Machine"
Cuts the cage, changes levels, drowns opponents in control time.
How much we trust this read
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Fight Plan: Merab Dvalishvili
A coach-ready game plan — historical weaknesses opponents have exploited and what to drill in camp.
- Striking defense can be porous when over-extending on entry
- Low finishing rate despite dominant control time
- Susceptible to high-level counter-wrestling from disciplined strikers
- Drill takedown defense and wall scrambles
- Stack southpaw sparring partners in camp
- Underhook battles and posture work off the bottom
Sub-Score Breakdown
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What Changed?
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Tactical Patterns
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Tactical Memory
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Fighter fingerprint
MMA attribute profile — only skills that matter in this sport are scored, and any axis we cannot evidence is left blank rather than scored as zero.
Cardio and Wrestling are the highest scored axes; expect the game plan to lean on this.
- Striking75
- Wrestling98
- Grappling95
- Cardio100
- Fight IQ92
- Distance Control75
Strategic breakdown
Style fingerprint derived from the attribute ratings and finish rates on file. Each row is labelled with how Fight Blueprint reached it — none of these are measured from footage.
Fight Timeline
How Merab Dvalishvili has evolved year-by-year — milestones, camp changes, style shifts, and notable results.
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Observations & evidence
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Video Evidence Ledger
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Prep for camp: Merab Dvalishvili
Recommendations a coach can act on tomorrow — opponent tendencies, drills, and the sparring styles to stack against this fight.
- Weaponizes pace through relentless volume wrestling and chain takedown attempts
- Uses high-frequency feints and jab entries to bridge distance for level changes
- Maintains a frantic tempo that forces opponents to defend rather than set their own offense
- Drill reactive sprawls — bait the shot off your right hand
- Pad work on cutting off their right-side exits
- Match their pace early, then turn the screws late
- Win exchanges with volume, not single shots — they walk through power
- Posture and frame drills off bottom — never give up the back
- Southpaw pressure partner
- Chain-wrestling partner
- High-output striker with heavy leg kicks
- Black-belt grappler comfortable on bottom
Timestamped breakdowns
Curated moments from Dvalishvili's tape — each clip annotated with the technique on display.
How this fighter is changing
Computed only from individual fight results on file — earlier half of the recorded fights compared with the most recent half.
67% in the last 3 fights vs 100% before.
Share of fights ended inside the distance across 5 results on file.
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Similar Fighters
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Status / Injuries
No recent injuries reported following the Dec 2025 bout.
Checked 6/21/2026
Recent Form
- L2025-12-06vs Petr YanU-DEC · R5 · UFC 323: Dvalishvili vs. Yan 2
- W2025-10-04vs Cory SandhagenU-DEC · R5 · UFC 320: Ankalaev vs. Pereira 2
- W2025-06-07vs Sean O'MalleySUB · R3 · UFC 316: Dvalishvili vs. O'Malley 2
- W2025-01-18vs Umar NurmagomedovU-DEC · R5 · UFC 311: Makhachev vs. Moicano
- W2024-09-14vs Sean O'MalleyU-DEC · R5 · UFC 306: Riyadh Season Noche UFC
Availability
Recently competed in December 2025.
Scouting Summary
Merab Dvalishvili is a Georgian-American professional mixed martial artist known for his elite grappling and high-volume wrestling style. Competing in the UFC Bantamweight division, he is a former champion who holds a black belt in judo and silver-medal honors from the World Samb
Primary source ↗Tendencies
- Weaponizes pace through relentless volume wrestling and chain takedown attempts
- Uses high-frequency feints and jab entries to bridge distance for level changes
- Maintains a frantic tempo that forces opponents to defend rather than set their own offense
- Excels at pinning opponents against the cage to initiate mat returns and positional attrition
Signature Moves
- Chain Wrestling
- Blast Double Leg
- Kneetap Takedown
- High-Volume Ground and Pound
- Guillotine Choke
Weaknesses
- Striking defense can be porous when over-extending on entry
- Low finishing rate despite dominant control time
- Susceptible to high-level counter-wrestling from disciplined strikers
Biography & Camp
Merab Dvalishvili is a Georgian-American professional mixed martial artist known for his elite grappling and high-volume wrestling style. Competing in the UFC Bantamweight division, he is a former champion who holds a black belt in judo and silver-medal honors from the World Sambo Championships.