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Merab Dvalishvili is a famous professional mixed martial artist from Georgia. Merab Dvalishvili is popular for competing in the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) in the bantamweight division. Additionally, Dvalishvili is ranked second in the UFC bantamweight rankings as of August 22, 2023.
Early life and childhood
Merab Dvalishvili was born in Tbilisi, Georgia, on January 10, 1991. He is 32 years old with the zodiac sign Capricorn. Dvalishvili has Georgian nationality although his ethnic origin is unknown. Besides that, Dvalishvili has not revealed any information about his parents or siblings.
He began training in sambo, judo, qartuli chidaoba (traditional wrestling) and Khridoli (traditional wrestling) when he was young for self-defense.
At the age of 21, he immigrated to the United States to pursue a career as a professional MMA fighter. Ray Longo and Matt Serra are his coaches.
Career and professional life
Talking about his career, Dvalishvili started his MMA career in 2014 and competed in Ring of Combat, among other promotions. Prior to participating in UFC competition, he amassed a record of 7-2.
At UFC Fight Night: Swanson vs. Ortega On December 9, 2017, Dvalishvili faced Frankie Saenz in his UFC debut. He lost by a very narrow margin.
He competed against Ricky Simón on April 21, 2018 at UFC Fight Night in a Barboza vs. Read. In the final ring he lost by technical submission. He won the Fight of the Night award for this battle.
On September 15, 2018, Terrion Ware and Dvalishvili faced off at UFC Fight Night: Hunt vs. Oleinik. By unanimous decision he won the contest.
Caption: Merab Dvalishvili after winning the match source: UFC.
Additionally, on May 4, 2019, at UFC Fight Night: Iaquinta vs. Cowboy, Dvalishvili faced Brad Katona.
Casey Kenney and Dvalishvili fought at UFC Fight Night 167 on February 15, 2020. He was declared the winner by unanimous vote. He received a unanimous decision victory.
At UFC 252, Dvalishvili fought John Dodson on August 15, 2020. He won the contest via unanimous decision.
More about his career
Dvalishvili and Cody Stamann were supposed to fight on December 5, 2020 during UFC on ESPN 19. On October 22, it was revealed that Stamann had retired for an unspecified cause and Raoni Barcelos had taken his place.
Furthermore, on September 25, 2021, Dvalishvili also competed against Marlon Moraes at UFC 266. Dvalishvili fought back and won the fight via TKO in the second round after being knocked down and nearly finished in the first round. He received the Performance of the Night award for his win.
Dvalishvili faced former UFC featherweight champion José Aldo on August 20, 2022 at UFC 278. He won the fight via unanimous decision.
Net worth 2023
Merab Dvalishvili has earned a huge amount of money thanks to his hard work and brilliance. The estimated net worth of him is around $1.8 million as of 2023. However, Dvalishvili has not been a part of the brand endorsements yet.
Personal life
Regarding his personal life, Merab Dvalishvili has not shared any details about his relationship or love life. It seems that Dvalishvili takes his UFC career more seriously and does not like to share his personal information with the media.
Since there is no data regarding his relationship status, we can assume that Merab might be single and single at the moment.
Body measurements
Merab Dvalishvili is very handsome and attractive without a doubt. He has a perfect height of 5 feet 6 inches (168 cm/1.68 m) and weighs around 61 kg (135 lbs). Additionally, Dvalishvili has a pair of green eyes and light brown hair.
Caption: Merab Dvalishvili posing for a photo Source: UFC.
Merab Dvalishvili – Social networks
He is active on his Instagram account @merab.dvalishvili with 262,000 followers. He also has 48.5k followers on Twitter and 192k followers on Facebook.
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