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January 18, 2025 · Inglewood, California, USA
Bantamweight · 5 rounds
134.0lb
Weigh-in
135.0lb
Merab Dvalishvili def. Umar Nurmagomedov by U-DEC, R5 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Dvalishvili20/470/100:02
Nurmagomedov18/490/200:02
R2
Dvalishvili20/490/300:15
Nurmagomedov25/471/300:48
R3
Dvalishvili21/541/500:07
Nurmagomedov22/481/500:43
R4
Dvalishvili36/704/901:05
Nurmagomedov21/470/400:04
R5
Dvalishvili14/392/1200:53
Nurmagomedov18/460/100:00
Total
Dvalishvili111/2597/3002:22
Nurmagomedov104/2372/1501:37

Scorecards

Dvalishvili vs Nurmagomedov

RdChris CrailChris LebenMichael BellCommunity
R110-99-109-109.2-9.8
R29-109-109-109.1-9.9
R310-910-910-99.8-9.2
R410-910-910-910-9
R510-910-910-99.9-9
Total49-4648-4748-4748-46.9

Media (21 cards) · avg 4847 · 21 Dvalishvili · 0 Nurmagomedov

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Dvalishvili-Nurmagomedov.

Pre-fight

The model's read going in

The walk-forward model's call at the time of the bout — persisted out-of-sample, with no hindsight about the result.

Prediction
DvalishviliWin probabilityNurmagomedov
55.2%44.8%
KO / TKO
24%
Submission
34%
Decision
42%
Expected fight time: 16.3 min
Retrospective pick: the walk-forward model's call at the time of the fight — persisted out-of-sample, with no hindsight about the result.
What drives the pick

Each bar is a feature's push on the model from the center axis. Red pushes toward Dvalishvili, blue toward Nurmagomedov. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Dvalishvili55%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO14%26%
Submission13%23%
Decision28%51%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes42 (1757)act 111
Takedowns1.5 (0.04.4)act 7
Nurmagomedov45%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO10%21%
Submission22%49%
Decision13%30%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes44 (1860)act 104
Takedowns1.0 (0.03.4)act 2
Combined totals~86 sig strikes~2.5 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R121%
R212%
R313%
R47%
R55%
Distance42%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.1%
Dvalishvili
47.6%+108
Nurmagomedov
-10851.3%
Most takedownstie 21.7%
Dvalishvili
49.3%-170
Nurmagomedov
+17029.0%
Significant strikes — over/under
Dvalishvili
Expected: 41.8
42
Over 42
39.0%
+154
Exactly 42
1.2%
push
Under 42
59.9%
-154
053105
Nurmagomedov
Expected: 44.0
44
Over 44
39.2%
+152
Exactly 44
1.1%
push
Under 44
59.7%
-152
056111
Takedowns — over/under
Dvalishvili
Expected: 1.5
1.5
Over 1.5
48.9%
+104
Under 1.5
51.1%
-104
035
Nurmagomedov
Expected: 1.0
1
Over 1
34.5%
+133
Exactly 1
19.5%
push
Under 1
46.0%
-133
035

Odds are model-implied (no real prop market is priced for these). The “most” prices are draw-no-bet — a tie (for takedowns, usually 0–0) is a push, so each side is priced off its chance of winning given a result, while the % shown is the raw chance of landing strictly more. Drag a line in half-point steps: a half line (e.g. 2.5) is a clean over/under, while a whole number adds a third outcome — landing exactly on it, a push — so over, exact and under sum to 100%. On a whole number the over/under odds are draw-no-bet (priced off the decisive mass, since the push refunds), so the two sides stay mirror images rather than implying an arbitrage.

Expected fight time 16.3 min. Predicted-output ranges are percentiles of the model’s simulated fights: sig strikes the middle 50% (25th–75th); takedowns the wider 10th–90th, since they’re 0 in most fights so a narrow band would collapse to 0. Win-by-method = win probability × that fighter’s own method split: the model forecasts how the fight ends, and that forecast is divided between the corners by each fighter’s finishing record — UFC wins in full, earlier-career wins at half weight, as of fight night — reconciled so the fighters’ totals still equal their win probabilities and the methods still total the fight-level forecast above. “Equity” is each of those over that fighter’s win % — how they win given that they win — so a column adds to 100%, and it differs by corner. A fighter with no classifiable wins at any level leans on the fight-level split. “How it ends” is the model’s round-of-finish split. “Mkt” is the de-vigged market prop (consensus across books), shown for context, not as a betting signal; rounds & totals slots fill as that data lands. Percentages are apportioned by largest remainder, so each set adds to its total exactly and an individual figure can sit a point off its own rounding.

Model vs market
Final
ModelMarketGapLine
To win
Dvalishvili55.2%30.0%+25.2+220
Nurmagomedov44.8%70.0%−25.2-270

Market % is the de-vigged (no-vig) consensus across the books that price both fighters; the line is the average across books with the min–max range in parentheses. Gap is the model minus the market in points (+ = the model rates that outcome above the market). Thin or one-sided markets are flagged or left blank rather than shown as a fabricated %. Shown for context, not as a bet — the closing line is the sharpest public price and the model trails it on average. For 5-round bouts the model splits its round-3+ finish mass into rounds 3–5 by the historical within-bucket rate, so the over-3.5 / 4.5 lines carry a model estimate.

Trait web
71.4Striking86.0
Nurmagomedov +14.6
67.8Grappling72.9
Nurmagomedov +5.1
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
DvalishviliNurmagomedov
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1666
Pound-for-pound
1640
1646
Divisional
1623
1499
Striking offense
1502
1530
Striking defense
1534
1552
Grappling offense
1523
1508
Grappling defense
1524
Physical
34 yrs
Age
29 yrs
5'6"
Height
5'8"
68"
Reach
69"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
4.35
Strikes landed / min
4.46
42%
Strike accuracy
63%
2.31
Strikes absorbed / min
1.36
57%
Strike defense
64%
Grappling (UFC career)
6.09
Takedowns / 15 min
3.98
37%
Takedown accuracy
50%
81%
Takedown defense
100%
0.3
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.4
Form & résumé
85%
UFC win rate
100%
+11
Win/loss streak
+6
100%
Last-5 win rate
100%
9%
Finish rate
50%
Recent opp. quality
126
Days since last fight
168
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Merab Dvalishvili
  • WSean O'MalleyU-DEC R5
    Close -1204mo before
  • WHenry CejudoU-DEC R3
    Close -29711mo before
  • WPetr YanU-DEC R5
    Close +2101y 10mo before
  • WJose AldoU-DEC R3
    Close -1492y 5mo before
  • WMarlon MoraesKO/TKO R2
    Close -2793y 4mo before
Umar Nurmagomedov
  • WCory SandhagenU-DEC R5
    Close -3626mo before
  • WBekzat AlmakhanU-DEC R3
    Close -136411mo before
  • WRaoni BarcelosKO/TKO R1
    Close -9432y before
  • WNate ManessU-DEC R3
    Close -10452y 7mo before
  • WBrian KelleherSUB R1
    Close -9702y 10mo before
Dvalishvili — win / loss by method
Record: 18-4-0

Bar length is fight count (largest bar = full width); shading splits finishes by round and decisions by unanimous vs split — tap a bar for the round-by-round count.

KO/TKO
3 wins, 0 losses
W
17% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
1 win, 1 loss
W
6% of wins
L
25% of losses
Decision
14 wins, 3 losses
W
78% of wins
L
75% of losses
UFC
11win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (9%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 (0%)Submission(50%) 1
10 (91%)Decision(50%) 1
Non-UFC
7win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (29%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
1 (14%)Submission(0%) 0
4 (57%)Decision(100%) 2
Nurmagomedov — win / loss by method
Record: 18-0-0

Bar length is fight count (largest bar = full width); shading splits finishes by round and decisions by unanimous vs split — tap a bar for the round-by-round count.

KO/TKO
2 wins, 0 losses
W
11% of wins
L
Submission
7 wins, 0 losses
W
39% of wins
L
Decision
9 wins, 0 losses
W
50% of wins
L
UFC
6win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (17%)KO/TKO() 0
2 (33%)Submission() 0
3 (50%)Decision() 0
Non-UFC
12win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (8%)KO/TKO() 0
5 (42%)Submission() 0
6 (50%)Decision() 0

Profiles

Experience
Dvalishvili
Nurmagomedov
13
UFC fights
6
209.4 min · 16.1 avg
Octagon time
71.6 min · 11.9 avg
12y 6m
Career length
9y 7m
UFC schedule strength

Opponents' records on fight night — toggle their full cross-promotional record vs UFC bouts only.

Dvalishvili
Nurmagomedov
215W–56L · 79.3%
Overall
110W–25L · 81.5%
193W–50L · 79.4%
Wins
110W–25L · 81.5%
22W–6L · 78.6%
Losses
0W–0L
Non-UFC schedule strength
Dvalishvili
Nurmagomedov
36W–11L · 76.6%
Overall
89W–36L · 71.2%
31W–10L · 75.6%
Wins
89W–36L · 71.2%
5W–1L · 83.3%
Losses
0W–0L
Distance striking
Dvalishvili
Nurmagomedov
5.16
Landed / min
4.96
33.4%
Accuracy
55.9%
60.6%
Defense
64.1%
0.07
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.21
49.0%
Time at distance
52.4%
Grappling & control
Dvalishvili
Nurmagomedov
6.09
Takedowns / 15 min
3.98
37.0%
Takedown accuracy
50.0%
80.8%
Takedown defense
100.0%
0.29
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.42
88.1%
Control share
97.0%
Strike target map
Dvalishvili
  • Head64%(585)div 62%
  • Body17%(151)div 21%
  • Legs19%(175)div 17%
Nurmagomedov
  • Head67%(215)div 62%
  • Body19%(60)div 21%
  • Legs14%(44)div 17%

Where each fighter lands significant strikes (career). “div” = the weight-class average.

Merab Dvalishvili
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

Per-fight: SS & TD shown landed/attempted; Close = consensus closing line.

Umar Nurmagomedov
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

Per-fight: SS & TD shown landed/attempted; Close = consensus closing line.