Ilia Topuria gained over 1 million of followers on IG during UFC 308

[Geniusss]

During UFC 308 meaning the last few weeks, during the build up, during the actual card and after he won and ko'd max

That's pretty impressive if you ask me, he is gaining a lot of popularity

WHat do u think?

 

[Kowboy On Sherdog]

Why are my Instagram followers suddenly increasing?


If you notice a sudden increase in your Instagram followers, it could be because someone bought followers for you, or you might be experiencing a delay in your follower count update:

 

[Flower2dPeople]

 

[Lee Danger]

Indian bots.

 

[MarioLemieux]

He'll be bigger than Conor in the not so distant future.

 

[AldoStillGoat]

That's what happens when you are the TopGun.

 

[FlyingDeathKick]

Wtf, I would have assumed he had like 200k followers. That's more than Max already... Must all be Spanish and Georgians.

 

[Egészségére!]

No wonder he scoffed at Dana’s 50k with that following & sponsorship deal he just signed with Dolce & Gabbana as an influencer he’ll make 50k a post

Spoiler

 

[KarateYeah]

Soon he will look at Conor and say:

"¿Quién la FOOK es este hombre?"

 

[prime_lobov]

If he had an OnlyFans he would have the entire population of Sherdog as VIP subscribers

 

[Gamer007]

He'll be bigger than Conor in the not so distant future.

You really believe that? Do you know how popular Conor is?

Conor has almost 10x the followers Ilia has

Conor has EIGHT of the top ten highest selling MMA PPV's.

Before Conor had fought Mendes even, he had just as many followers as Ilia has now - This was during 2015 when Instagram had less than a quarter of the users it has today!


So the Conor who's most recent win was past prime #10 ranked Dennis Siver, was already relatively bigger than Ilia is now. There won't be a bigger MMA star than Conor for decades.

 

[StonedLemur]

That's what happens when you are the TopGun.

 

[markantony20]

Probably bots however I can imagine having such an impressive performance would gain you some followers.

 

[AldoStillGoat]

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[StonedLemur]

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[MarioLemieux]

You really believe that? Do you know how popular Conor is?

Conor has almost 10x the followers Ilia has

Conor has EIGHT of the top ten highest selling MMA PPV's.

Before Conor had fought Mendes even, he had just as many followers as Ilia has now


So the Conor who's most recent win was past prime #10 ranked Dennis Siver, was already relatively bigger than Ilia is now. There won't be a bigger MMA star than Conor for decades.

Conor got fraud checked though. Topuria actually has the skills to keep on going and he's only 27.

Let's not forget Khabib has 30 something million IG followers and Conor is not much further ahead.

Topuria has Georgia, Spain and soon to be the casuals behind him.

 

[AldoStillGoat]

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[Gamer007]

Conor got fraud checked though. Topuria actually has the skills to keep on going and he's only 27.

Maybe Ilia can keep winning and eventually become bigger than Jon or Adesanya in social media followers. But he would need to become a massive Icon, part time amazing actor, and also a platinum selling artist to even sniff the level of someone like Conor lol. This is assuming he will stay active and have the right dancing partners, which is always the hard part.


The gap is so ridiculously big, it would be absolutely incredible if he could even get to 15 million for an MMA fighter. Today there are over 2 billion users on Instagram, when Conor was getting big in 2015, there was roughly half a billion. So even with 4X the amount of potential exposure for fighters today, and an all-time great talent in Ilia, he is still severely behind and has virtually zero chance of getting to 25 million, let alone catching Conor.


The thing about Conor is the losses actually helped him, the two Diaz fights are some of the most intense and popular fights of all time. The loss to Mayweather was a blessing, he got to fight against arguably the greatest PPV seller of all time (of all the combat PPV's ever sold, Mayweather was involved in 4 of the top 5). The Khabib fight brought about a whole new eastern demographic that we'd never seen before.


The only reason Khabib even has 30 million followers is BECAUSE HE FOUGHT CONOR, before that fight he had around 6-7 million followers with zero title defenses! He was at the right place at the right time when Conor was away from the sport, he capitalized and just so happened to be one of the top 15 MMA fighters of all time. Khabib was lucky enough to get the rub from Conor but also Mayweather as well, two of the top selling fighters ever. Anyone from that period remembers the talk about a Khabib vs Mayweather boxing fight, Khabib was able to get himself into those conversations due to the sheer timing of the whole ordeal.

 

[Neck&Neck]

The Toppy Era is 4 Real !!!