Dvalishvili vs Katona

Who won Dvalishvili vs Katona?

Merab Dvalishvili beat Brad Katona by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest during the main card of UFC on ESPN+ 9, on Saturday 4th May 2019 at Canadian Tire Centre in Ottawa.

The scorecards were announced as in favor of 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).

Dvalishvili vs Katona stats

Merab Dvalishvili stepped into the octagon with an undefeated record of 0 wins, zero loses and 0 draws.

Brad Katona made his way to the cage with an unblemished record of 8 wins and 0 draws, with 1 of those by knock out and 2 by submission.

The stats suggested Katona had an advantage in power over Dvalishvili, with a 13% knock out percentage over Dvalishvili's 0%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Katona had a large advantage over Dvalishvili, boosting at 25% submission rate over Dvalishvili's 0%.

Merab Dvalishvili was the older man by 1 year, at 32 years old.

Dvalishvili had 3-inch reach advantage.

Dvalishvili's experience as a professional fighter was relatively equal to Katona's, having had 8 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2014, 8 months earlier than Katona, whose first professional fight was in 2014. He had fought 13 more professional rounds, 58 to Katona's 45.

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Dvalishvili's last 3 fights had come over a period of 4 years, 4 months and 20 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 5 months and 18 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 9 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3 rounds on average.

What were the odds on Dvalishvili vs Katona?

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