For all of the chaos that Merab Dvalishvili typically brings to ... They saw after the fight that I was holding belt. "I just want to tell everybody who tries to take short cuts or cheat, just ...

Merab Dvalishvili will put his belt on the line against Umar Nurmagomedov ... How many times can he get him there, and can he hold him there? I do not think he will land enough takedowns to ...

In a 2017 regional Ring of Combat event, Dvalishvili’s 15-second spinning backfist knockout over former Bellator bantamweight ...

After more than seven years in the UFC, bantamweight champion Merab Dvalishvili is set to defend his belt for the first time against No. 2 ranked Umar Nurmagomedov at UFC 311 on Saturday ...

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Merab Dvalishvili ... not allegedly forced Dvalishvili into the fight, it would have never happened. "On January 18, we're going into the cage and we have to take that belt, and we're going ...

Just four months after besting Sean O’Malley to snatch the bantamweight title at UFC 306, Dvalishvili returned to the cage at UFC 311 to defend his new belt against undefeated challenger Umar ...

UFC Bantamweight Champion Merab Dvalishvili ... Cory] Sandhagen was targeting the belt." If UFC 311 had gone on without the bantamweight title fight between Dvalishvili and Nurmagomedov, we ...

In the co-main event, Merab ... Dvalishvili's stamina isn't just unparalleled, it's a weapon. And it felt apropos that his final takedown of the night, late in Round 5, was just enough to hold ...