“Umar is a good fighter. It’s a big challenge, but he don’t earn it like the rest of us,” roared Merab Dvalishvili as he prepared for his clash against Umar Nurmagomedov at UFC 31 ...

Merab Dvalishvili takes on Umar Nurmagomedov at UFC 311 as fellow MMA fighters gave their predictions. Merab is the UFC Bantamweight Champion after having beaten Sean O’Malley at UFC 306 for the ...

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 ...

Umar Nurmagomedov was the perfect fighter in the early rounds against UFC bantamweight champion Merab Dvalishvili. While fatigue did not make a coward of Nurmagomedov, it certainly caused his ...

Merab Dvalishvili cannot be broken. The reigning UFC bantamweight champion earned the first defense of his belt Saturday with a grueling unanimous decision win over Umar Nurmagomedov in the co ...

You can find him at X @james_brizuela. UFC 311 has come and gone, and bantamweight champion Merab Dvalishvili once again put on a dominant performance, this time against formerly undefeated ...

Based in Rochester, England, Simon Head is a veteran sports editor who has been covering sport for national and international outlets since 2000, and is one of the longest-tenured MMA journalists ...

INGLEWOOD, Calif. -- Merab Dvalishvili had already beaten four consecutive champions going into his first UFC title defense this year -- and yet, Saturday still might have been the most impressive ...

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 ...

Bantamweight champion Merab Dvalishvili put his title on the line for the first time on Saturday in the UFC 311 co-main event against the undefeated Umar Nurmagomedov. Dvalishvili captured ...

Merab Dvalishvili (left) had to be forced to fight at UFC 311 according to Khabib Nurmagomedov (right) [Image Courtesy: @ufc via X/Twitter, and @UFC_Asia via X/Twitter] Khabib Nurmagomedov is less ...

Islam Makhachev and Merab Dvalishvili capped off 2025's first UFC pay-per-view by defending their belts in drastically different ways at UFC 311. In a routine display of his dominance over the ...