Yan vs Dvalishvili

Who won Yan vs Dvalishvili?

Merab Dvalishvili beat Petr Yan by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest during the main event of UFC Fight Night, on Saturday 11th March 2023 at The Theater at Virgin Hotels in Las Vegas.

The scorecards were announced as 50-45, 50-45, 50-45 in favor of the winner Merab Dvalishvili.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 5 rounds in the Bantamweight division, which meant the weight limit was 135 pounds (9.6 stone or 61.2 KG).

Yan vs Dvalishvili stats

Petr Yan stepped into the octagon with a record of 16 wins, 4 losses and 0 draws, 7 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 15 wins, 4 losses and 0 draws, 3 of those wins coming by knock out and 1 by submission.

Petr Yan's UFC record stood at 9-4-0, while Merab Dvalishvili's came in at 10-2-0.

The stats suggested Yan had a large advantage in power over Dvalishvili, boasting a 44% knock out percentage over Dvalishvili's 20%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Dvalishvili had a slight advantage over Yan, with a 7% submission rate over Yan's 6%.

Petr Yan was the younger man by 2 years, at 31 years old.

Yan had a height advantage of 1 inch over Dvalishvili. Despite this, Dvalishvili had a 1-inch reach advantage.

Yan was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 1 more fights, and made his debut in 2013, 9 months earlier than Dvalishvili, whose first professional fight was in 2014. He had fought 11 more professional rounds, 72 to Dvalishvili's 61.

Yan vs Dvalishvili form

Yan had beaten 4 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 2 of them, going to the judges twice.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had lost to Aljamain Sterling at UFC 259 on 6th March 2021 by in the 4th round in their UFC Bantamweight championship fight at UFC APEX, Las Vegas, United States.

Previous to that, he had won against Jose Aldo 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.

Going into that contest, he had beaten Urijah Faber at UFC 245 on 14th December 2019 by knockout in the 3rd round at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas, United States.

Before that, he had defeated Jimmie Rivera at UFC 238 on 8th June 2019 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at United Center, Chicago.

He was victorious against John Dodson at UFC on ESPN+ 3 on 23rd February 2019 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at O2 Arena, Prague, Czech Republic.

Activity check

Yan's last 5 fights had come over a period of 5 years, 5 months and 1 day, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year and 30 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 18 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3.6 rounds on average.

Dvalishvili's last 3 fights had come over a period of 5 years, 2 months and 20 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 8 months and 28 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 Yan vs Dvalishvili?

Petr Yan was a 19/50 (-260) favourite going into the contest, while Merab Dvalishvili made his way into the ring at 21/10 (+210) with oddsmakers.