VIDEO: Lost! Merab Dvalishvili receives help from fans after getting lost in a parking lot.

Merab promotes UFC event. Photo: Reproduction/X/UFC

The brutal and surprising defeat for Petr yan in the main fight of UFC 323 made it so that the year of Merab Dvalishvili It ended in an undesirable way. Amidst all this, the now former bantamweight champion (up to 61,2 kg) experienced a curious situation just hours after the fight. In a video posted on a fan's Instagram profile, the Georgian is seen hitchhiking in a parking lot to try and find his car in an unidentified location.

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Wearing sunglasses and sporting a large wound on his nose, the fighter joked about the situation, relating it to the fact that he had received many punches last weekend.

“I got lost here. That’s what happens when you get beaten up too much,” the Machine said jokingly. The video was posted on the fan page, titled '@prospectgramajo'.

Merab got lost so a fan offered to drive him around and find his car

"I got lost here. That's what happens when you get punched too much."

(via IG / prospectgramajo) pic.twitter.com/jcPe5Gt2QP

— Championship Rounds (@ChampRDS) December 8, 2025

Merab suffered his first UFC loss in the last seven years.

Petr yan in victory against Merab Dvalishvili No. UFC 323. Photo: Reproduction/X.

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The setback marked the end of one of the most impressive winning streaks in recent years. The Georgian became the first fighter to defend his title four times in the same year, and had he won, he would have come close to the company's record for consecutive wins, held by... Anderson Silva e Islam makhachevHis last setback had occurred in 2018, when it was terminated by Ricky Simon.