Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2025-10-04, pretty good mma bout: Merab Dvalishvili vs Cory Sandhagen gets three stars (take a look at our ranking of the Best Mma Fights of 2025).
Sandhagen vs Dvalishvili is scheduled to take place Saturday, October 4th, at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas (Nevada, United States), in a 5-round bantamweight (135 lbs, 61 kg) bout; it is valid for the UFC bantamweight championship (Merab’s third defense) and it is on the undercard of Magomed Ankalaev vs Alex Pereira 2 – UFC 320. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2025-06-07, the mma bout Merab Dvalishvili vs Sean O’Malley 2 gets three stars thanks to a good finsih (UFC Performance of the Night – take a look at our ranking of the Best Mma Fights of 2025).
O’Malley vs Dvalishvili 2 is scheduled to take place Saturday, June 7th, at the Prudential Center in Newark (New Jersey, United States), in a 5-round bantamweight (135 lbs, 61 kg) bout; it is the main event of the UFC 316 and it is valid for the UFC bantamweight championship (Merab’s second defense). Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2025-01-18, close and tough mma bout: Merab Dvalishvili vs Umar Nurmagomedov gets three stars (UFC Fight of the Night – take a look at our ranking of the Best Mma Fights of 2025).
Nurmagomedov vs Dvalishvili is scheduled to take place Saturday, January 18th, at the Intuit Dome in Inglewood (California, United States), in a 5-round bantamweight (135 lbs, 61 kg) bout; it is valid for the UFC bantamweight championship (Merab’s first defense) and it is on the undercard of Islam Makhachev vs Renato Moicano Carneiro – UFC 311. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2024-09-14, some good exchanges but it is not enough to get three stars: the mma bout Sean O’Malley vs Merab Dvalishvili gets two (take a look at our ranking of the Best Mma Fights of 2024).
Dvalishvili vs O’Malley is scheduled to take place Saturday, September 14th, at the Sphere in Las Vegas (Nevada, United States), in a 5-round bantamweight (135 lbs, 61 kg) bout; it is the main event of UFC 306 (also known as Riyadh Season Noche UFC) and it is valid for the UFC bantamweight championship. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2024-02-17, some good exchanges but it is not enough to get three stars: the mma bout Merab Dvalishvili vs Henry Cejudo gets two (take a look at our ranking of the Best Mma Fights of 2024).
Cejudo vs Dvalishvili is scheduled to take place Saturday, February 17th, at the Honda Center in Anaheim (California, United States), in a 3-round bantamweight (135 lbs, 61 kg) bout; it is on the undercard of Alexander Volkanovski vs Ilia Topuria – UFC 298. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2023-03-11, good mma bout: Petr Yan vs Merab Dvalishvili gets three stars (take a look at our ranking of the Best Mma Fights of 2023).
Dvalishvili vs Yan is scheduled to take place Saturday, March 11th, at the The Theater at Virgin Hotels in Las Vegas (Nevada, USA), in a 5-round bantamweight (135 lbs, 61 kg) bout; it is the main event of UFC Vegas 71 (also known as UFC Fight Night 221 or UFC on ESPN+ 79). Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2022-08-20, mma bout not so exciting: Jose Aldo vs Merab Dvalishvili gets two stars (take a look at our ranking of the Best Mma Fights of 2022).
Dvalishvili vs Aldo is scheduled to take place Saturday, August 20th, at the Vivint Arena in Salt Lake City (Utah, USA), in a 3-round bantamweight (135 lbs, 61 kg) bout; undercard of Kamaru Usman vs Leon Edwards 2 – UFC 278. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2021-09-25, good mma fight: Marlon Moraes vs Merab Dvalishvili gets three stars (UFC Performance of the Night – take a look at our ranking of the Best Mma Fights of 2021).
Dvalishvili vs Moraes is on the undercard of Alexander Volkanovski vs Brian Ortega – UFC 266. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2021-05-01, good pace with some nice exchanges: the mma fight Merab Dvalishvili vs Cody Stamann gets three stars.
Stamann vs Dvalishvili is on the undercard of Dominick Reyes vs Jiri Prochazka – UFC Vegas 25 (also known as UFC on ESPN 23). Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2020-08-15, some good single shots between John Dodson and Merab Dvalishvili but it is not enough to get three stars: it gets two.
The black belt in gaidojutsu and Tuf 14 Bw tournament winner John Dodson entered this fight with a professional record of 21-11-0 (57% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.12 bantamweight in the world but he lost two out of his last three fights, against Jimmie Rivera (John Dodson vs Jimmie Rivera) and Petr Yan (John Dodson vs Petr Yan); after these bouts he has beat Nathaniel Wood (John Dodson vs Nathaniel Wood).
His opponent, the black belt in judo Merab Dvalishvili, has a mma record of 11-4-0 (27% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.21 in the same weight class. He lost two consecutive bouts between 2017 and 2018, against Frankie Saenz and Ricky Simon, but then he has beat Terrion Ware, Brad Katona (Brad Katona vs Merab Dvalishvili), Casey Kenney and Gustavo Lopez. Dvalishvili vs Dodson is on the undercard of Stipe Miocic vs Daniel Cormier 3 – UFC 252. Watch the video and rate this fight!
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Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2025-10-04, pretty good mma bout: Merab Dvalishvili vs Cory Sandhagen gets three stars (take a look at our ranking of the Best Mma Fights of 2025).
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2024-09-14, some good exchanges but it is not enough to get three stars: the mma bout Sean O’Malley vs Merab Dvalishvili gets two (take a look at our ranking of the 
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2023-03-11, good mma bout: Petr Yan vs Merab Dvalishvili gets three stars (take a look at our ranking of the 
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2022-08-20, mma bout not so exciting: Jose Aldo vs Merab Dvalishvili gets two stars (take a look at our ranking of the 
