Former
Ultimate Fighting Championship bantamweight champion Merab Dvalishvili will meet Marlon Moraes in a wrestling match at the Real American Freestyle Abu Dhabi event on November 14 at the Etihad Arena. The campaign announced its first event in the Middle East on Wednesday.
The two first met at
UFC 266 In September 2021, when Dvalishvili recovered from an early scare to stop Moraes by second-round TKO.
Merab Dvalishvili and Marlon Moraes will rematch their UFC 266 match on Nov. 14 under wrestling rules
This is Dvalishvili’s fourth RAF appearance. He won
Frankie Edgar and came to beat from behind Henry Cejudo in his first wrestling match before losing a rematch in August.
The 35-year-old Dvalishvili last fought at
UFC 333 on October 24, losing by unanimous decision Peter Yan in their third meeting. He won the UFC bantamweight title in 2024 and defended it three times.
Moraes makes his RAF debut. Former
World Series of Fighting bantamweight champion and UFC title challenger retired from MMA in 2023. He returned to competition in August with a unanimous decision win.
Maximiliano Perez.
Khamzat Chimaev and Colby Covington is set to be titled RAF Abu Dhabi. Arman Tsarukyan is also scheduled to face Neiman Gracie on the map.
#RAFABUDHABI JUST GOT BETTER 🔥 Merab Dvalishvili will take on Marlon Moraes at the Etihad Arena on November 14. Tickets in bio. Watch @foxnation in the US https://t.co/HXKhgbCnnn
– Real American Freestyle (@RAFWrestlingUSA)
November 4, 2026
