Media Ilia Topuria s**** at kicking

[Orochimaru 大蛇丸]

Kicking is less effective, wastes more energy, and is far more dangerous

Obviously kicking is still a very effective part of striking, but I don’t think people understand the risk to reward ratio

 

[MuddyFugger]

Ilia has all the charisma of a used wank rag jesus christ he's a fucking dolt. great fighter obv!

you need to start using paper towels, nobody wants that shit in the washing machines. not even gheys prob

 

[Portland8242]

I've been thinking about this. I feel like someone with good MT or KB could exploit his defence of leg kicks, body kicks head kicks.

Maybe he does train defense of those but I haven't seen much that says he does.

That fighter would also have to have good boxing defense and tdd

Both Max and Volk are fine kickboxers (Max definitely was making it a point to work kicks in vs Topuria) and Illia defended just fine for the most part.

Maybe if he fought Islam it could get exposed a bit as Islam has a pretty good left kick but I doubt it.

Charles is indeed the most Muay Thai heavy striker Illia has fought and he couldn't last with him on the feet.

 

[Portland8242]

Kicking is less effective, wastes more energy, and is far more dangerous

Obviously kicking is still a very effective part of striking, but I don’t think people understand the risk to reward ratio

I think this is especially true for shorter fighters too.

 

[Simple Southerner]

Huge if true

 

[BowserJr]

Both Max and Volk are fine kickboxers (Max definitely was making it a point to work kicks in vs Topuria) and Illia defended just fine for the most part.

Maybe if he fought Islam it could get exposed a bit as Islam has a pretty good left kick but I doubt it.

Charles is indeed the most Muay Thai heavy striker Illia has fought and he couldn't last with him on the feet.

Max is not an elite kickboxer by far. His boxing is good and he uses some kicks thats about it. His boxing defense is not that great either but he hasn't needed it much due to his chin.

Charles is very good at MT but his boxing defense is trash.

That's why I said that whoever it is needs good boxing defense.

Volk is the best out of the 3 and he was winning till he got KOed.

Volk has always had a good chin so IMO much of that result had to do with him coming back too fast from a KO loss from a short notice fight.

Its the most interesting match between all of 45 and 55

 

[Serge421]

I'm pretty sure he can't do a headkick that's why he doesn't attempt it

 

[BjPenn2017]

Ilia has all the charisma of a used wank rag jesus christ he's a fucking dolt. great fighter obv!

Hope he KO’s another one of your favorites with ease and brutally lol

 

[Rampage_Jackson]

Hope he KO’s another one of your favorites with ease and brutally lol

I have no affinity for any of the mantlets he's obliterated

 

[Ramon Antonio]

Art of war. Nobody will expect the kick when it finally will comes.

 

[cburm]

If you watch illia fight he always has to close the distance he has no need for kicks.

He's always in close range a kick is a weakness at that point..

 

[mkt]

He already has the hands of Mike Tyson.... if he had the kicks of Crocop he'd be a 4 division champ.

Don't forget the wrestling of Khabib, submissions of Gordon Ryan, kung fu of Bruce Lee and size of Brock Lesnar.

 

[mkt]

His whole game is timing and speed to get angles which will allow his vicious punches to land.

Kicks are too slow and retract way way the fuck too slow.
(To be compatible with a speed of entry based attack)

No.

Not a well thought out idea.

There is no problem here and I don't get why you are trying to pretend there is.

Which makes me think a tall, rangy fighter with good striking and a wrestling/TD threat would be his biggest threat. Paddy is the closest thing to that in the current LW scene. I know he's hittable but is getting better every fight. At WW, there are quite a few guys who would be very tough opponents for him IMO.

 

[HHJ]

He's always in close range a kick is a weakness at that point..

Not if your Justin Gathje or Shara Bullet

But, I digress that, he generally doesnt need them for his style.

 

[SalvadorAllende]

I think body and headkicks are not very suitable for his style.. the way he steps and all. He isi very boxing based

He has very good legkicks.

 

[Pequeño Corey]

Kicks aren’t going to be everyone’s thing.

 

[Söze Aldo]

I think body and headkicks are not very suitable for his style.. the way he steps and all. He isi very boxing based

He has very good legkicks.

Yes, he fights exceptionally well in a boxing style but he does use low kicks to supplement and often set up his boxing combos, and he can check kicks as well.

It seems some people want him to fight like old Conor did, just because it was flashier, but it was less efficient.

There's a reason Ilia is one of the few under 185 guys who gets legit KOs and not just TKOs, his feet are very planted when he swings which is hard to do with a kick heavy stance.

 

[Kratos94]

He has decent low kicks, but doesn't throw them with consistency. It could really help him, though

 

[BabyBlue_Bomber]

Of course he is. That wasn’t the question though

What I’m saying is, he doesn’t really need to add any new winkles in his game because he’s already winning convincingly against the best in the world; Former champions and future Hall-of-Famers are getting stopped in their tracks. Guys who are known for being notoriously tough and difficult to put away…

“If it’s not broke, why fix it?” and, as of right now, Topuria’s way of fighting doesn’t need to be fixed…

 

[HeadKickerV2]

Why should he throw kicks, his legs are like 10 inches long