Merab Dvalishvili
“The Machine”
Merab Dvalishvili is ranked 1st of 439 bantamweights by the First Light Rating, and 1st in the UFC’s own bantamweight rankings.
- FLRFirst Light Ratingmeasure of true skill
- 2,0801st of 439 · Bantamweight
- FLIFirst Light Indexfame compared to skill
- +0.50Fame ahead of skill
▼ −0.05 in 12 days - Career phase
- PrimeCareer-best FLR 2,105, 4 Oct 2025
- Record
- 21–5Pro
Fame against skill.
Every fighter with an FLI, by skill and fame. Hover a dot for the fighter; click to open their page. The dashed curve is the fame their skill predicts: above it, a fighter is more famous than their skill; below it, better than their fame.
Skill and attention.
Attention is drawn at the skill level its fame matches: above the skill line, more famous than skilled. Shaded: where the most similar careers went next.
Recent fights.
| Date | Fight | FLR |
|---|---|---|
| 6 Dec 2025 | Lost to Petr Yan TitleUFC 323 - Dvalishvili vs. Yan 2 · Decision (Unanimous), R5 | −14 |
| 4 Oct 2025 | Won vs Cory Sandhagen TitleUFC 320 - Ankalaev vs. Pereira 2 · Decision (Unanimous), R5 | +17 |
| 7 Jun 2025 | Won vs Sean O'Malley TitleUFC 316 - Dvalishvili vs. O'Malley 2 · Submission (North-South Choke), R3 | +20 |
| 18 Jan 2025 | Won vs Umar Nurmagomedov TitleUFC 311 - Makhachev vs. Moicano · Decision (Unanimous), R5 | +20 |
| 14 Sept 2024 | Won vs Sean O'Malley TitleUFC 306 - Noche UFC: O'Malley vs. Dvalishvili · Decision (Unanimous), R5 | +14 |
| 17 Feb 2024 | Won vs Henry CejudoUFC 298 - Volkanovski vs. Topuria · Decision (Unanimous), R3 | +13 |
| 11 Mar 2023 | Won vs Petr YanUFC Fight Night 221 - Yan vs. Dvalishvili · Decision (Unanimous), R5 | +34 |
| 20 Aug 2022 | Won vs Jose AldoUFC 278 - Usman vs. Edwards 2 · Decision (Unanimous), R3 | +22 |
| 25 Sept 2021 | Won vs Marlon MoraesUFC 266 - Volkanovski vs. Ortega · TKO (Punches), R2 | +36 |
| 1 May 2021 | Won vs Cody StamannUFC on ESPN 23 - Reyes vs. Prochazka · Decision (Unanimous), R3 | +16 |
| 15 Aug 2020 | Won vs John DodsonUFC 252 - Miocic vs. Cormier 3 · Decision (Unanimous), R3 | +33 |
| 13 Jun 2020 | Won vs Gustavo LopezUFC on ESPN 10 - Eye vs. Calvillo · Decision (Unanimous), R3 | +18 |
FLR is the First Light Rating points the fight earned or cost them.
How it is measured.
Data Credit: First Light Observatory.
How these numbers are made.
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