Merab Dvalishvili is on the cusp of etching his name in the UFC history books.
The UFC bantamweight champion will defend his belt in a rematch against Sean O’Malley on Saturday night.
Victory at UFC 316 will see Merab Dvalishvili stretch his epic winning streak to 13 in a row.
In doing so, he’ll join an exclusive club of the greatest fighters of all time, who also achieved the feat.
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Merab Dvalishvili to join elite list of UFC legends
Anderson Silva‘s 16 consecutive UFC wins is the longest perfect streak in company history.
Kamaru Usman and Islam Makhachev are just behind him with 15 perfect UFC bouts in a row.
After that, there’s a five-man list of legends who all won 13 UFC fights on the bounce.
Jon Jones, Khabib Nurmagomedov, Georges St-Pierre, Max Holloway, and Demetrious Johnson all achieved the feat.
Merab Dvalishvili can join their exclusive club if he gets his hand raised in New Jersey this weekend.
Merab Dvalishvili inspired by chance at history
Merab Dvalishvili learned of the slice of history he can make at UFC 316 during the pre-event media day.
“Wow, this is big,” he said when a reporter read out the list of UFC stars who had won 13 or more consecutive fights.
“Yeah, this is another motivation for me.
“This is great, but I’m just gonna focus on my next fight.
“God willing, I win this fight, there’s lots of record and history to be made.
“This is good. It’s a lot just to mention my name with these guys, I’m grateful.”