Merab Dvalishvili | Photo by Ed Mulholland/Zuffa LLC Merab Dvalishvili has some more hardware to add to his trophy case. On Saturday night, during the UFC Nashville broadcast on ESPN, the UFC announced Dvalishvili had won the 2025 Fighter of the Year ESPY for his sensational run atop the men’s bantamweight division. Breaking News @MerabDvalishvil is the @ESPYS winner for 2025 Fighter Of The Year! pic.twitter.com/zkbGwKYDMV — UFC (@ufc) July 13, 2025 Unlike other Fighter of the Year awards, the ESPYs do not consider a calendar year
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