Aldo vs Dvalishvili

Who won Aldo vs Dvalishvili?

Merab Dvalishvili beat Jose Aldo by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest during the main card of UFC 278, on Saturday 20th August 2022 at Vivint Arena in Salt Lake City.

The scorecards were announced as 29-28, 29-28, 30-27 in favor of the winner Merab Dvalishvili.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Bantamweight division, which meant the weight limit was 135 pounds (9.6 stone or 61.2 KG).

Aldo vs Dvalishvili stats

Jose Aldo stepped into the octagon with a record of 31 wins, 7 losses and 0 draws, 17 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 1 by submission.

Merab Dvalishvili made his way to the cage with a record of 14 wins, 4 losses and 0 draws, 3 of those wins coming by knock out and 1 by submission.

Jose Aldo's UFC record stood at 13-7-0, while Merab Dvalishvili's came in at 10-2-0.

The stats suggested Aldo had a massive power advantage over Dvalishvili, boasting a 55% knock out percentage over Dvalishvili's 21%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Dvalishvili had a slight advantage over Aldo, with a 7% submission rate over Aldo's 3%.

Jose Aldo was the older man by 4 years, at 37 years old.

Aldo had a height advantage of 1 inch over Dvalishvili. That also extended to a 2-inch reach advantage.

Aldo was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 20 more fights, and made his debut in 2004, 9 years and 5 months earlier than Dvalishvili, whose first professional fight was in 2014. He had fought 44 more professional rounds, 105 to Dvalishvili's 61.

Aldo vs Dvalishvili form

Jose Aldo had stopped 2 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had lost to Petr Yan at UFC 251 on 11th July 2020 by knockout in the 5th round in their UFC Bantamweight championship fight at UFC Fight Island, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.

Previous to that, he had been beaten by Marlon Moraes at UFC 245 on 14th December 2019 by split decision in their 3 round contest at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas, United States.

Going into that contest, he had been defeated by Alexander Volkanovski at UFC 237 on 11th May 2019 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Jeunesse Arena, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Before that, he had won against Renato Moicano at UFC on ESPN+ 2 on 2nd February 2019 by knockout in the 2nd round at Centro de Formacao Olimpica do Nordeste, Fortaleza.

He had beaten Jeremy Stephens at UFC on FOX 30 on 28th July 2018 by knockout in the 1st round at Scotiabank Saddledome, Calgary, Canada.

Activity check

Aldo's last 5 fights had come over a period of 5 years, 8 months and 28 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 1 month and 23 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 14 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.8 rounds on average.

Dvalishvili's last 4 fights had come over a period of 4 years, 11 months and 21 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 2 months and 30 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 11 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.8 rounds on average.

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