Ilia Topuria delivered on his talk.

[Guy LeDouche]

He pointed to the center in the first :10 seconds and knocked out Max Holloway.
Love or hate his personality, Can we all appreciate as fans a fighter who walks the walk and backs up his talk?

 

[AldoStillGoat]

Max fans became Topuria fans today

 

[10000yearsold]

Belal would toss him around like a chawawa

 

[stronghulk]

He pointed to the center in the first :10 seconds and knocked out Max Holloway.
Love or hate his personality, Can we all appreciate as fans a fighter who walks the walk and backs up his talk?

Agreed, he did punk him and then got the knock out, very impressive.
Still don't like his personality, so I'm not a fan. But he is an awesome, great fighter.

 

[TheBulge]

He is so insanely confident. With all that pressure on him he didn't get nervous for even a second. People say he's a Conor wannabe but he really does have 145-Conor's confidence.

 

[HHJ]

You just know Conor is seething at this guy stealing his job

 

[Fact Checker]

I never had a doubt. Goodnight max.

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[HHJ]

that ppv was 7 fuckin hours and I really wasnt bored at all. One of the best cards of the year

 

[taugrim]

Belal would toss him around like a chawawa

Ilia talking about moving up to both 155 and then 170 before UFC 308 was silly.

But man he just starched a FW all-time great in Holloway.

After the rematch with Volk, assuming Ilia wins he should fight for the 155 belt.

 

[Fossor]

You just know Conor is seething at this guy stealing his job

I give him 5 hours until he writes something about Ilia's height and how he would have beaten him in the first round.

 

[HHJ]

Belal would toss him around like a chawawa

Chiwiwis

 

[10000yearsold]

Ilia talking about moving up to both 155 and then 170 before UFC 308 was silly.

But man he just starched a FW all-time great in Holloway.

After the rematch with Volk, assuming Ilia wins he should fight for the 155 belt.

Bro! He should fight eloev, who is the clear and apparent #1 contender.

 

[Only Here for Attachments]

Didn't break the fastest KO record, though.

 

[GordoBarraBJJ]

Rematch with Volk (he should win pretty easily)

Fight with Diego and win or lose move up to 155.

 

[Dirty Frank]

He is so insanely confident. With all that pressure on him he didn't get nervous for even a second. People say he's a Conor wannabe but he really does have 145-Conor's confidence.

I cannot even begin to list the reasons he is as far from Conor McGregor as one could get.
Their fight styles are different, the physical attributes are night and day, one is simply confident mofo that actually respects the sport enough to defend the belt and fight the best and the other .... well, you know where I'm heading with this.

 

[TheBulge]

I cannot even begin to list the reasons he is as far from Conor McGregor as one could get.
Their fight styles are different, the physical attributes are night and day, one is simply confident mofo that actually respects the sport enough to defend the belt and fight the best and the other .... well, you know where I'm heading with this.

The comparison was strictly about their confidence in and out of the ring. I didn't delve deeper and I don't care to.

 

[Gilday]

Ilia talking about moving up to both 155 and then 170 before UFC 308 was silly.

But man he just starched a FW all-time great in Holloway.

After the rematch with Volk, assuming Ilia wins he should fight for the 155 belt.

Tbh it isn't the craziest shout ever. Ilia without having to weight cut could catch Belal. If Volk can perform as well as he did in the first Islam fight, Topuria also has a chance.

That being said he needs to defend that FW title at least 2 or 3 more times before I even want to hear about 155

 

[Fact Checker]

Belal would toss him around like a chawawa

Belal would be eating Halal through a straw.

 

[bng]

people just tend to like max more
few tend not to notice topurias skill

 

[HHJ]

I cannot even begin to list the reasons he is as far from Conor McGregor as one could get.
Their fight styles are different, the physical attributes are night and day, one is simply confident mofo that actually respects the sport enough to defend the belt and fight the best and the other .... well, you know where I'm heading with this.

The comparisons are valid, not just for the aesthetic reasons


But he's better than Conor. He's not just in there to fight for 7 mins and gas out and that takedown on max really surprised me. He's a real mixed martial artist