Henry Cejudo is in awe of Merab Dvalishvili. Now, Cejudo is not someone who will be willing to give up significant titles to other fellow fighters without solid reasons. Afterall, he is an Olympic ...

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Merab Dvalishvili wasn't lying. The UFC bantamweight champion went to great lengths to hide injuries that could've derailed his UFC 311 title defense against Umar Nurmagomedov. Speaking Monday on ...

Jan 18, 2025; Inglewood, California, USA; Merab Dvalishvili (red gloves) celebrates after winning a UFC bantamweight title fight against Umar Nurmagomedov (not pictured) during UFC 311 at Intuit Dome.

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 ...

UFC bantamweight champion Merab Dvalishvili entered the Octagon on Saturday night fresh off a horrific leg injury suffered ahead of UFC 311. Merab Dvalishvili battled more than the previously ...

Merab Dvalishvili def. Umar Nurmagomedov at UFC 311: Best photos "California has a very strict commission," Dvalishvili said. "The commission guy asked me to show him my shin, so I lifted my left ...

Wildcard: Merab Dvalishvili We'll have to see what the timing looks like and how the division changes in the coming months while Nurmagomedov observes Ramadan and lets his hand heal up.

Merab Dvalishvili’s staph infection at UFC 311 was so severe that “regular people” might have “had their leg amputated” in his position, it has been claimed. Dvalishvili fought through a ...

Monster Energy congratulates Merab Dvalishvili on defending the UFC's Bantamweight World Championship title at UFC 311. INGLEWOOD, Calif., Jan. 19, 2025 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Still the Champion!

In doing so, Dvalishvili, who has won 12 fights in a row after beginning his UFC career 0-2, surpassed former two-division champion Georges St-Pierre with 92 successful takedown attempts.