Merab Dvalishvili is a big favorite over Terrion Ware at UFC Fight Night 136 on Saturday night in Moscow, Russia. This event is one of eight fights on the preliminary card on UFC Fight Pass. Dvalishvili is 7-4 in his career, while Ware is 17-8 in his career. There are a total of four fights on the main card on UFC Fight Pass, with the headliner a bout between Mark Hunt and Oleksiy Oliynyk. There are also a total of eight fights on the preliminary card also on UFC Fight Pass. Let’s look at the bout between Dvalishvili and Ware and UFC picks.
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Merab Dvalishvili (7-4, 0-2 UFC)
Dvalishvili came into the UFC with a record of 7-2 and he has no wins and two losses in the UFC. He was defeated by Frankie Saenz by split decision and Ricky Simon by technical submission. Dvalishvili has been a pro since 2014 and has two wins by TKO/KO and one by submission. He has one first round finish.
Dvalishvili said this to fightful.com about his upcoming fight against Ware, “I think I’m ready for a real fight…like a crazy fight, that’s how I see it…he loves fighting and he loves striking. He’s coming forward to; I want to mix it up. I don’t only want to strike him, but I want to take him down. I want to hold him (down), I just want to win.”
Terrion Ware (17-8, 0-3 UFC)
Ware came into the UFC with a record of 17-5 and he has no wins and three losses in the UFC. He was defeated by Cody Stamann by unanimous decision, Sean O'Malley by unanimous decision, and Tom Duquesnoy by unanimous decision. Ware has been a pro since 2012 and has six wins by TKO/KO and three by submission. He has five first round finishes.
Ware said this to fightful.com about his upcoming fight against Dvalishvili, “I see it being an all-out action-packed fight, he’ll try to take me down mostly and I see me just defending them. I see me just attacking him and get the knockout; he knocked himself out in his last fight, so who knows where his head is at right now. I’m definitely going to go out there and test his chin.”
Striking Stats
Strikes landed per minute: Dvalishvili 3.60/ Ware 5.18
Accuracy: Dvalishvili 32% / Ware 32%
Strikes absorbed per minute: Dvalishvili 3.07/ Ware 6.71
Defense: Dvalishvili 55% / Ware 46%
Grappling Stats
Takedown average: Dvalishvili 8.50 / Ware 0.67
Accuracy: Dvalishvili 37% / Ware 22%
Takedowns defended: Dvalishvili 80% / Ware 47%
Submission average: Dvalishvili 0.0 / Ware 0.0
UFC Picks
Both Dvalishvili and Ware are both a combined 0-5 under the UFC banner which makes this fight in Moscow even more important for each of them. Ware could have problems with the amount of pressure that Dvalishvili puts on. I will take therefore Dvalishvili to get the win in this fight and the rounds to go over the total.
UFC Fight Night 136 takes place on Saturday, September 15, 2018 at Olimpiyskiy Stadium in Moscow, Russia. The main card has four fights on UFC Fight Pass, featuring Mark Hunt taking on Oleksiy Oliynyk. There are eight fights on the preliminary card also on UFC Fight Pass.
Main Card (UFC Fight Pass)
Heavyweight - Mark Hunt -172 vs. Oleksiy Oliynyk
Light Heavyweight - Nikita Krylov -132 vs. Jan Blachowicz
Heavyweight - Shamil Abdurakhimov -127 vs. Andrei Arlovski
Welterweight - Alexey Kunchenko -500 vs. Thiago Alves
Preliminary Card (UFC Fight Pass)
Middleweight - Khalid Murtazaliev -156 vs. C.B. Dollaway
Bantamweight - Petr Yan -885 vs. Jin Soo Son
Lightweight - Rustam Khabilov -700 vs. Kajan Johnson
Lightweight - Mairbek Taisumov -480 vs. Desmond Green
Light Heavyweight - Magomed Ankalaev -455 vs. Marcin Prachnio
Middleweight - Jordan Johnson -250 vs. Adam Yandiev
Welterweight - Ramazan Emeev -565 vs. Stefan Sekulic
Bantamweight - Merab Dvalishvili -550 vs. Terrion Ware
UFC Fight Night 136 Odds
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