Topuria is a weight bully and simply can't make 145 anymore...

[AmonTobin]

No I think he has made the determination that fighting Movsar Evloev is not good for his career.

 

[BROWNPRIDE]

Just that simple.

Another fraud.

Hope Islam starches him.

Bro your avatar guy fights till the death but instead puts us to sleep

 

[AL-Tappo McSnappo]

Just that simple.

Another fraud.

Hope Islam starches him.

No such thing, if you make weight, you are good,
Yes Islam will bury him.

 

[Bojka]

No I think he has made the determination that fighting Movsar Evloev is not good for his career.

Could be that the PPVs against Max didn't meet his expectations and he thinks he needs to move to 155 for bigger money. It's still a very confident bordering on arrogant move though.

 

[AmonTobin]

Could be that the PPVs against Max didn't meet his expectations and he thinks he needs to move to 155 for bigger money. It's still a very confident bordering on arrogant move though.

As long as he’s vacated the belt and doesn’t get an immediate title shot, I got no complaints.

 

[DrRodentia]

Another fraud that... cut weight? That would make everyone a fraud except HW.

Chris Barnett is a fraud

 

[Ramon Antonio]

Um... He is moving up a weight class now. So dont that make him the total opposite of a weight bully?

Fighting in the class you belong in isn’t the opposite of weight bullying though. The opposite would be going above the weight class you belong in.

 

[Bballfan123]

Ur a dumbass and should go read a book about numbers

 

[cburm]

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[cburm]

Illia smoked everyone at 145.. and guess what he's one of the smaller 145ers..

He's born rich.. and doesn't need to deal with a weight cut.. to fight guys his size..

He's challenging the next division up and hel be close to his natural weight at 155 which no other 155 can say that.. and he wants to test himself there

I feel illia is competitive and this sport is his hobby.. I'm pretty sure the guy could just retired years ago

 

[LEWIS540]

Sherdog: weight cutting has got out of hand, it’s basically sanctioned cheating.

Also Sherdog: guy is too lazy to cut 25 pounds. Unprofessional.

 

[Neck&Neck]

I find it hard to believe Ilia cannot make 145, he's not a big FW at all, I think he is capping so he can move up to 155. Nothing wrong with that though

He’s packing a hog and two huge softballs below the belt
Nutrition and diet can’t help you there

 

[Cobra 03]

Why is Topuria a fraud? If you have trouble making weight, the logical thing to do is move up. I can't wait to see how he does against Islam. If Topuria wins, he has a chance to be one of the UFC's all-time greats.

 

[nostradumbass]

I understand him wanting to move up, and applaud him for taking on such a massive challenge, but he clearly must've felt he needed to give the UFC some kind of pretense for moving up that they could give plausible deniability, so he pretended like it was a weight cutting issue.

Imagine anyone believing that a relatively small 145er has trouble making the weight. I think Topuria is out of his mind given his size disadvantage at 155, but gotta give him credit for having huge balls and fearlessly taking on the biggest challenges. He's like the antithesis of Khabib.

He's one of the biggest weight cutters at FW. California publishes fight night weights, and he cut 23 lbs to fight Volk.

 

[TriangleMonkey]

He starched the two FW goats back-2-back

He prob barely wants to get off the couch for any of the other FWs

Let him go 155 and prove himself there too, he def has a great fucking set of skills that should transfer fine

 

[Bend NvR Break]

Are we pretending that Islam isn't a weight bully himself?
The man put on 22 pounds in 1 day and was a MW (his opponent was too) when the fight actually took place.

 

[Ube]

He’s packing a hog and two huge softballs below the belt
Nutrition and diet can’t help you there

Pics?

 

[ejazahmednit]

If he can make weight consistently he isn't a weight bully

 

[ThaiSexPills]

Weight bully is the dumbest term in MMA. But also, if he’s moving up what’s the issue? Dumb thread. He’s never missed weight and now he’s moving up. Cry harder.

Some guys are actually better when they move up. Look at Whittaker or Pereira for recent examples. He’s going to be pretty small at LW though.

 

[markg171]

What actually probably happened is his brother wants to move from BW to FW, like he himself did, and he doesn’t want to reign over his brother’s division