Ground game
69 BCompetent offensive grappling — enough volume and threat to change where the fight is scored.
- 5.97 takedowns / 15 at 35% accuracy
- 0.35 submission attempts / 15 · 2 career sub wins
Bantamweight
“The Machine”
21-5
SLpM
4.42
SApM
3.05
Str Acc
58%
Str Def
59%
TD Avg
5.97
TD Acc
35%
TD Def
61%
Sub Avg
0.35
Hybrid who can change levels — suspect hips against the shot
Fight IQ
Thin sample — 0 loaded UFC rows, 26 career fights for Merab Dvalishvili. Reaction and agility are wider intervals.
IQ
Ground
Defense
Counter
Reaction
proxy
Agility
proxy
TD react
Chin
Durability
Gets through fire. Rarely finished by strikes; the later minutes are still theirs to win.
Counter punching
Limited counter threat. Opponents can miss without paying a finishing tax.
Timing & reaction
Late on the read. High absorb or a leaking TD defense suggests the first move often belongs to the opponent.
Takedown reaction
A takedown magnet. Low TD defense plus submission losses — this is the hole a grappler builds a camp around.
Merab Dvalishvili “The Machine” is a 35-year-old Orthodox bantamweight out of Georgia, camped at Serra-Longo Fight Team . The tape read: hybrid who can change levels — suspect hips against the shot. Career mark 21-5-0 — 2 by KO/TKO, 2 by submission, 17 by decision. Fight IQ grades C+ (65).
What works. Durability is the standout at 85 (A). Gets through fire. Rarely finished by strikes; the later minutes are still theirs to win. Ground game B on 5.97 TD/15 and 0.35 sub attempts. Striking defense C+ at 59% / 3.05 SApM. Counter punching D; punching agility C (output × accuracy × age curve). Takedown reaction C on 61% TD defense. These are tape proxies — not lab reaction times — built from FightMetric rates, finish shares, and 0 loaded UFC rows.
Where it breaks. Counter punching is the soft spot (48, D). Limited counter threat. Opponents can miss without paying a finishing tax. Opponents who out-speed the first exchange and never stay on the centerline have historically been the ones who make this résumé leak. Losses lean decision more often than a highlight — the issue is usually control of minutes, not a glass jaw.
The book has no per-fight UFC rows for Dvalishvili yet. This scouting card is carried by career FightMetric rates and the win-method split — treat the reaction and agility marks as wider intervals.
Competent offensive grappling — enough volume and threat to change where the fight is scored.
Serviceable pocket defense. Can be found, but rarely walks into the same shot twice.
Limited counter threat. Opponents can miss without paying a finishing tax.
Late on the read. High absorb or a leaking TD defense suggests the first move often belongs to the opponent.
Heavy or economical. Combinations are chosen, not sprayed — opponents can time the entries.
A takedown magnet. Low TD defense plus submission losses — this is the hole a grappler builds a camp around.
Gets through fire. Rarely finished by strikes; the later minutes are still theirs to win.
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