For all of the chaos that Merab Dvalishvili typically brings to the Octagon in the form of his endless cardio, spamming wrestling attack and constant forward pressure, his critics are starting to ...

Dvalishvili just earned the bantamweight belt in September, but felt called to fight Nurmagomedov because of the personal jabs exchanged outside of the Octagon. / Stephen R. Sylvanie-Imagn Images ...

Trent Reinsmith is a Baltimore-based writer who covers MMA and hockey. When UFC bantamweight champion Merab Dvalishvili and Umar Nurmagomedov met at the UFC 311 press conference in December ...

Umar Nurmagomedov and Merab Dvalishvili have very different demeanors heading into their bantamweight title fight at UFC 311. Dvalishvili, the champion, was a ball of rage at December's pre-fight ...