Ilia Topuria grabbed the UFC featherweight title from Alexander Volkanovski in simply his seventh battle for the promotion. He now boasts an ideal 15-0 report and can defend the belt for the primary time towards Max Holloway at UFC 308 in Abu Dhabi on October 26, 2024.
Many regarded previous Topuria as an overconfident prospect forward of the Volkanovski battle as a result of he up to date his report and standing because the UFC featherweight kingpin on social media beforehand. Nevertheless, he knocked out the champion within the second and silenced all of the doubters.
“El Matador” is equally certain about being the primary fighter to knock out Holloway, that too within the first. He additionally claims “Blessed” to be a better matchup for him than Volkanovski…
Ilia Topuria Predicts ‘Utterly Masterpiece’ Efficiency In opposition to Max Holloway At UFC 308
Topuria mentioned his first title protection in an interview on the official MMA Junkie YouTube channel just lately. He outright rejected followers who rank Holloway’s placing extremely and proclaimed himself to be higher in all areas.
“I really feel like I’m means higher than him all over the place. Easy like that. It’s like, it’s going to be a very masterpiece, you will note, you will note. I’ll knock him out within the first spherical, there’s no doubts about that. It’s going to be even a lot simpler than with Volkanovski as a result of I take into account that Volkanovski was like, a means tough matchup for me and he proved it proper? He beat the man 3 times.”
“El Matador” additionally considers Volkanovski to be a a lot more durable matchup for him than Holloway. “The Nice” beat Holloway thrice, and a victory over him could possibly be the supply of Topuria’s excessive confidence.
Topuria added that Holloway’s been extra vocal than standard with him because of concern. He additionally suggested the challenger to keep away from the wild swinging exchanges towards the tip of rounds as it might make it simpler for the champ to get a KO victory.
The UFC featherweight champion highlighted that he knocked out Volkanovski in seven minutes, not like Holloway who’s had 75 minutes to take action.
