Merab Dvalishvili has shared his prediction for the upcoming combat between Umar Nurmagomedov and Track Yadong.
The 2 bantamweights are set to headline UFC Shanghai, which is about to happen on the twenty ninth of August on the Oriental Sports activities Heart.
Prime-ranked bantamweight Merab Dvalishvili just lately appeared on The Ariel Helwani Present and named who he felt would emerge victorious come Saturday. Choosing his former rival Nurmagomedov to win, Dvalishvili quipped:
It’s a combat the place each have an opportunity however I believe Umar [Nurmagomedov] goes to win this combat. After all, Track Yadong, everyone knows, he hits arduous. However, Umar has an awesome chin. In the event you ask me I’ll say Umar goes to win this combat.
Take a look at Merab Dvalishvili’s prediction for Umar Nurmagomedov vs. Track Yadong:
Each Nurmagomedov and Yadong confronted the identical opponent of their final combat: Deiveson Figueiredo. Whereas Nurmagomedov beat him by way of unanimous determination at UFC 324, Yadong earned a second-round submission victory at UFC Macau (in Might 2026).
Nurmagomedov is using a two-fight win streak, whereas Yadong’s win over Figueiredo helped him bounce again after a unanimous determination loss towards Sean O’Malley.
Umar Nurmagomedov’s solely loss to this point in MMA got here towards merab Dvalishvili
Umar Nurmagomedov has misplaced simply as soon as in his skilled MMA profession, and it got here towards Merab Dvalishvili at UFC 311 in January 2025.
Coming into the combat with an 18-0 file and a win over the harmful Cory Sandhagen, it seemed like Nurmagomedov would possibly breeze to a different victory after he was main 2-0 in 2 judges’ scorecards heading into Spherical 3.
Nevertheless, the seasoned Dvalishvili got here roaring again to win the subsequent three rounds and safe a formidable and resilient unanimous determination victory to retain the bantamweight belt.
Dvalishvili went on to defend the title two extra instances after that, earlier than dropping the belt to Petr Yan at UFC 323.
