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Ilia torches Makhachev too

as a huge Islam fan i kinda agree. When he sparked Ryan hall a while back i was kinda certain this guy has the makings of a 2 div champ. with that said i feel like he might just get shafted due to the size difference and Islam is good enough to nullify a BJJ champ's ground game and Submit the guy with most submission. If he can get the chin its over so a very good chance
 
He endeed ends Makhachev, this fight cemented it.

Islam was struggling against full camp Volk. Ilia will destroy him
 
He KOs Khabib too
He as a greater chance of sparking is Islam but He gets ragdolled against Khabib. Far far better ground control and grappling grind style and takedowns than Islam. Far better chin makes Khabib a very tough fight for his style. you need a star studded wrestler to beat khabib a bjj boxer aint it.
 
If Islams stands with him he can defo get ko’d with his dodgy chin…

if Islam takes him down though he rag dolls him.. Ilia hasn’t got volks physique to keep Islam off him

Still would rather see Islam fight Charles/arman/Justin/BSD before any FW though
 
Did you see the way Volk was landing kicks early? Islam kicks harder and faster from a longer distance and can actually head kick Topuria. And in the clinch Topuria gets rag-dolled and massacred on the ground, on top of the wrestling threat shutting down a bunch of Topuria’s entries.

There is a dimension where Islam gets backed up to the cage and tries to sit down on something and gets slept…but odds are that shit ain’t happening.
 
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