Dvalishvili can be very relaxed and when the time is right he will easily take that belt. I'm guessing that Sterling loses the belt to someone else and takes it from him. If you don't have a belt, I don't know how to get it. however, he deserves the title. I really felt that in his last match with Yan, no one would stop him at this weight. He really attacks like a pitbull and has no intention of letting go of his opponents. Bantamweight has become my favorite weight. An interesting card, I will look at the other matches as well.
After that extreme 48 takedowns, I think I really like Merab Dvalishvili now, he surely deserves a title shot, and when Henry Cejudo beat Aljamain Sterling I think he can now make a move and take the belt for himself, I know they are friends and training partners but I guess Merab Dvalishvili wants the title for himself, and that is if Cejudo could take that belt off Sterling waist, but we surely don't know what Dvalishvili is really thinking so let's just wait what may happen,
This s one of the hardest UFC event for me to make predictions, and I am not sure about outcome of a single fight on this card.
Bookmakers made Cory Sandhagen a heavy favorite but I actually think Marlon Vera can surprise and win here and I would have this fight 50/50 or 55/45 most.
There are a lot of low odds traps on this event and I sure man of them will go in different direction.
Getting back on different topic, for anyone who is wondering why Kamaru Usman lost from Leon Edwards again, Francis Ngannou said that he was injured and didn't train properly.
I know he was supporting Usman and he was not happy when he lost that fight.
I will give you a little insight into what I think could happen in their fight Cory Sandhagen is a pretty much technical fighter but Marlon Vera is kind of the same, but with those unpredictable kicks I think he got the edge, and both have counter punches but for me, Marlon Vera is more durable and he is hard to hit clean but for sure this fight will be very slow on the 1st rounds but will eventually become explosive in the remaining of the rounds, so for me Chito Vera for me,
Kamaru Usman surely has some injuries I truly believe Francis Ngannou, Normally Usman needs to rest more than a year because he got knockdown badly by Leon Edwards that trauma in his head is still there as we can see Usman is heavily protecting his head not to get knockdown again, he is ready to go with a decision win against Leon Edwards but yeah Edwards was just tough for that,