Merab Dvalishvili enjoys staying active. | Getty/UFC
Merab Dvalishvili doesn’t want to be a champion that sits on the sidelines.
“The Machine” will defend his 135-pound belt for the third time when he faces Cory Sandhagen in the UFC 320 co-main event on Saturday at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. Dvalishvili began his 2025 campaign with a unanimous decision victory over Umar Nurmagomedov at UFC 311 in January before submitting Sean O’Malley in the third stanza at UFC 316 this past June.
If all goes as planned at UFC 320, the Georgian grappler won’t be ready to call it a year.