Ilia Topuria: Movsar Evloev 'Needs to Finish Someone' to Earn Title Shot

[Poirierfan]

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Who should he defend the title against?

or Conor?

Sean O'Malley if Sean wins, I want to see Sean get decapitated next.

 

[Kowboy On Sherdog]

Sherbro it's in the OP

"To be honest, my job is to fight. Whoever they’re going to tell me I’m going to have to face and fight next, I will be there.”

He'll fight who the UFC tells him to.

 

[Domitian]

All week this man gives his honest opinions and people shit all over him lol

 

[OldFashion]

Someone should remind Ilia that the UFC is the one that will choose his next opponent, not himself.

maybe you should have read the interview then:

"To be honest, my job is to fight. Whoever they’re going to tell me I’m going to have to face and fight next, I will be there.”

Seems like he's aware

 

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Who should he defend the title against?

or Conor?

Long story short... It should have been Max Holloway.

Short story long... It's probably going to be Yair or Ortega, which is plain silly.

 

[Kowboy On Sherdog]

Long story short... It should have been Max Holloway.

Short story long... It's probably going to be Yair or Ortega, which is plain silly.

 

[Thesnake101]

Someone should remind Ilia that the UFC is the one that will choose his next opponent, not himself.

He literally said that himself, he's gonna fight whomever they tell him to.

I don't think that Evloev is a tough fight at all for him, but he does deserve a title shot.

Just based of what we've seen from Movsar, Ilia should handle him comfortably. The difference in power and boxing is going to be way bigger than the difference in wrestling could ever be. Hell, I think it's more likely Topuria manages to shut Evloev's takedowns down and force him to strike than it is for Movsar to outwrestle him.

 

[Kowboy On Sherdog]

List isn't very big at current. Take what we can get?

Sean O'Malley if Sean wins, I want to see Sean get decapitated next.

 

[Noraaq]

I don't think that Evloev is a tough fight at all for him, but he does deserve a title shot.

Interesting.

The way I look at this match up is that Topuria has never faced someone like Evloev. On the flip side, Evloev has impressively beaten a poor man’s version of Topuria in Dan Ige. Another thing, Topuria loves to fight in boxing range, which is the ideal range for a grappler like Evloev. Lastly, Topuria is at a size disadvantage which is not good vs a relentless grappler. Will his stamina hold up? Can he deal with the grappling while keeping the boxing stance? A good grappler can make an elite striker look mediocre. We saw that with Islam vs Volk. These are some of the question I want to see answered by the champ.

 

[WoozyFailGuy]

Interesting.

The way I look at this match up is that Topuria has never faced someone like Evloev. On the flip side, Evloev has impressively beaten a poor man’s version of Topuria in Dan Ige. Another thing, Topuria loves to fight in boxing range, which is the ideal range for a grappler like Evloev. Lastly, Topuria is at a size disadvantage which is not good vs a relentless grappler. Will his stamina hold up? Can he deal with the grappling while keeping the boxing stance? A good grappler can make an elite striker look mediocre. We saw that with Islam vs Volk. These are some of the question I want to see answered by the champ.

I think Evloev comfortably takes three rounds off Topuria.

 

[Young Calf Kick]

All week this man gives his honest opinions and people shit all over him lol

give it a week and they'll be with it

 

[Kowboy On Sherdog]

 

[DoctorStoppage]

I think Evloev needs another win. That fight with Allen wasn’t convincing enough to me

 

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Who should he defend the title against?

or Conor?

Not sure but I want Max.

 

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Who should he defend the title against?

or Conor?

Ev should definitely get at least one finish.

 

[Kowboy On Sherdog]

 

[Mr Dilkington]

Like Leon said he wouldn't give Colby the title shot. Give it a few weeks and Dana to have a word.

 

[Kowboy On Sherdog]

Not sure but I want Max.

Ev should definitely get at least one finish.

Like Leon said he wouldn't give Colby the title shot. Give it a few weeks and Dana to have a word.

 

[richardjohnson]

As badass as Ilia is, him dismissing all contenders and trying to pick a fight with Conrat is pretty weak IMO.

 

[WoozyFailGuy]

As badass as Ilia is, him dismissing all contenders and trying to pick a fight with Conrat is pretty weak IMO.

Anyone calling out Conor not named Michael Chandler looks absolutely terrible.