Frankie Saenz vs Merab Dvalishvili — UFC Fight Night: Swanson vs. Ortega Result, Stats & Scorecards

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UFC Fight Night: Swanson vs. Ortega
Frankie Saenz vs Merab Dvalishvili

Bantamweight · 3 rounds · Card

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UFC Fight Night: Swanson vs. Ortega

Saturday, December 9, 2017 · Fresno · California

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Result

Frankie Saenz def. Merab Dvalishvili

Split Decision · Round 3 · 5:00 · 3 Rnd (5-5-5)

Referee · Frank TriggDerek Cleary · 29-28Ron McCarthy · 28-29Marcos Rosales · 28-29Source · UFC Stats · round stats archived

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Round-by-Round Analysis

Fight progression reconstructed from verified round-level observations.

Split Decision · R3 · 5:00

Frankie SaenzRound 3Merab Dvalishvili

17 / 40Sig. strikes11 / 26

43%Accuracy42%

24 / 48Total strikes26 / 44

0Knockdowns0

0 / 0Takedowns5 / 9

0Sub. attempts0

0:14Control2:12

3.4Pace / min2.2

10%Control share90%

Frankie Saenz

Targethead 59% · body 35% · leg 6%

Phasedistance 47% · clinch 47% · ground 6%

Merab Dvalishvili

Targethead 82% · body 18% · leg 0%

Phasedistance 64% · clinch 36% · ground 0%

Statistical signals

Output edgeFrankie Saenz landed 17 significant strikes to 11.Control edgeMerab Dvalishvili held 132s of control to 14s.

Descriptive only. These compare recorded output; they are not judge scores and do not say who won the round.

What changed from R2

Target shiftFrankie Saenz's head share of landed strikes moved +18 pts, to 59% head with 35% body and 6% leg.
Pace downMerab Dvalishvili's significant-strike pace moved -62% from R2 to R3, 2.2 against 5.8 per minute.
Grappling pressureMerab Dvalishvili attempted 4 more takedowns than in R2, 9 against 5.

Observed fight vs historical Fight DNA

Compares this fight against each fighter's pre-fight Fight DNA baseline. Shown only where the historical sample supports it.

Frankie Saenz

Insufficient sample. This fighter's Fight DNA as of the event date did not have enough covered rounds to compare against, so no deviation is shown.

Merab Dvalishvili

Insufficient sample. This fighter's Fight DNA as of the event date did not have enough covered rounds to compare against, so no deviation is shown.

Fight summary

58Frankie Saenz sig. strikes

47Merab Dvalishvili sig. strikes

3rounds observed

+314%largest pace swing, R1 to R2 (Merab Dvalishvili)