Unbeaten featherweight titleholder, Ilia Topuria could also be making ready for a large title battle of his personal at UFC 308 on the finish of the month, nonetheless, has expressed his curiosity in dealing with off with present light-weight champion and pound-for-pound primary, Islam Makhachev.
Topuria, the present undisputed featherweight champion, returns to motion later this month in the primary occasion of UFC 308, taking up symbolic BMF gold holder and former featherweight titleholder, Holloway in Abu Dhabi, UAE.
Profitable the title again in February in a UFC 298 headliner, Topuria handed Australian fan-favorite, Alexander Volkanovski his first loss on the featherweight restrict within the Octagon, courtesy of a surprising second spherical knockout win in Anaheim, minting himself because the divisional gold holder consequently.
Ilia Topuria eyes future grudge battle with Islam Makhachev after UFC 308
And plotting a possible transfer to the light-weight restrict sooner or later amid hyperlinks to a grudge battle with former two-division champion, Conor McGregor, Spanish-Georgian striker, Topuria has now weighed up a possible battle for 155lbs spoils towards pound-for-pound pacesetter, Makhachev.
“Max (Holloway) doesn’t even know what awaits him — in a single spherical,” Ilia Topuria stated throughout a reside stream on his official Instagram. “They don’t understand how I’m, I’m at full throttle. Poor man, actually. I like him an excessive amount of for what’s going to occur to him. Max actually doesn’t have an opportunity. He’s not going to have the ability to change with me as a result of he’s going to get what he actually wants, to have his nostril put again as a replacement.”
“Why not?” Ilia Topuria stated of a possible light-weight transfer. “I’ve achieved it as soon as. I might do it once more. The reality is that after all I do [see a fight with Islam Makhachev in the future]. He’s a terrific fighter. Generally he talks an excessive amount of, generally not. However we are able to all the time resolve it within the Octagon, not within the streets as a result of I’ll need to pay for his medical payments.”
