Islam vs Ilia should only happen at the White House IF Islam beats Morales and Ilia beats Arman

[fries in the bag]

In February:
- Ilia should defend his title against Arman
- Islam should defend his title against {Morales or Prates or Garry}

Islam vs Ilia only happens if they beat the #1 contender early 2026.

 

[Histalian]

Stop. They will never fight.

 

[TheDon555]

In February:
- Ilia should defend his title against Arman
- Islam should defend his title against {Morales or Prates or Garry}

Islam vs Ilia only happens if they beat the #1 contender early 2026.

Totally agree. Ilia needs to get through the top guy at 55 first before he could EVER claim a shot at Welterweight against one of the greats. Islam need to defend since he already skipped the line so the line shouldn’t be skipped twice back to back in the most stacked division

 

[fries in the bag]

Totally agree. Ilia needs to get through the top guy at 55 first before he could EVER claim a shot at Welterweight against one of the greats. Islam need to defend since he already skipped the line so the line shouldn’t be skipped twice back to back in the most stacked division

if ilia can't beat arman, let alone finish him, he has no chance vs islam

 

[TheDon555]

if ilia can't beat arman, let alone finish him, he has no chance vs islam

Exactly and thats why this fight needs to happen. Prove that he deserves Islam and if he beats Arman handily it hypes up the Islam fight that much more. Its a no brainer of a fight that needs to happen

 

[Dionysian]

That’d make for a legendary fight if it went down like that yup

 

[jeskola]

In February:
- Ilia should defend his title against Arman
- Islam should defend his title against {Morales or Prates or Garry}

Islam vs Ilia only happens if they beat the #1 contender early 2026.

It shoudn't happen and it won't happen. Both guys already moved up once and are comfortable where they are.

 

[Hezekiah]

Topuria should never be given a title shot at 170 unless he beats a top five welterweight first.

 

[Deltron 6060]

Couldn't agree more!

 

[shunyata]

Ilia is way too small for ww. Best thing he can do for his legacy is rack up a string of title defenses at 155.

Just let it go. Be like Elsa.

 

[Cowboy Kurt Angle]

He will come back in May KO Garth, return June 2027 win and retire

 

[Ibm]

At least Illia is steping up to a fight which he will lose badly. Not ducking like many other guys.

 

[Kung Fu Kowboy]

 

[Adamant]

In February:
- Ilia should defend his title against Arman
- Islam should defend his title against {Morales or Prates or Garry}

Islam vs Ilia only happens if they beat the #1 contender early 2026.

That would be great, and a fight I'd like to see, but then that puts all the other contenders on a backlog for an unreasonable amount of time.

 

[Kwic]

Yup.
Book it goof.