Ilia Topuria, Islam Makhachev continue war of words

[Kowboy On Sherdog]

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The difference between you and me is that I am a man and you are a coward. I speak and fight. you talk and hide. Run away far, leaving no trace. Ты маленький пацан. https://t.co/kDuhhdIB8t

— Ilia Topuria (@Topuriailia) May 15, 2025

Things continue to heat up between Islam Makhachev and Ilia Topuria.


Topuria (16-0) recently vacated his featherweight title and moved up to lightweight, rallying for an immediate title fight against Makhachev. Makhachev (27-1) was unwilling to fight Topuria until he proved himself at 155 pounds. Meanwhile, Makhachev was contemplating a move up to welterweight depending on Belal Muhammad’s UFC 315 title fight against Jack Della Maddalena. Maddalena dethroned Muhammad, a friend of Makhachev, clearing the way for the Dagestani to move up.

Ultimate Fighting Championship CEO Dana White subsequently confirmed that Makhachev will fight Maddalena next, while Topuria challenges Charles Oliveira for the vacant lightweight title at UFC 317 on June 28. Topuria has since taken multiple digs at Makhachev, calling him a coward for moving up. Makhachev recently responded, pointing out differences between his lightweight title reign and Topuria’s featherweight stint. Makhachev’s lengthy portfolio, followed by four title defenses, saw him wipe out almost the entire division. Meanwhile, Topuria won the title against Alexander Volkanovski and only defended it against Max Holloway before moving up.

“Difference between me and you, that I cleaned top list in my division, moved to next, but you ran away from two contenders who had consecutive 5-9 wins in FW division,” Makhachev wrote on Twitter. “You are nobody in LW division, just a big mouth from Spain with nice haircut. Go get one W, and we can talk boy.”

Topuria responded by accusing Makhachev of ducking him.

“The difference between you and me is that I am a man and you are a coward. I speak and fight. you talk and hide. Run away far, leaving no trace.”

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Ilia Topuria, Islam Makhachev Continue War of Words

Things continue to heat up between Islam Makhachev and Ilia Topuria.

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[14 division]

Could’ve sworn this was already covered days ago.

 

[TITS]

Could’ve sworn this was already covered days ago.

Yeah, too many threads about the beef between these two, who are never going to fight each other anyway.

 

[Thy]

street beefs these dudes i guess.

 

[BluntForceTrama]

Islam shoulda gone completely radio silent


That woulda drove the little hobbit completely mad

 

[Young Calf Kick]

Could you change your title to “Ilia Topuria, Ali Abdelaziz continue their war of words”?

Factual journalism please.

 

[xhaydenx]

“Difference between me and you, that I cleaned top list in my division, moved to next, but you ran away from two contenders who had consecutive 5-9 wins in FW division,” Makhachev wrote on Twitter. “You are nobody in LW division, just a big mouth from Spain with nice haircut. Go get one W, and we can talk boy.”

Islam is legit dumb.

Says he cleaned the top of his division, but there's two guys in the top 5 he hasn't fought. The guy who is #1 he fought but it was short notice for Arman.

Says Top is a nobody at LW, but how does Islam think he's anyone at WW?

Says Top should get one W at LW, but he already delivered a better KO finish of Herbert than any finishes Islam has done in his career at LW.

And if Islam can tell Top to go get a win, then is he going to go do that at WW if JDM tells him the same? Top has done more at LW than Islam has at WW lol.

This dude is drinking too much of the bathtub water at this point. Just total dumbassery.

 

[Marko Polo]

War Topuria

 

[Marko Polo]

“Difference between me and you, that I cleaned top list in my division, moved to next, but you ran away from two contenders who had consecutive 5-9 wins in FW division,” Makhachev wrote on Twitter. “You are nobody in LW division, just a big mouth from Spain with nice haircut. Go get one W, and we can talk boy.”

Islam is legit dumb.

Says he cleaned the top of his division, but there's two guys in the top 5 he hasn't fought. The guy who is #1 he fought but it was short notice for Arman.

Says Top is a nobody at LW, but how does Islam think he's anyone at WW?

Says Top should get one W at LW, but he already delivered a better KO finish of Herbert than any finishes Islam has done in his career at LW.

And if Islam can tell Top to go get a win, then is he going to go do that at WW if JDM tells him the same? Top has done more at LW than Islam has at WW lol.

This dude is drinking too much of the bathtub water at this point. Just total dumbassery.

They NEVER make sense dude. They don’t even try to

 

[2004 account]

I respect Islam less and less every day due to his poor strength of schedule and his energy in general towards fighting.



He doesnt represent that true champ mentality imo, just another duck like jones

 

[LEWIS540]

I respect Islam less and less every day due to his poor strength of schedule and his energy in general towards fighting.



He doesnt represent that true champ mentality imo, just another duck like jones

He’ll be devastated to hear this.

 

[TheNewGame]

“Difference between me and you, that I cleaned top list in my division, moved to next, but you ran away from two contenders who had consecutive 5-9 wins in FW division,” Makhachev wrote on Twitter. “You are nobody in LW division, just a big mouth from Spain with nice haircut. Go get one W, and we can talk boy.”

Islam is legit dumb.

Says he cleaned the top of his division, but there's two guys in the top 5 he hasn't fought. The guy who is #1 he fought but it was short notice for Arman.

Says Top is a nobody at LW, but how does Islam think he's anyone at WW?

Says Top should get one W at LW, but he already delivered a better KO finish of Herbert than any finishes Islam has done in his career at LW.

And if Islam can tell Top to go get a win, then is he going to go do that at WW if JDM tells him the same? Top has done more at LW than Islam has at WW lol.

This dude is drinking too much of the bathtub water at this point. Just total dumbassery.

 

[Streeter]

Illas 2 big wins are better than any Mak has. 1 shotted a full camp Volk and kod the man never kod .

 

[LEWIS540]

Illas 2 big wins are better than any Mak has. 1 shotted a full camp Volk and kod the man never kod .

I mean he KO’d Volk literally 3 months after Islam did it. Pretty important detail to miss out.

 

[Harlekin]

Who will win the war of words.
Topuria - or Ali's social media manager
YOU DECIDE

 

[richardjohnson]

I mean he KO’d Volk literally 3 months after Islam did it. Pretty important detail to miss out.

You just know if it was the other way around it’d be all “Ilia softened him up for Islam”

 

[LEWIS540]

You just know if it was the other way around it’d be all “Ilia softened him up for Islam”

Rightly so.

Volk taking on Islam on a weeks notice then Ilia 3 months later must go down as one of the dumbest decisions ever, legacy wise. Hope he got paid at least.

Those 2 defeats probably remove him from GOAT discussions…..though he’ll obviously still be an ATG.

 

[Pequeño Corey]

These two should just fight. Ilia was always the bigger fight than JDM.

 

[HeadKickerV2]

This could turn out to be another Tony vs Khabib...hope not

 

[Simple Southerner]