Ilia Topuria has already crushed a few legends, so why not go toe-to-toe with another?
It’s unlikely that Topuria truly trades palms together with his newest verbal goal, soccer legend Cristiano Ronaldo, an avid struggle fan that apparently wasn’t too eager on Topuria’s possibilities at UFC 308. In a video launched by PFL, Ronaldo is seen truly choosing Max Holloway to defeat Topuria, including that he thought Topuria “speaks an excessive amount of.”
He additionally considerably discredited Topuria’s knockout of Alexander Volkanovski, saying that he believed Volkanovski was compromised from a knockout loss to Islam Makhachev.
“[Topuria] didn’t struggle with the highest guys,” Ronaldo stated. “If he beats Max, I’ll respect [him]. … By no means KO. This is the reason [Holloway] might be powerful for Topuria.”
Certain sufficient, Topuria went on to turn out to be the primary fighter to knock out Holloway and he has since responded to Ronaldo with the clip of his prediction making the rounds on social media.
“I didn’t count on somebody such as you to be unable to differentiate between confidence and conceitedness,” Topuria tweeted. “However, on the finish of the day, all of us mirror our personal actuality onto others. I want you the very best for what stays of your profession, and God bless your loved ones.”
Topuria was respectful, however stern with the Actual Madrid legend, so this feud is probably going settled. However ought to the 2 sports activities stars cross paths, it’ll undoubtedly make for an fascinating dialog.
