{"id":41157,"date":"2026-10-19T03:18:06","date_gmt":"2026-10-19T03:18:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/news\/news\/Merab-Dvalishvili-calls-himself-a-decision-machine-before-Yan-trilogy-203272"},"modified":"2026-10-19T03:18:06","modified_gmt":"2026-10-19T03:18:06","slug":"merab-dvalishvili-calls-himself-a-decision-machine-before-yan-trilogy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/merab-dvalishvili-calls-himself-a-decision-machine-before-yan-trilogy\/","title":{"rendered":"Merab Dvalishvili calls himself a &#8216;decision machine&#8217; before Yan trilogy"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/merab-dvalishvili-calls-himself-a-decision-machine-before-yan-trilogy.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"\/><\/div>\n<p><a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Merab-Dvalishvili-157355\">Merab<br \/>\nDvalishvili<\/a> can joke about his low finishing rate in the<br \/>\n<a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/organizations\/Ultimate-Fighting-Championship-2\"><br \/>\nUltimate Fighting Championship<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Dvalishvili is scheduled to challenge <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Petr-Yan-186873\">Petr Yan<\/a> for<br \/>\nthe bantamweight title in a trilogy bout at <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/events\/UFC-333-Volkanovski-vs-Evloev-113863\"><br \/>\nUFC 333<\/a> on Oct. 24 at Etihad Arena in Abu Dhabi. When a fan<br \/>\nrecently asked him to predict the outcome, the former champion<br \/>\njokingly suggested another decision victory.<\/p>\n<div id=\"adViAi\">\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h2>Merab Dvalishvili jokes about his decision-heavy record ahead<br \/>\nof Petr Yan title fight at UFC 333<\/h2>\n<p>Dvalishvili is known for his relentless pressure and wrestling,<br \/>\nwith 16 of his 21 career victories coming by decision. The Georgian<br \/>\nhas recorded two finishes in the UFC: a technical knockout of<br \/>\n<a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Marlon-Moraes-30936\">Marlon<br \/>\nMoraes<\/a> in 2021 and a submission of <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Sean-O'Malley-135099\">Sean<br \/>\nO&#8217;Malley<\/a> in his second title defense last year.<\/p>\n<p>Asked how he would beat Yan, Dvalishvili described himself as a<br \/>\n\u201cdecision machine.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere are three ways to win: knockout, submission, or decision,\u201d<br \/>\nDvalishvili said in a <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DepB944Nx3m\/\">brief<br \/>\ninterview<\/a>. \u201cI&#8217;m a decision machine.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><center readability=\"2.2345132743363\"><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" readability=\"7.1504424778761\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">A fan asks Merab how he\u2019s going to beat<br \/>\n<a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Petr-Yan-186873\">Petr<br \/>\nYan<\/a> \ud83d\udc40 &#8220;There are three ways to win: knockout, submission, or<br \/>\ndecision. I&#8217;m a decision machine.&#8221; \ud83d\ude02 via: ghassan_elsolh IG<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 MMA Pros Pick (@MMA_PROS_PICK_) <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/MMA_PROS_PICK_\/status\/2111977447314935864?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\"><br \/>\nOctober 19, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center>  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Merab Dvalishvili can joke about his low finishing rate in the Ultimate Fighting Championship. Dvalishvili is scheduled to challenge Petr Yan for the bantamweight title in a trilogy bout at UFC 333 on Oct. 24 at Etihad Arena in Abu Dhabi. When a fan recently asked him to predict the outcome, the former champion jokingly [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":41158,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[150],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-41157","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-martial-arts-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41157","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=41157"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41157\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/41158"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=41157"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=41157"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=41157"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}