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Merab Dvalishvili

21–5 · 28 recorded bouts · 2014–2026

MMA record

21–5

Merab Dvalishvili finished 24% of 21 wins inside the distance — the 2nd percentile for featherweight MMA, where the median is 65%. No reach is on record, so this page compares record rather than measurements.

20102020loss v Ricky Bandejas, 2014, decisionwin v Dennis Dombrow, 2014, koloss v Darren Mima, 2014, decisionwin v Tony Gravely, 2016, decisionwin v Paul Grant, 2016, decisionwin v Matt Tullos, 2016, decisionwin v Geoffrey Then, 2016, decisionloss v Frankie Saenz, 2017, decisionwin v Raufeon Stots, 2017, kowin v Sukhrob Aydarbekov, 2017, submissionwin v Terrion Ware, 2018, decisionloss v Ricky Simón, 2018, submissionwin v Brad Katona, 2019, decisionwin v John Dodson, 2020, decisionwin v Gustavo Lopez, 2020, decisionwin v Casey Kenney, 2020, decisionwin v Marlon Moraes, 2021, kowin v Cody Stamann, 2021, decisionwin v José Aldo, 2022, decisionwin v Petr Yan, 2023, decisionwin v Sean O'Malley, 2024, decisionwin v Henry Cejudo, 2024, decisionloss v Petr Yan, 2025, decisionwin v Cory Sandhagen, 2025, decisionwin v Sean O'Malley, 2025, submissionwin v Umar Nurmagomedov, 2025, decisionwin v Henry Cejudo, 2026win v Frankie Edgar, 2026
WON ABOVE·LOST BELOW BAR = STOPPAGE·BROKEN BAR = SUBMISSION·TICK = DECISION 2014–2026

SOURCE·Merab Dvalishvili — English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)·derived figures computed here·REVIEWED 2026-07-29

How this record is compiled

  1. Measurements come from the fighter's English Wikipedia infobox; the bout list is parsed from the results table on the same article, read on 2026-07-29. Boxing tables are read by header name and MMA records by the fixed column order of the MMA record template — two different parsers, because reading MMA rows as a boxing table returns a fighter's boxing record in place of their real one.
  2. A bout enters the ledger with whatever fields the source states: result, opponent, method, round, year. Any field the source leaves empty stays empty here. A date that cannot be established is left blank rather than inferred, and the bout is still counted.
  3. A no contest is counted and printed as a no contest. It is never folded into the wins, the losses or the draws, and it never disappears to make a total balance.
  4. Where the article's infobox total disagrees with its own results table, both figures are published and each is labelled with where it came from. Nothing is averaged and nothing is reconciled against a second database.
  5. Percentiles rank this fighter among the 222 featherweight MMA fighters in the dataset — the most specific group of at least 30 that this fighter belongs to.

Sources, exclusions and known limits →

Bout record

Every bout the article's own results table lists, in order. A dash is a field the source leaves empty — it is not a zero and it is not a guess.

Bout-by-bout recordAUG 2026
YearResultOpponentMethodRd
2026 W Henry Cejudo ——
2026 W Frankie Edgar ——
2025 L Petr Yan Decision5
2025 W Cory Sandhagen Decision5
2025 W Sean O'Malley Submission3
2025 W Umar Nurmagomedov Decision5
2024 W Sean O'Malley Decision5
2024 W Henry Cejudo Decision3
2023 W Petr Yan Decision5
2022 W José Aldo Decision3
2021 W Marlon Moraes KO/TKO2
2021 W Cody Stamann Decision3
2020 W John Dodson Decision3
2020 W Gustavo Lopez Decision3
2020 W Casey Kenney Decision3
2019 W Brad Katona Decision3
2018 W Terrion Ware Decision3
2018 L Ricky Simón Submission3
2017 L Frankie Saenz Decision3
2017 W Raufeon Stots KO/TKO1
2017 W Sukhrob Aydarbekov Submission2
2016 W Tony Gravely Decision3
2016 W Paul Grant Decision3
2016 W Matt Tullos Decision3
2016 W Geoffrey Then Decision3
2014 L Ricky Bandejas Decision3
2014 W Dennis Dombrow KO/TKO3
2014 L Darren Mima Decision3

20 of these opponents have their own page here.

SOURCE·Merab Dvalishvili — English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)·derived figures computed here·REVIEWED 2026-07-29

What is on record

Measurements
Reachnot recorded
Height66″ (167.6 cm)
StanceOrthodox
DivisionFeatherweight MMA
competed at 2: bantamweight, featherweight — compared here against the last
Most active decade2020s — 15 of 28 dated bouts
CountryGeorgia

Wikipedia carries no reach figure for Merab Dvalishvili, so the reach-advantage comparison this site is built on cannot be computed. Everything below comes from the record instead.

2020 loss vs Ricky Bandejas (2014)win vs Dennis Dombrow (2014)loss vs Darren Mima (2014)win vs Tony Gravely (2016)win vs Paul Grant (2016)win vs Matt Tullos (2016)win vs Geoffrey Then (2016)loss vs Frankie Saenz (2017)win vs Raufeon Stots (2017)win vs Sukhrob Aydarbekov (2017)win vs Terrion Ware (2018)loss vs Ricky Simón (2018)win vs Brad Katona (2019)win vs John Dodson (2020)win vs Gustavo Lopez (2020)win vs Casey Kenney (2020)win vs Marlon Moraes (2021)win vs Cody Stamann (2021)win vs José Aldo (2022)win vs Petr Yan (2023)win vs Sean O'Malley (2024)win vs Henry Cejudo (2024)loss vs Petr Yan (2025)win vs Cory Sandhagen (2025)win vs Sean O'Malley (2025)win vs Umar Nurmagomedov (2025)win vs Henry Cejudo (2026)win vs Frankie Edgar (2026)
winlossdraw / NC2014–2026

Record

MMA record

21–5

26 bouts on record

Finish rate

24%

of wins ended inside the distance — featherweight MMA median 65%, 2nd percentile

KO/TKO: 3 (14%)Submission: 2 (10%)Decision: 16 (76%)
  • KO/TKO 14%
  • Submission 10%
  • Decision 76%

The career, bout by bout

28 recorded bouts from 2014 to 2026. Every incumbent shows this as a table you have to read; here it is as a shape you can see.

Career span

13y

2014–2026

Longest unbeaten run

10

without a loss — draws do not break it

Busiest year

2016

4 bouts

Recorded bouts

28

28 with a date

Standing questions

What this record does and does not say

What is Merab Dvalishvili's record?
21–5 in MMA. That is the aggregate stated in the English Wikipedia infobox; the results table on the same article lists 28 bouts individually.
Does a no contest change a record here?
No. A no contest is not a win, a loss or a draw, and it is never folded into one. It is counted and printed separately, so a 20–0 record with two no contests is shown as exactly that rather than as 22–0 or as 20–0 with the no contests dropped. The same applies to a bout overturned after the fact where the source records the change.
What happens when sources disagree about a fight?
This site publishes one source — the fighter's English Wikipedia article, read on the date printed under every table — and it does not silently reconcile that against anyone else's database. Where the article's own infobox total and its own results table disagree, both are shown and the page says which one each figure came from. Nothing is averaged, and no field is filled in from a second source to make a total balance.

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