Ilia Topuria has been warned by one of many longest-standing voices in MMA to watch out what he needs for calling out Khabib Nurmagomedov.
The UFC featherweight champion has named former lightweight king Nurmagomedov as his final dream opponent. Whereas it’s common information that the Russian would by no means return to the octagon, even the point out of such a battle has made headlines with UFC followers.
Nevertheless, one of many founders of MMA; legendary referee John McCarthy, has let him know that the dominance of Nurmagomedov was unmatched by anybody presently competing. And he reckons that the matchup wouldn’t be a clever one for the Georgian-born Spaniard.
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Ilia Topuria names Khabib Nurmagomedov as dream opponent
Earlier this yr, Ilia Topuria named Khabib Nurmagomedov as his dream opponent if he might battle anybody within the sport. The pair are comparable weights, however the Russian was significantly larger, struggling at instances to even make the light-weight restrict.
It was across the time Topuria knocked out Alexander Volkanovski at UFC 298 that he made the feedback throughout an interview. “My dream opponent?” He requested, earlier than answering that “I might be comfortable to enter the octagon with Khabib Nurmagomedov.
Ilia Topuria’s dream battle is towards Khabib Nurmagomedov:
“I might be comfortable to enter the octagon with Khabib Nurmagomedov. He had an undefeated file at 29-0 and he had a horny file for me, then additionally historical past.
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“He has an undefeated file at 29-0 and he has a horny file for me. Then he additionally has historical past, he’s a worthy and honorable champion for me.” When the host requested if he thinks he would truly win, Topuria replied: “100 per cent.”
Ilia Topuria warned towards Khabib Nurmagomedov callout
Whereas studying by present occasions on their present Weighing In, this remark that’s nearly a yr outdated simply managed to search out its means on to co-host Josh Thomson’s newsfeed. And John McCarthy was fast to specific the unlikelihood of such a battle going Topuria’s means.
Thomson, a former world champion in Strikeforce, admitted his biases as a long-time buddy and teammate of Nurmagomedov’s however the extra goal McCarthy defined: “Look, Ilia Topuria is so good.
“However what he thinks would occur within the standup will not be fairly what would occur and what he thinks would occur on the bottom is unquestionably not what would occur.
“If you find yourself a man who has obtained good jiu-jitsu, respectable wrestling, an excellent floor recreation, Khabib proved that his wrestling for MMA was higher than all people’s! Everybody knew what he was going to do and so they couldn’t cease it, no person.
“That proper there tells you ways f***ing dominant he was in that space. They know precisely what you’re going to do and so they nonetheless can’t cease it? OK. I feel Ilia is a implausible fighter, however the different factor is he’s not close to as massive as Khabib.
“Check out simply the quantity of management that he’s capable of put. Topuria can be taken down and systematically the battle would fall down when it comes to his probabilities at successful it from the photographs he’s going to finish up taking to the quantity of output in making an attempt to defend himself and do one thing again.”
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