Topuria, Evleov should fight

[Kaiokenrye24]

Except for Diego Lopes, the rest of 145’s top 5 are grandfathered in and have clear limitations.
Volkanovski and Holloway are past their prime, I could see Holloway having an ugly decline if his durability is gone
Yair has too much quit in him, and Ortega can be lethal on the mat but has way too many other deficiencies from cardio to striking

 

[Rorschachxx]

If he beats Aljo he's earned his titleshot. Sadly he will most likely get passed up by Lopes though.

 

[CobraCobretti]

Eloev should try to finish someone first.

 

[Elegant]

How can a guy who has one of the greatest KOs ever at the literal last second of Round 5 have ''too much quit in him'''? Lol

 

[Brigfa2]

So they should cancel his fight with Aljo?

 

[BigTruck]

Eloev should try to finish someone first.

8 straight decisions in the UFC, what's with all these decision machines lately?

 

[PhotographyRaptor]

Wait, do you mean each other? No,no,no,no,no,no,no

 

[Kaiokenrye24]

How can a guy who has one of the greatest KOs ever at the literal last second of Round 5 have ''too much quit in him'''? Lol

Watch the fights against Ortega and Volkanovski

 

[markys00]

Did you just make a list of 2 items and use a comma?

 

[Ser das Trevas]

Topuria fighting Movsar Evloev would be a good test for when he faces Islam in the future, as they both have similar fighting styles.

 

[CieloLuce]

Gotta get past the humpfest grappling. If he beats Aljo, definitely title shot.

 

[LeBron]

Topuria fighting Movsar Evloev would be a good test for when he faces Islam in the future, as they both have similar fighting styles.

 

[Ser das Trevas]

 

[Ser das Trevas]

Topuria needs to beat some Russian fighter, especially from Dagestan in the UFC, knock him out, beat him up, send him to the realm of shadows.

 

[rjmbrd]

If he gets past Sterling he is the #1 contender. Frankly in a sane world he would already be the #1 contender after putting 8 in a row together capped with Ige > Lopes > Allen. The fact that he's ranked #5 two behind Lopes who he beat is hilarious.

Sterling
Allen
Lopes
Ige
Dawodu
Lentz
Grundy
Barzola
Choi Seung

Imagine being 9-0 in the UFC on that run and being told to take another fight. IMO this is how things should shake out:

Topuria -vs- winner Sterling x Evleov

Volk -vs- Lopes

Allen -vs- Yair

Any combination of Ortega, Emmett, Kattar vs Lerone Murphy

Jean Silva vs any combination of Giga, Mitchell, Barboza

 

[Tweak896]

I like Lopes, but it's hard to see how he beats Topuria. Topuria probably has closest odds with Evleov out of all possible contenders. It's still hard for me to imagine Topuria getting controlled to a decision. Maybe Islam could do it.

 

[NoSmilez]

Honestly he isn't active enough. Lopez lost to him in a very competitive fight. Lopez fought 5 times since that fight. Evloev only had one fight. Lopez is also playing backup for championship fights.

 

[Ser das Trevas]

If he gets past Sterling he is the #1 contender. Frankly in a sane world he would already be the #1 contender after putting 8 in a row together capped with Ige > Lopes > Allen. The fact that he's ranked #5 two behind Lopes who he beat is hilarious.

Sterling
Allen
Lopes
Ige
Dawodu
Lentz
Grundy
Barzola
Choi Seung

Imagine being 9-0 in the UFC on that run and being told to take another fight. IMO this is how things should shake out:

Topuria -vs- winner Sterling x Evleov

Volk -vs- Lopes

Allen -vs- Yair

Any combination of Ortega, Emmett, Kattar vs Lerone Murphy

Jean Silva vs any combination of Giga, Mitchell, Barboza

I don't care about ranking, I just want to see some arrogant Russian fighter getting crushed, beaten, knocked out in the UFC, who better than Topuria to do that?

 

[SalvadorAllende]

I think Aljo vs Evloev winner should fight for the title. Too bad we don't get to see them both fighting for the belt.

Illia will be heavily favored in the Volkanovski rematch and I think he runs through Diego Lopes with ease. They need contenders.

 

[Rapa]

Volkanovski and Holloway are past their prime

Funny how volk and max were in prime before fighting ilia " ooo dude max knocked out justin gaethje!! His prime starts now"