Pros Predict Merab Dvalishvili Vs. Cory Sandhagen – ‘You Got To Knock Him Dead’

“Man, I love Merab. I got to go with Cory because he’s in Denver. I got to support Cory, and I think it’s an exciting fight. And man, Cory has a very high IQ, you know what I mean? And he brings a lot to the table. So, I think it’s going to be a really crazy chess match between them two, and obviously everybody knows Merab. He does not stop. So, I do not want to fight that guy. So, yeah, I’m excited for that,” Youssef Zalal

“Well, Cory Sandhagen and me are under the same management, but having said that, I’m a big fan of him. I think he’s a great dude, and I think he’s very technical and he’s very good. Um, but yeah, I don’t know. I don’t know. I think that’s—Merab’s just, you got to kill the guy.

“You literally got to knock him dead or he’s not going to stop. So, I think Merab has the advantage. Um, but yeah, I’m not surprised. Cory Sandhagen is a bad dude. So, I would say that, take that fight to go to decision. But maybe, yeah, I don’t know. I can’t tell you. I don’t know. I truly don’t know. I don’t know how that goes,” Joe Pyfer

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“Um, I got Merab. Yeah, I got—is that official? I think so. Oh, this is the best. Sick. Sick. Yeah, I got Merab, but I’m happy for Sandhagen getting the shot. Yeah,” Angela Hill

Yeah, I mean, it’s hard. Again, I’m a big fan of both of them. I really like Cory. I like Merab. Um, I don’t want to pick against any of them, but I’ll just be watching as a fan. It’ll be very entertaining,” Dan Ige

“I think relatively the same: take him down, squish him, and hopefully get a finish. And I think that’s what, that’s the main thing that we’ve been working on with him. Just, hey, we got to these power positions, let’s try to use it and put some, put some damage on these guys,” Aljamain Sterling

Full Card

Light Heavyweight: Magomed Ankalaev vs. Alex Pereira

Bantamweight: Merab Dvalishvili (c) vs. Cory Sandhagen

Light Heavyweight: Jiří Procházka vs. Khalil Rountree Jr.

Featherweight: Josh Emmett vs. Youssef Zalal

Middleweight: Abusupiyan Magomedov vs. Joe Pyfer

Prelims

Middleweight: Ateba Abega Gautier vs. Osman Diaz

Middleweight: Edmen Shahbazyan vs. André Muniz

Bantamweight: Chris Gutiérrez vs. Farid Basharat

Women’s Bantamweight: Macy Chiasson vs. Yana Santos

Bantamweight: Patchy Mix vs. Jakub Wikłacz

Women’s Flyweight: Veronica Hardy vs. Brogan Walker