{"id":39200,"date":"2026-07-09T06:19:31","date_gmt":"2026-07-09T06:19:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/news\/news\/Merab-Dvalishvili-makes-surprising-pick-for-UFC-329s-McGregor-vs-Holloway-2-201828"},"modified":"2026-07-09T06:19:31","modified_gmt":"2026-07-09T06:19:31","slug":"merab-dvalishvili-makes-surprising-pick-for-ufc-329s-mcgregor-vs-holloway-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/merab-dvalishvili-makes-surprising-pick-for-ufc-329s-mcgregor-vs-holloway-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Merab Dvalishvili makes surprising pick for UFC 329’s McGregor vs. Holloway 2"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
<\/div>\n

Merab
\nDvalishvili<\/a> has shared his predictions for the upcoming
\n
\nUltimate Fighting Championship<\/a> fight card.<\/p>\n

The former bantamweight champion weighed in on the upcoming fights
\nin a recent clip posted on X, giving his picks for four of the five
\n
\nUFC 329<\/a> main card bouts, including the main event between
\nConor
\nMcGregor<\/a> and Max
\nHolloway<\/a> and the co-main event between Benoit St.
\nDenis<\/a> and Paddy
\nPimblett<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\n

Advertisement<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

In a recent video posted by UFC on Paramount+ on X, Dvalishvili
\nmade predictions for several key matchups at UFC 329.<\/p>\n

Picking between flyweights Brandon
\nRoyval<\/a> and Lone\u2019er
\nKavanagh<\/a>, Dvalishvili sided with Royval. For Cory
\nSandhagen<\/a> vs. Mario
\nBautista<\/a>, the former champion said, \u201cIt\u2019s gonna be a great
\nfight between Cory Sandhagen and Mario Bautista, but I have to go
\nwith Cory Sandhagen.\u201d For the co-main event, the Georgian picked
\nSt. Denis to beat Pimblett.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Machine\u201d was then asked about McGregor\u2019s long-awaited return
\nto the Octagon, which will be a rematch against Holloway 13 years
\nin the making. \u201cI love Conor McGregor so much, and I have so much
\nrespect for Max Holloway,\u201d Dvalishvili said. \u201cI want to see Conor
\nMcGregor win because he\u2019s been away from fighting for a long time
\nand he\u2019s done so much for the sport, and he deserves to win this
\ntime. Yeah, I am rooting for Conor McGregor a little more.\u201d<\/p>\n

UFC 329 goes down on Saturday, July 11, at T-Mobile Arena in Las
\nVegas.<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n
\n

\ud83d\udc40 @MerabDvalishvil<\/a>
\ngives his predictions for #UFC329<\/a><\/p>\n[ SAT July 11 | 9pm ET LIVE on @paramountplus<\/a>
\n] pic.twitter.com\/UJeGbY1u7v<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 UFC on Paramount+ (@UFConParamount)
\nJuly 8, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

<\/center> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Merab Dvalishvili has shared his predictions for the upcoming Ultimate Fighting Championship fight card. The former bantamweight champion weighed in on the upcoming fights in a recent clip posted on X, giving his picks for four of the five UFC 329 main card bouts, including the main event between Conor McGregor and Max Holloway and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":39201,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[150],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-39200","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-martial-arts-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39200","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=39200"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39200\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/39201"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39200"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=39200"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=39200"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}