Topuria's Resume

[JoeRowe]

He's obviously a talented young fighter who lacks no confidence. He's an excellent offensive boxer & very good offensive grappler. But looking at his resume I'm not that impressed. Let's look at his wins:

-He beat Volk 3.5 months after Volk got brutally KO'd by Islam. If Volk's chin hadn't already been destroyed it's plausible that all 5 rounds resemble round 1 were Volk soundly picked Ilia apart.

-Beat 40 year-old Josh Emmett by decision, who has been finished in his prime by the likes of Yair & Stephens. Good win but nobody has ever considered Emmett elite.

-Smoked 1 dimensional lesser athletes like Damon Jackson, Ryan Hall, & Bryce Mitchell. Solid wins but nowhere near the level of guys Holloway has fought the last 10 years.

-Struggled mightily with Jai Herbert, who hasn't hurt anyone before or since 10-8-ing the manlet Topuria.

-Barely beat Youseff Zelal, 29-28 via panic wrestling. Good win I guess.

He's young & ascending but I'm not sold on him being a near 3-1 favorite against a legend like Max.

 

[TITS]

- Sends Holloway out of the cage with shit in his pants after he KO's him stiff in round 1.

 

[BEATDOWNS]

scared little boy

 

[Gabe]

He might just be getting started. Volk I mean we all know how good that win is. He beat Emmett like no one has, and we have to look forward as Holloway will be a huge win for him if he gets it done.

 

[flektarn]

A little thin. Dunno how he avoided guys like yair, kattar, Arnold Allen, and max (until now). But he's champ now, so w/e. If he wins then he has lopes and then after that we'll see but those two wins would really solidify his resume.

 

[TITS]

scared little boy

Damn dude, you've posted this like 7 times in the last 30 minutes. Looks like Ilia's got you shook and rustled, my man.

 

[BEATDOWNS]

Damn dude, you've posted this like 7 times in the last 30 minutes. Looks like Ilia's got you shook and rustled, my man.

 

[FlyingDeathKick]

Very true, no knock on Topuria and only time will tell but the Topuria fans are totally delusional about him imo. Maybe he's the next GOAT like they think but that remains to be seen, aside from Volk he hasn't faced the best competition and many guys look great until they finally fight somebody great, then they get beaten badly and sometimes never recover from the loss and go on a big losing streak.

 

[TITS]

A little thin. Dunno how he avoided guys like yair, kattar, Arnold Allen, and max (until now). But he's champ now, so w/e. If he wins then he has lopes and then after that we'll see but those two wins would really solidify his resume.

His path to the title was no different than O'Malley, Islam, or Alex (at MW). Meanwhile, Belal and Merab had to basically run the gauntlet but still get no respect.

 

[TITS]

...in the other thread!

 

[Blanqa Blanqua]

- Sends Holloway out of the cage with shit in his pants after he KO's him stiff in round 1.

Damn dude, you've posted this like 7 times in the last 30 minutes. Looks like Max's got you shook and rustled, my man.

 

[tritestill]

You can do this with just about anybody. These thinly hidden hate threads are never impressive. Pretty sure the other posters who dislike Ilia, because they like Max or any other weird reason to dislike a fighter think this is thought out.

 

[TITS]

Damn dude, you've posted this like 7 times in the last 30 minutes. Looks like Max's got you shook and rustled, my man.

...but never shook.

 

[Mmmmmmma1234]

This is one of those everyone is choosing a side things illa either gonna be never that good on Sunday or a goat

 

[BEATDOWNS]

...in the other thread!

so three then a far cry from seven you are a DMF supporting a fellow DMF

it be what it be

 

[Egészségére!]

It’s definitely padded pre ufc

The guy he beat 2 fights before the ufc is 0-1 career, another is 0-1 & another is 0-3 lol

But he’s still undefeated, has some impressive wins & seems to be improving so it’s hard to say

IDK, I’m not a hater but admit I would really like to see Max get the belt back

 

[jeff7b9]

Yeah that's who he fought.

And he dismantled most of them.
And many of them were on win streak or holding respectable standing.


And he is wnning those fights, looking great and improving.


Regarding his path to th UFC...

So he steamrolled those guys it looks like.
That's what a good fighter I supposed to to.

Ilia has a crazy high finish rate for a we littlĺe 145er.

Short little bugger. Not even a big 45.


I don't like ilia. Not a fan of guys disrespecting fighters who have accomplished more than they have.

He's a cocky little shit. But he is good

 

[jko1355]

Yeah that's who he fought.

And he dismantled most of them.
And many of them were on win streak or holding respectable standing.


And he is wnning those fights, looking great and improving.

When you say most of them were on a win streak you mean just Bryce and Hall...

 

[legedema]

Max needs to finish annoying Topuria.

 

[B ville Famous]

Topuria might be the new Cody Garbrandt. Only time will tell.