Why is Islam Makhachev so "afraid" of Illia?

[andgonsil]

Islam is terrified of Toppy

When Ilia was fighting Volk, Islam pathetically scored round one for Volk

He was coping hard, as he took a beating in Islam vs Volk I

 

[Strijfy]

That fight would make Makhachev more $ than any other fight. Khabib tho is heavily against the idea of fighting Illia, saying Illia needs a fight there first, and make a name for himself. Oh well, what about when Umar in his first or second UFC fight went straight to challenge Merab for the belt? Why were you totally in for that then? Khabib even said Islam will move up and fight anyone in 170 even if it's not for the title. And Illia has been provoking Islam and Khabib constantly, saying he would have defeated Khabib back, that Khabib's career was built on fighting mostly average level fighters. Illia also said more than once that Islam could choose the name of the submission that he'd like to be finished with.

Topuria is also apparently someone who whenever asked who's the best, he says "Jon Jones, ofc". And in one of those interviews he was asked "better than GSP, Khabib?" and he was "of course. Comparing with Khabib is a joke. Khabib had as many fights in his UFC career as Jon Jones has defended his belt. People who try to compare both as if it were debatable, I think possibly have a little bit of mental retardation " ...

Despite that, Makhachev is totally ignoring Topuria, willing to go to 170 and fight anyone there. And Makhachev is what, 33 years old. That's not THAT old. Yet he is blatantly wary of Topuria. Ducking hard.

Jesus Wept,you made a thread on what every hater has been spewing on every single post ad nauseum... go you


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[Strijfy]

That's why Islam can never be compared to Jon Jones. Anyone who says Khabib or Islam are ahead JJ in overall best, are morons. Makhachev defended his title 4x and is avoiding someone who he thinks is dangerous. It'd be like if JJ said no to Vitor Belfort on his 5th title fight, a Vitor who was on more testosterone than Chael was when facing Silva, a Vitor who hadn't fought in UFC since 2005 and was coming off two huge impressive wins, one vs Anthony Johnson in a catch weight, in the beginning of the first round. No fights at LHW, no ranking at LHW, a short notice fight since Dan Hooker got injured... JJ took the fight while he was looking at Vitor's abs like "wtf is this guy on"... And it was risky indeed, as Vitor got a tight arm bar from guard. JJ showed huge mental toughness to not only resist and roll out of it, but to keep on fighting with a partially torn ligament and defeat Vitor with an Americana, like, a payback for Vitor almost having him earlier.

Vitor then settled at middleweight and got 3 quick brutal KO wins vs Bisping, Luke Rockhold and Dan Henderson... It was just to blatant he was on steroids though that the damage Bisping got from that was one of the reasons UFC hired the USADA... And since then, Vitor Belfort was never the same and went on a 2 wins 4 losses streak vs less dangerous fighters than the ones he finished. That's what a real champion does. If ppl call JJ a coward for saying he'd vacate the belt after defeating Miocic, all while JJ defended his belt 15x vs 3 generation of fighters... And Makhachev is the "mentality of a true fighter" while already showing fear of losing against Topuria in his 4th defense... That's when you know how fans are a joke in regards to how little they know what they think they "know".

how many short notice replacements did JJ agree to?

 

[Luffy]

Jon Jones avoided the dominick reyes rematch and ran from ngannou and now tom, if you call Islam a duck then what is Jon? An omega duck?

He didn't avoid the rematch. Dana didn't pay him enough since even the PPV # were still low, as the overall consensus was that JJ would win in a rematch by a huge margin. So that's why he was planning a HW move. How did he run from Ngannou when he wasn't even in HW? I mean, are you talking about an off stage beef in which Ngannou went crazy? If not, then you are wrong, as when the fight was officially given to Ngannou as JJ was then in HW, Ngannou didn't sign. He went on to take the less known Cyril who defeated all HWs he had fought and had given Ngannou a hard match, decision win. And he was done with Gane in 2 minutes.

He didn't run from Tom when there was never a contract for that fight. The UFC didn't offer him one, as they followed along with what they thought was the most sensible way, JJ and Miocic fight... And then JJ said he would retire and that he didn't want to keep the belt. He said he wanted to vacate and it was up to the UFC to make it official. Islam is doing that on his 4th title defense. JJ is in another position because... He has defended his belt 15 times... Do you know the difference? If so, your logic is horrible. So someone can't retire after 15 title defense... They must reach at least 16 defenses otherwise they are a duck... Huh? What kind of BS logic is this?

 

[Sean Chowdhury]

He didn't avoid the rematch. Dana didn't pay him enough since even the PPV # were still low, as the overall consensus was that JJ would win in a rematch by a huge margin. So that's why he was planning a HW move. How did he run from Ngannou when he wasn't even in HW? I mean, are you talking about an off stage beef in which Ngannou went crazy? If not, then you are wrong, as when the fight was officially given to Ngannou as JJ was then in HW, Ngannou didn't sign. He went on to take the less known Cyril who defeated all HWs he had fought and had given Ngannou a hard match, decision win. And he was done with Gane in 2 minutes.

He didn't run from Tom when there was never a contract for that fight. The UFC didn't offer him one, as they followed along with what they thought was the most sensible way, JJ and Miocic fight... And then JJ said he would retire and that he didn't want to keep the belt. He said he wanted to vacate and it was up to the UFC to make it official. Islam is doing that on his 4th title defense. JJ is in another position because... He has defended his belt 15 times... Do you know the difference? If so, your logic is horrible. So someone can't retire after 15 title defense... They must reach at least 16 defenses otherwise they are a duck... Huh? What kind of BS logic is this?

he prices himself out of dangerous fights and then claims the UFC didn't pay him enough because he's scared, did the same thing with ngannou, aspinall and reyes. Tom literally agreed verbally and said that the only holdup is on Jones' side, if you can't see a pattern with when Jon decides to price himself out of fights then you are naive

 

[Luffy]

he prices himself out of dangerous fights and then claims the UFC didn't pay him enough because he's scared, did the same thing with ngannou, aspinall and reyes. Tom literally agreed verbally and said that the only holdup is on Jones' side, if you can't see a pattern with when Jon decides to price himself out of fights then you are naive

Except he defeated Reyes. So he didn't price himself, he beat Reyes. And he accepted the price the UFC later came up with, Ngannou did not. Tom Aspinall one can say it, but if he defeats Tom, fans might as well be hot on Ankalaev if he defends his belt in an impressive fashion and say HW was always easy. That is, like Topuria said, JJ has all the glory. Whoever contests it do it out of spite for knowing he came in the UFC in 2009 and was never defeated. It must hurt a little on haters, but JJ and real fighters and ppl who understand the thing outside of cheerleaders like you, know he has the glory.

 

[Luffy]

Islam is terrified of Toppy

When Ilia was fighting Volk, Islam pathetically scored round one for Volk

He was coping hard, as he took a beating in Islam vs Volk I

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Lmaoo... I noticed that Islam also said "good job, amazing fight, Topuria!" when Topuria defeated Holloway, even tho Topuria was all just "you are next". Islam didn't even engage with him since he fears losing to Topuria. He clearly knows Topuria is a huge threat and maybe likely to KO him. If it were a McGregor type of fighter, he'd take it because he'd see McGregor's skills are hugely inflated by his trash talking. But Illia Topuria has both trash talking skills that match with his fighting skills, so Makhachev is just desperate to go to 170.

 

[Sean Chowdhury]

Except he defeated Reyes. So he didn't price himself, he beat Reyes. And he accepted the price the UFC later came up with, Ngannou did not. Tom Aspinall one can say it, but if he defeats Tom, fans might as well be hot on Ankalaev if he defends his belt in an impressive fashion and say HW was always easy. That is, like Topuria said, JJ has all the glory. Whoever contests it do it out of spite for knowing he came in the UFC in 2009 and was never defeated. It must hurt a little on haters, but JJ and real fighters and ppl who understand the thing outside of cheerleaders like you, know he has the glory.

everyone and their mom knows he didn't beat reyes, there's a reason why on every post of Jon and Reyes you see a million comments saying reyes should have won or it was a robbery. If he beat reyes why is there such a big controversy with that fight? Jon conveniently decided to leave LHW and not fight Reyes again and then waited for nearly 4 years until ngannou was out of the UFC to fight Ciryl Gane. He's now holding the belt hostage and refusing to sign a contract with Tom's name on it, those are 3 examples of Jon avoiding tough dangerous fights where many people think he will lose. If people can point out 3 different times that you avoided a dangerous fight then how can you not be called a duck?

 

[RockyLockridge]

KO power
Speed
Confidence
Strong grappling


Everyone is shook of Illa with good reason

 

[Aurelian]

KO power
Speed
Confidence
Strong grappling


Everyone is shook of Illa with good reason

What happened to "I'll fight anyone UFC wants me too"

Oh wait "Not that fucking guy"

 

[Luffy]

everyone and their mom knows he didn't beat reyes, there's a reason why on every post of Jon and Reyes you see a million comments saying reyes should have won or it was a robbery. If he beat reyes why is there such a big controversy with that fight? Jon conveniently decided to leave LHW and not fight Reyes again and then waited for nearly 4 years until ngannou was out of the UFC to fight Ciryl Gane. He's now holding the belt hostage and refusing to sign a contract with Tom's name on it, those are 3 examples of Jon avoiding tough dangerous fights where many people think he will lose. If people can point out 3 different times that you avoided a dangerous fight then how can you not be called a duck?

He defeat Reyes. Again, that's not a debate. The fight was close, he won, in all three judges. End of. Stop dreaming, this isn't an alternate universe. It's like saying everyone knows he tapped to Vitor but no one saw (just some ppl) and should have lost. It's lala land, fictitious world. I don't care about that. I care about the facts.

Again, wrong. He didn't wait for Ngannou to leave, otherwise the contract which JJ had agreed to would be offered to Francis when he wasn't there anymore. Except Francis was there when the contract was offered and Ngannou refused.

I'm not even bringing arguments here, I'm just disproving with facts. You're simply stating things that are as fake as believing 2 + 2 = 4.3 ... I mean, I hope I don't need to bring those facts to you since you have eyes and can read. You are from the same universe as us, you aren't in an alt reality, bro.

As for Gane...

Before the fight:

— Gane was framed as the evolution of heavyweight: slick movement, elite striking, young, huge.

People hyped his close loss to Ngannou as proof he was right there at the top.


After the fight:

He became “a fish out of water on the ground.”

The narrative pivoted to: “Well, of course Jon beat him — Gane never had a ground game.”


Which ignores:

Gane had trained BJJ and scored submission wins.

He stuffed other HWs and had never been finished like that.

Jon timed a takedown with zero warmup rounds in a real fight in 3 years.

Then Miocic came, people were initially excited.

2. Miocic was “the GOAT”… until JJ announced that would be his last fight...

Before:

Miocic was the heavyweight GOAT: wins over Ngannou, Cormier, Werdum, etc.

People said: “If Jon can beat Stipe, he really proves he belongs at HW.”


After:

He’s “Joe Biden in 4oz gloves.”

They ignore that Jon was also inactive, adapting to a new weight class, and coming off a hard fight camp and injury layoff.


But Miocic wasn’t some washed-up joke. He was in shape, motivated, and outweighed Jon Jones by 7 lbs. He said he felt in better shape than when fighting DC and Ngannou due to allowing his body time to rest and recover. Glover almost beat Jiri at that age, too.

 

[Luffy]

TS is retarded. Lol at "Umar in his first or 2nd UFC fight went straight to fight Merab". Umar was 6-0 in the UFC and had just beaten the #2. For reference, Topuria only had 5 fights at FW before getting his title shot, with his best win being 39 year old Josh Emmett coming off a loss. He has 1 defense and now thinks he should jump straight to the front of the line in another division without fighting a single contender.

They already said Topuria can beat any contender, get himself ranked and they'd be happy to take the fight. Why is Topuria scared of literally every single contender in the division? Islam's been fighting for 15 years and only has a few fights left, so they aren't going to waste them on fights that will be instantly written off as "picking on FWs" when Islam is the one who's actually defended his title and earned a chance for a 2nd title.

When Islam was the one who wanted to move up to fight Leon Scott for the WW title(which we all know now he would have won), why was that "he only has 1 defense, he's ducking LW contenders, he shouldn't be allowed to move up until he has several more defenses and fights WW contenders first", but now suddenly it's "1 defense is plenty, give Topuria an instant title shot so we can dismiss it as 'picking on FWs' again after Islam ragdolls him"?

True, he was 4-0 in Bantamweight before getting the title shot. Illia was 6-0 though, put a master class vs Volk and Holloway, the two legends from FW... So much so Volk is the champion again. And Illia Topuria said, actually, that he'd fight Charles. But Charles wants to fight only if for the belt. Charles ever since losing to Islam Makhachev has done everything but ask for a rematch. Arman seemed all hot and talkative but dropped the ball a day before and is not even calling for a rematch himself. Max Holloway whom Illia KO'd is there and isn't saying anything... Maybe he is thinking on defending his BMF belt lulz. Dustin and Gaethje are also not calling out Topuria and making a case to fight him at all, either... They are all very quiet.

Topuria and Charles Oliveira are the only ones doing something. Charles seems to finally want to fight for the belt now... Topuria is ok to fight the winner of Charles or Islam... But Islam wanted Charles to fight Topuria firstly, Charles wants the belt, so... Why doesn't Islam fight Charles then and the winner vs Topuria? Btw the Illia Topuria fight may be seem quick, but no other LW is giving a fuck at this point, and Islam is clearly not willing to fight Illia, he knows the risks and I think there is also the psychological aspect of losing to Illia after Illia made fun of him many times. And since he know Illia has the skills to back that up, like, a 50/50 fight, he wants nothing with Topuria.

That's the difference between him and an Alex Pereira. Pereira could have done the same and gone to HW as he was offered such, but he said he wouldn't go until he had fought Ankalaev, and then he'd go to HW win or lose. So he fought even in a worse condition vs Ankalaev and is likely preparing his move to get the HW belt. Still tho, he said in case he defeated Ankalaev, he was feeling like giving Jiri Prochazka the third fight or, he said, he felt even more like waiting for DDP vs Chimaev to be over and fight the winner, both who had agreed to face him in LHW... That's a true champion and competitor, not afraid of DDP coming from MW... He likes the exciting, high risk, big fights.... That champion quality is unparalleled.

 

[TaxCutz]

He knows Illia takes the same "supplements" that he does

 

[nostradumbass]

True, he was 4-0 in Bantamweight before getting the title shot. Illia was 6-0 though, put a master class vs Volk and Holloway, the two legends from FW... So much so Volk is the champion again. And Illia Topuria said, actually, that he'd fight Charles. But Charles wants to fight only if for the belt. Charles ever since losing to Islam Makhachev has done everything but ask for a rematch. Arman seemed all hot and talkative but dropped the ball a day before and is not even calling for a rematch himself. Max Holloway whom Illia KO'd is there and isn't saying anything... Maybe he is thinking on defending his BMF belt lulz. Dustin and Gaethje are also not calling out Topuria and making a case to fight him at all, either... They are all very quiet.

Topuria and Charles Oliveira are the only ones doing something. Charles seems to finally want to fight for the belt now... Topuria is ok to fight the winner of Charles or Islam... But Islam wanted Charles to fight Topuria firstly, Charles wants the belt, so... Why doesn't Islam fight Charles then and the winner vs Topuria? Btw the Illia Topuria fight may be seem quick, but no other LW is giving a fuck at this point, and Islam is clearly not willing to fight Illia, he knows the risks and I think there is also the psychological aspect of losing to Illia after Illia made fun of him many times. And since he know Illia has the skills to back that up, like, a 50/50 fight, he wants nothing with Topuria.

That's the difference between him and an Alex Pereira. Pereira could have done the same and gone to HW as he was offered such, but he said he wouldn't go until he had fought Ankalaev, and then he'd go to HW win or lose. So he fought even in a worse condition vs Ankalaev and is likely preparing his move to get the HW belt. Still tho, he said in case he defeated Ankalaev, he was feeling like giving Jiri Prochazka the third fight or, he said, he felt even more like waiting for DDP vs Chimaev to be over and fight the winner, both who had agreed to face him in LHW... That's a true champion and competitor, not afraid of DDP coming from MW... He likes the exciting, high risk, big fights.... That champion quality is unparalleled.

Islam just fought a couple months ago, Topuria hasn't fought since last October, Charles hasn't fought since November, and Arman hasn't fought in over a year. Why would the guy who's already champ be the one who needs to hurry and take more fights while the guy with 1 fight in 14 months sits out for several more months because he refuses to fight a single contender?

He said he'd fight Charles if Islam moved up and it was for a title, and said he would not fight anybody for a #1 contender fight. He ducked Evloev, and is now ducking every single conteder at LW.

If Islam fights Charles, then that leaves plenty of time for Ilia to fight Arman. Is there a single reason other than fear that he would sit out that long without fighting a single contender? 1 fight in 14 months, and wants to make it 1 fight in 2 years because he refuses to earn a shot and wants it handed to him.

 

[Luffy]

Islam just fought a couple months ago, Topuria hasn't fought since last October, Charles hasn't fought since November, and Arman hasn't fought in over a year. Why would the guy who's already champ be the one who needs to hurry and take more fights while the guy with 1 fight in 14 months sits out for several more months because he refuses to fight a single contender?

He said he'd fight Charles if Islam moved up and it was for a title, and said he would not fight anybody for a #1 contender fight. He ducked Evloev, and is now ducking every single conteder at LW.

If Islam fights Charles, then that leaves plenty of time for Ilia to fight Arman. Is there a single reason other than fear that he would sit out that long without fighting a single contender? 1 fight in 14 months, and wants to make it 1 fight in 2 years because he refuses to earn a shot and wants it handed to him.

Except Arman said he won't fight Topuria and they are both from Georgia. He called out Charles, but Charles wants to fight for the title. And again, no one like Dustin or Justin or Holloway are calling Topuria. They don't have a problem with him fighting Islam. So...?

 

[nostradumbass]

Except Arman said he won't fight Topuria and they are both from Georgia. He called out Charles, but Charles wants to fight for the title. And again, no one like Dustin or Justin or Holloway are calling Topuria. They don't have a problem with him fighting Islam. So...?

Arman did not say that, Ilia's team were the ones who said he wouldn't fight Arman or anyone else for a contender fight, and they said that the same week he vacated the FW title, and said again on Rogan that he won't fight any contenders and will only take a title fight with Islam if he stays at LW, or a vacant title fight with Charles if Islam moves up.

“Ilia wants a championship fight,” Topuria’s management told Russian media agency TASS. “He will not fight for the status of a contender with Tsarukyan or anyone else.”


Arman said he expects Belal to win, and that would mean Islam stays at LW, and said he thinks the UFC told him before he vacated that they would give him a title shot, then said the fight doesn't do anything for Islam because he can win and people would just say "you again beat 145 fighters". He said Islam is done with the LW division if he beats him(Arman) because he would have beaten everyone.

 

[Luffy]

Arman did not say that, Ilia's team were the ones who said he wouldn't fight Arman or anyone else for a contender fight, and they said that the same week he vacated the FW title, and said again on Rogan that he won't fight any contenders and will only take a title fight with Islam if he stays at LW, or a vacant title fight with Charles if Islam moves up.

“Ilia wants a championship fight,” Topuria’s management told Russian media agency TASS. “He will not fight for the status of a contender with Tsarukyan or anyone else.”


Arman said he expects Belal to win, and that would mean Islam stays at LW, and said he thinks the UFC told him before he vacated that they would give him a title shot, then said the fight doesn't do anything for Islam because he can win and people would just say "you again beat 145 fighters". He said Islam is done with the LW division if he beats him(Arman) because he would have beaten everyone.

Arman didn't say he wanted to fight Topuria, either. Find me an interview of Arman calling out Topuria. There is none. Rather, Arman was more keen on speculating a hypothetical Islam vs Topuria. Yes, he wants a championship fight, alright. So? He is a big name. If Makhachev has the skills, he won't have any qualms fighting him. It'd mean more $ than any other fight at LW, plus he'd be shutting up a noisy newcomer. He had no problems facing Money Moicano in short notice. In fact, Islam stated after his last defense that whoever the UFC wants him to defend against, he will. Yet Khabib stated recently that Makhachev won't fight Topuria and wants him out of LW so badly that Khabib said Islam could fight anyone even if not for the title, at welterweight.

Topuria isn't a 145 pounder anymore, he is a 155. If he is the next one to fight, then he is a #1 contender. Arman was already saying that if he beat Makhachev, he wouldn't fight anyone... He'd choose the fights that made more financial sense to him. Dana isn't keen on having Arman as the next contender. Justin, Poirier, no one is calling Islam nor Topuria. If the UFC decides to have Topuria as the #1 contender, so what? If Makhachev is not afraid, then he can just fight him and win. And "just beat an 145 pounder" despite the fact that the 145 pounder he beat gave him the toughest fight, and lost decisively when taking a short notice fight on the last 2 weeks after Charles got injured. He knows ppl say the 145 pounds has no meaning, they are internet trolls. Why would he care about their opinions? He doesn't. Real analysts know how good Topuria is.

Like I said, it'd be the same as JJ refusing to fight TRT Vitor because that was the first time Vitor was fighting at LHW... And was a short notice fight, like, Vitor was called 3 weeks before the fight and was on his TRT peak.

The thing is, Makhachev doesn't want to stay at 155. Perhaps due to the weight cut, which in his case is massive and comes with a massive gain in a quick fashion... Perhaps because he fears losing to Topuria. Likely both. But for someone who said that whoever Dana said he'd defend against, he would... Then to see Topuria going to 155 and there being a real possibility for the fight to happen, but now Khabib wants Islam out of 155 and even have him fighting others that not for the title... It shows he fears losing his title to Topuria. Not due to internet trolls since he doesn't give af what they say... But because Topuria has been provoking him and blatantly saying he will crush Islam and he knows Topuria is very skilled and strong... So in this situation, he is giving in to the pressure.

 

[nostradumbass]

Arman didn't say he wanted to fight Topuria, either. Find me an interview of Arman calling out Topuria. There is none. Rather, Arman was more keen on speculating a hypothetical Islam vs Topuria. Yes, he wants a championship fight, alright. So? He is a big name. If Makhachev has the skills, he won't have any qualms fighting him. It'd mean more $ than any other fight at LW, plus he'd be shutting up a noisy newcomer. He had no problems facing Money Moicano in short notice. In fact, Islam stated after his last defense that whoever the UFC wants him to defend against, he will. Yet Khabib stated recently that Makhachev won't fight Topuria and wants him out of LW so badly that Khabib said Islam could fight anyone even if not for the title, at welterweight.

Topuria isn't a 145 pounder anymore, he is a 155. If he is the next one to fight, then he is a #1 contender. Arman was already saying that if he beat Makhachev, he wouldn't fight anyone... He'd choose the fights that made more financial sense to him. Dana isn't keen on having Arman as the next contender. Justin, Poirier, no one is calling Islam nor Topuria. If the UFC decides to have Topuria as the #1 contender, so what? If Makhachev is not afraid, then he can just fight him and win. And "just beat an 145 pounder" despite the fact that the 145 pounder he beat gave him the toughest fight, and lost decisively when taking a short notice fight on the last 2 weeks after Charles got injured. He knows ppl say the 145 pounds has no meaning, they are internet trolls. Why would he care about their opinions? He doesn't. Real analysts know how good Topuria is.

Like I said, it'd be the same as JJ refusing to fight TRT Vitor because that was the first time Vitor was fighting at LHW... And was a short notice fight, like, Vitor was called 3 weeks before the fight and was on his TRT peak.

The thing is, Makhachev doesn't want to stay at 155. Perhaps due to the weight cut, which in his case is massive and comes with a massive gain in a quick fashion... Perhaps because he fears losing to Topuria. Likely both. But for someone who said that whoever Dana said he'd defend against, he would... Then to see Topuria going to 155 and there being a real possibility for the fight to happen, but now Khabib wants Islam out of 155 and even have him fighting others that not for the title... It shows he fears losing his title to Topuria. Not due to internet trolls since he doesn't give af what they say... But because Topuria has been provoking him and blatantly saying he will crush Islam and he knows Topuria is very skilled and strong... So in this situation, he is giving in to the pressure.

Lol at "now he wants to leave 155" like he hasn't been asking for the WW title for years. He beat #3 p4p to win the title, defended against the same #1 p4p they were planning for Charles if he had won, which got dismissed for "picking on smaller fighters", so he said his dream is 2 belts and he wanted to move up and fight Leon who's much bigger than him and beat the champs of 3 weight classes in 3 fights, and was told "no, 1 defense isn't enough for a shot at the next belt, you have to stay and beat the same guys you already beat or vacate and fight WW contenders first", so he did, just to then watch yet another fighter get the same thing he was already denied on the grounds of "1 defense isn't enough"? And now he finds out that he was punished for being a good sport and fighting anybody when he could have just acted like a little bitch and refused to fight anyone else like Topuria is doing to get what he wants, and the "only 1 defense" he was told doesn't apply anymore.

You can lie if you want, but you and I both know you just want Islam to fight another FW because he gains nothing from it and you can easily dismiss it as another FW after he wins, and say his title run was just a "weight bully" picking on a bunch of smaller fighters.

You still haven't answered why Topuria is ducking every contender after being asked repeatedly. You made up Arman saying he wouldn't fight Topuria because he's from Georgia or some crap, which he didn't, Arman said he'd fight anyone. That was Topuria's excuse for not wanting to let Merab come up, then there was Evloev at FW, so Topuria just left the division to duck that too, and then said he won't fight Arman or anyone else at 155. He only has a puncher's chance against good wrestlers anyway, so he'll only fight one if that puncher's chance could get him another belt since he'd lose 8/10 against all the good wrestlers.

 

[Luffy]

Lol at "now he wants to leave 155" like he hasn't been asking for the WW title for years. He beat #3 p4p to win the title, defended against the same #1 p4p they were planning for Charles if he had won, which got dismissed for "picking on smaller fighters", so he said his dream is 2 belts and he wanted to move up and fight Leon who's much bigger than him and beat the champs of 3 weight classes in 3 fights, and was told "no, 1 defense isn't enough for a shot at the next belt, you have to stay and beat the same guys you already beat or vacate and fight WW contenders first", so he did, just to then watch yet another fighter get the same thing he was already denied on the grounds of "1 defense isn't enough"? And now he finds out that he was punished for being a good sport and fighting anybody when he could have just acted like a little bitch and refused to fight anyone else like Topuria is doing to get what he wants, and the "only 1 defense" he was told doesn't apply anymore.

You can lie if you want, but you and I both know you just want Islam to fight another FW because he gains nothing from it and you can easily dismiss it as another FW after he wins, and say his title run was just a "weight bully" picking on a bunch of smaller fighters.

You still haven't answered why Topuria is ducking every contender after being asked repeatedly. You made up Arman saying he wouldn't fight Topuria because he's from Georgia or some crap, which he didn't, Arman said he'd fight anyone. That was Topuria's excuse for not wanting to let Merab come up, then there was Evloev at FW, so Topuria just left the division to duck that too, and then said he won't fight Arman or anyone else at 155. He only has a puncher's chance against good wrestlers anyway, so he'll only fight one if that puncher's chance could get him another belt since he'd lose 8/10 against all the good wrestlers.

Oh wait, so he wanted the title shot after 2 wins on LW, is what you're saying? Because you have shot your own foot right there. So under which basis is he not keen on fighting an opponent who's #3 pfp? Why did he say right after the Moreno fight that if someone wanted his belt, they'd need to take it out if his hands? Was that part meant to be followed by "except for small guy Topuria...." ? You're just burying your own point with your abysmal logic.

 

[nostradumbass]

Oh wait, so he wanted the title shot after 2 wins on LW, is what you're saying? Because you have shot your own foot right there. So under which basis is he not keen on fighting an opponent who's #3 pfp? Why did he say right after the Moreno fight that if someone wanted his belt, they'd need to take it out if his hands? Was that part meant to be followed by "except for small guy Topuria...." ? You're just burying your own point with your abysmal logic.

Was that English? You don't seem to know what "shot your own foot" means.

No, it's wouldn't have been "2 wins at LW", it would have been after 12 wins at LW and a title defense against the #1 p4p, and he was told no, that was too soon and he'd need more defenses before he could fight for the WW belt, so he said Ok and got the defense record and now suddenly the record and being #1 p4p still isn't enough to move up for him, but for a guy with 1 defense and only 2 good wins in his own division, suddenly 1 defense, shorter win streak and lower on the p4p list is plenty to get an immediate title shot in the next division after ducking contenders in his own.

I'll ask yet again since you've ducked the question 5 times, why is Topuria so afraid to fight a single contender? If he thinks he's the best, it should be no problem to take out a contender and get in the LW rankings, and he could have easily done that by now since the champ has fought more recently than any of the contenders, and they've all been available this whole time.

Do you consider Islam one of the GOATs? If not, why not?