Ilia Topuria
Max Holloway’s coach breaks down matchup against ‘oversized bantamweight’ Ilia Topuria
Max Holloway’s coach believes Ilia Topuria’s style works in their favor. Holloway (26-7 MMA, 22-7 UFC) captured the BMF title with a last-second knockout of Justin Gaethje in their lightweight bout at UFC 300. He has since gone back-and-forth with featherweight champion Topuria (15-0 MMA, 7-0 UFC), who could...
Max Holloway responds to the ‘un-BMF’ demands from UFC champ Ilia Topuria
If Ilia Topuria holds to his recent stipulation for a title fight with Max Holloway, it would run counter to the idea behind what Topuria wants to get his hands on to begin with, Holloway thinks. UFC featherweight champion Topuria (15-0 MMA, 7-0 UFC) said after this past Saturday’s...
Coach Jorge Climent confident Ilia Topuria ‘can bang up’ UFC lightweight champ Islam Makhachev
Ilia Topuria challenging UFC lightweight champion Islam Makhachev, that’s what Jorge Climent would like to see next. Climent, Topuria’s head coach, wants to see an eventual clash between the two UFC champions, and he likes the chances of Topuria (15-0 MMA, 7-0 UFC) taking the lightweight title and becoming...
Ilia Topuria’s coach advises Alexander Volkanovski to take tuneup fight over rematch: ‘That would be the smartest thing’
Jorge Climent thinks Alexander Volkanovski should avoid taking an immediate rematch against his pupil, Ilia Topuria, at all costs. Coach Climent, who coaches Topuria (15-0 MMA, 7-0 UFC) along with brother Agustin Climent, thinks Volkanovski (26-4 MMA, 13-3 UFC) should really consider taking a tuneup fight before trying to...
MMA Junkie’s Knockout of the Month for February: Ilia Topuria calls his shot and claims gold
With another action-packed month of MMA in the books, MMA Junkie looks at the best knockouts from February 2024: Here are the five nominees, listed in chronological order, and winner of MMA Junkie’s Knockout of the Month award for February. At the bottom of the post, let us know...
UFC champion Ilia Topuria takes honorary kickoff at Real Madrid’s game vs. Sevilla at the Santiago Bernabeu
Newly crowned UFC featherweight champion Ilia Topuria got the highest recognition an athlete can get in his adopted home of Spain. On Sunday, Topuria (15-0 MMA, 7-0 UFC) took the honorary kick-off at Real Madrid FC’s game against Sevilla in their home stadium, the Santiago Bernabéu in Madrid. Topuria,...
Aljamain Sterling honest in assessment of new UFC champ Ilia Topuria: ‘It’s a tough matchup for anybody’
Aljamain Sterling sees Ilia Topuria posing problems for everyone in the division – including himself. Topuria (15-0 MMA, 7-0 UFC) knocked out Alexander Volkanovski to claim the featherweight title this past Saturday at UFC 298. Topuria has primarily used his boxing in his impressive UFC run, but his first...
T.J. Dillashaw: Alexander Volkanovski ‘was fighting scared’ at UFC 298, led to Ilia Topuria’s knockout
T.J. Dillashaw questions Alexander Volkanovski’s game plan vs. Ilia Topuria. Volkanovski (26-4 MMA, 13-3 UFC) lost his featherweight title to Topuria (15-0 MMA, 7-0 UFC) by second-round knockout in Saturday’s UFC 298 main event at Honda Center in Anaheim, Calif. Dillashaw thinks Volkanovski looked uncharacteristically tentative and feared Topuria’s...
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