How do you think paddy vs topuria will go?

I gotta say a couple of years ago when they were beefing I'd say Ilia would kill him but he's really improved and filled out at LW. I'd still take Toporia but it would be closer than I initially thought.
 
Illia by however he wants.

Yeah, paddy looked good in his last fight but Chandler was stiff, slow and lacked explosiveness.

Chandler has never been technical. Illia is a technical masterclass.
He KOed the goat and Max "I'm the best boxer baby" Holloway, not with swinging haymakers but outclassing them technically.
 
I think it's premature to put Paddy against Illia. I'm not so sure Paddy has such a big advantage in the grappling.

Paddy would have a better chance in a 3-round fight; I don't see him surviving 5 rounds.

I think Paddy still has a ways to improve before a big showdown like this.
 
IMO Paddy is able to avoid the KO and impose his size on Topuria. I think everyone is under-estimating how much trouble Topuria will have grappling with the 155 fighters.

Lightweight is THE MOST stacked division in MMA. The fighters at 155 are just better. Topuria loses to Islam, Arman, Oliveira, and Paddy.
 
Paddy gets crushed.

Simple as that.

Levels to this shit.
 
I'm picking Paddy by size. They are both good. I think Paddy is a big big LW.
 
paddy improving + recency bias has a lot omit the loss record of his last 3 opponents let alone Michael Chandler just being a plain average fighter who also is 38 and yet somehow still thinks killing it at the gym will solve his problems /run on sentence

see you at the TOP
 
An epic battle for the ages, that takes both fighters to the brink
Ending with a Late 5th round TKO finish for LaToppy
The beginning of a legendary Trilogy
 
I gotta say a couple of years ago when they were beefing I'd say Ilia would kill him but he's really improved and filled out at LW. I'd still take Toporia but it would be closer than I initially thought.

That's about my reading too, Pimblett really impressed me a lot against Chandler
 
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