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Ilia Topuria placed on one of many yr’s finest performances when he smoked Alexander Volkanovski earlier this yr, changing into UFC Featherweight king in emphatic style. Since then, nonetheless, there’s been a little bit of Topuria backlash. The Spanish expertise is kind of in love together with his personal skills, which is a irritating high quality when he stays unbooked towards apparent contender Max Holloway.
Extremely assured and driving excessive himself, UFC Bantamweight kingpin Sean O’Malley can most likely relate to Topuria greater than most. Nonetheless, “Suga” drew criticism not too long ago for a grievance about the official pound-for-pound rankings, which at the moment have “El Matador” a spot above O’Malley.
On a current episode of his podcast, O’Malley gave blended messages about Topuria, questioning if he’ll be subsequent to endure a fall like Cody Garbrandt earlier than finally complimenting his abilities.
“I tweeted, ‘How the f—ok is Ilia above me on the pound-for-pound? He’s 5 inches shorter and has much less title defenses.’ These are simply info, I wasn’t attempting to be humorous. I bought loads of hate for it … Buddy, I actually might give a f—ok much less the place I’m at on the pound-for-pound.
“Ilia goes to be the following Cody Garbrandt. He received his good little struggle, he had his little Dominick Cruz, however he’s about to get pieced up by Max Holloway after which go downhill from there. Probably not, I really feel like Ilia is without doubt one of the most expert guys truly within the UFC. However f—ok Ilia.”
Topuria and O’Malley have jawed at each other beforehand, so maybe “Suga” is simply persevering with to angle for an eventual shot at double champion standing. Within the interim, each stay unbooked, although O’Malley vs. Merab Dvalishvili and Topuria vs. Holloway are apparent match ups for each champions.
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