Media Topuria wants Makhachev

[Neck&Neck]

the punch literally landed on the armpit and the commentary team and replay confirmed it, are you blind?

His armpit got cracked

 

[ryun253]

Fuck topuria. He has work to do, islam has 4 defenses, give him a shot at 170.

He won't fight Belal, they are friends

 

[Sean Chowdhury]

they didnt show though... And Joe was on that Cali Kush early saying Holland triangle was tight (there was no triangle)

yeah but the commentary team said they "isolated" it which means they found the specific punch that knocked down Islam and all 3 commentators agreed it landed on the armpit

 

[kingmob6]

he can't, Belal is the champ. unless i missed where Islam said he'd fight him.

Ilya should just move to 170 and beat belal. Then Islam can fight him at both weight classes.

 

[fortheo]

his number 1 contenders like arman bitchrukyan shouldn't punch fans and get suspended for most of the year

?? This is a thread about Topuria. Topuria is the one I was talking about.

 

[LoveMyMMA]

Ilia wouldn’t even beat Movsar

 

[Sean Chowdhury]

?? This is a thread about Topuria. Topuria is the one I was talking about.

lol nvm your comment also somewhat applied to Islam

 

[Koya]

With Arman being unreliable, & no interest in a Volk rematch, I don't hate it

Arman Vs Topuria #1 contender fight

 

[Superzorro]

Topuria will get submitted even faster than Moicano.

I don't think that's possible. But I do think it's likely Makhachev will win if he doesn't try to exclusively strike with Topuria.

 

[Iroh]

Topiria should fight like 2 or 3 ranked guys and show he is a legit contender at LW. That way he won't just be another 145er and Islam would be more likely to take the fight.

 

[Pancake Sprawl]

Ilya should just move to 170 and beat belal. Then Islam can fight him at both weight classes.

i don't even think Ilia believes he can beat Belal

 

[kingmob6]

i don't even think Ilia believes he can beat Belal

I honestly think he is confident enough that he would say he would. He has that alpha confidence right now. I dig it

 

[Pancake Sprawl]

I honestly think he is confident enough that he would say he would. He has that alpha confidence right now. I dig it

if he believes it then he should do it. 170lb has more contenders than 155lb and 145lb put together.

 

[kingmob6]

if he believes it then he should do it. 170lb has more contenders than 155lb and 145lb put together.

Im all for it. But he wants islam's shine. Belal has no sex appeal

 

[Peli]

Let Islam defend against Tsaryukan then, he deserves to defend against legit LWs instead of FWs. Zero upside to fighting Topuria.

Dana said no and I can understand that. This dude pulls out one day before the fight. Its one thing to pull out while warming up but he pulled out cutting weight. In the press conference, he says "See next year" After saying Arman has spoken to a doctor. Was that a freudian slip? Is Arman really hurt and its going to take a year? Do they have plans for islam after Ramadan?

 

[Simple Southerner]

Islam would ragdoll him then submit him

 

[moosaev]

Dana said no and I can understand that. This dude pulls out one day before the fight. Its one thing to pull out while warming up but he pulled out cutting weight. In the press conference, he says "See next year" After saying Arman has spoken to a doctor. Was that a freudian slip? Is Arman really hurt and its going to take a year? Do they have plans for islam after Ramadan?

Dang, did Dana really say that? Oh well, Arman fucked himself by declining the Islam fight after he beat Oliveira. Can’t do that and the pull out the day of when it’s your time.

 

[KhabibPink]

Somewhere i heard Islam is willing to fight Belal, if he’s willing I’d rather see Islam vs the Winner of Belal vs Shavvy

 

[Peli]

Dang, did Dana really say that? Oh well, Arman fucked himself by declining the Islam fight after he beat Oliveira. Can’t do that and the pull out the day of when it’s your time.

To be fair, maybe he meant we'll see how 2025 plays out for him this year and is still on 2024

But it sounds like he got checked out by a Doctor, Heather.




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[subtlySteve]

If Topuria "makes it look easy" against Islam, then I'll eat my hat... yeah, my hat’s made of pancakes, but still.