Unbeaten featherweight champion, Ilia Topuria has vowed to flooring incoming title challenger, Max Holloway at UFC 308 later this month, and the brash striker has now levelled a quite fascinating problem to the Hawaiian within the opening exchanges of their pairing.
Topuria, the present undisputed featherweight titleholder, most just lately headlined UFC 298 again in February, handing then-featherweight champion, Alexander Volkanovski his first loss within the division within the Octagon, successful the crown and shifting to 15-0 with a shocking second spherical knockout win in Anaheim.
As for Holloway, the previous undisputed featherweight gold holder featured on the principle card of UFC 300 most just lately again in April, successful the symbolic BMF championship with a spectacular buzzer-beating knockout win of his personal in opposition to former interim champion, Justin Gaethje.
Ilia Topuria urges Max Holloway to face and commerce with him at UFC 308
And claiming his placing will likely be too, sharp, exact and well timed for Holloway once they share the Octagon at UFC 308, Topuria has now challenged the ex-champion to face and commerce with him within the opening ten seconds of their headliner in Abu Dhabi, UAE.
“I problem you to have that trade however within the first 10 seconds of the battle and you will notice what will occur,” Ilia Topuria instructed Max Holloway throughout an interview with ESPN. “While you face a fighter like me contained in the Octagon who brings that approach and energy, you possibly can’t try this. I’m going to take your head off within the first ten seconds.”
“The one factor thrilling about that battle [with Justin Gaethje] was the final ten seconds, to be trustworthy,” Ilia Topuria defined. “I didn’t see any approach in that battle. I didn’t see any technique, I didn’t see something, I simply noticed a bar battle, to be trustworthy. It was very spectacular for the followers. However, for me, as knowledgeable, it was not one thing very spectacular.”
