Merab Dvalishvili predicts Topuria will knock out Tsarukyan

Merab Dvalishvili offered his prediction for a potential fight between Ilia Topuria and Arman Tsarukyan. The Georgian fighter said he likes Tsarukyan and thinks he is a wonderful fighter, but believes Topuria will defeat him. Dvalishvili predicted that Tsarukyan will be unable to take Topuria down and will be knocked out when he tries to box with the featherweight champion. Dvalishvili also reflected on his own fight with Petr Yan, saying Yan was the only opponent he could not have beaten that day because of Yan's special style and painful body kicks. He described moments when Yan's kicks hurt so badly he had to rush forward into strikes instead of running away.