Ilia looked very beatable today

[mkt]

What gets me were all the people saying Max had an uncrackable chin. Yeah, so did Aldo before Conor. In fact, a green Max lost to Conor 11 years ago, and since then has had multiple fights with Aldo/Volk/Poirier and other wars including the recent 5-rounder with Gaethje. Every fighter's chin will crack with enough fights.

That said, younger prime versions of Max/Volk/Aldo would all be tough fights for Topuria and so would FW, pre-self sabotaging Conor or a Merab-style wrestler. But I don't know of any current FWs who fit any of those descriptions.

 

[NextGen]

Weird take because everyone is beatable (some more, some less). If Ilia and Max fought 100 times, for example, it is very obvious Ilia wouldn’t go 100-0.

But what he showed against Max is that he doesn’t need to knock people out to beat them. He’s elite and has a complete skillset and can win in multiple ways. The power + technique is what currently separates him from the rest, however, and makes his margin for error much bigger.

 

[Laheys'Liquorland]

I know where you coming from OP. But when you take a step back and realize, it was all Max connecting those shots. Max....not other UFC fw's we talking Halloway. He looked sharp and started to gear up but man those tiny sloppy mistakes cost him this fight. From the looks, Max brough his A game and still lost to a first ever KO. Ilia is violent and precise.

A beautiful matchup would be Prime Aldo (WEC) vs Ilia Teacup.

 

[BluntForceTrama]

Max could've kept jabbing and avoiding the overhand were his two priorities which he failed at miserably especially the overhand which he's always been vulnerable to.

 

[RockyLockridge]

I picked Topuria to KO Volk. A duck is a duck though and Topuria is ducking Evolev worse than any other champ is ducking another top contender. Evolev is 9-0

0 finishes

 

[Goodfella86]

He has arguably lost rounds to Max, Volk, and Zalal. And he was dropped by Herbert. He is definitely beatable, but my estimation of him as a fighter has only gone up after that fight. He looked so sharp after ten competitive minutes with Max.

 

[Aurelian]

I picked Topuria to KO Volk. A duck is a duck though and Topuria is ducking Evolev worse than any other champ is ducking another top contender. Evolev is 9-0

UFC brings Volk and Lopes to the fight card and you sitting here claiming Topuria is ducking Movsar. Movsar isn't even a fucking option lmao

 

[xhaydenx]

Absolutely stupid take.

You haters are running out of narratives to cling to.

Also, you're just upset because Topuria said he'd bodybag Belal easy (which is true lol)

 

[Ironheart]

Dude I dont even like Topuria but that man is a SERIOUS problem. I dont see him losing any time soon.

 

[xhaydenx]

I picked Topuria to KO Volk. A duck is a duck though and Topuria is ducking Evolev worse than any other champ is ducking another top contender. Evolev is 9-0

Topuria slaughters the two top guys in the division in the same year, but he's afraid of a guy whose best effort is an unimpressive win over Allen lol.

And who cares if Evlo is 9-0? Topuria is nearing on double that haha.

He would take Evlo out within 1.5 rounds very easily. He's better than him at literally everything. It'd be a waste of a fight, really.

 

[Bret 'The Hitman' Hart]

Well, it's not like he was fighting a bum... he was fighting Max Fucking Holloway mate, and he finished him, something that has never been done before.

He looked like a killer to me.