Former UFC bantamweight kingpin Merab Dvalishvili has reacted after being chosen by MMA Junkie as the 2025 Male Fighter of the Year.
Dvalishvili started the year on a high note by securing a unanimous decision win over Umar Nurmagomedov at UFC 311. A few months later, at UFC 316, he locked horns with Sean O’Malley in a rematch and submitted ‘Suga’ in round three of the title fight.
For his third title defense, the Georgian fighter took on Cory Sandhagen and cruised to another unanimous decision win at UFC 320.
Earlier this month at UFC 323, Dvalishvili, in an attempt to create history by defending a UFC belt four times in one year, locked horns with Petr Yan in a rematch.