Ilia Topuria has a couple of fighters that he enjoys watching, however not all of them can get his seal of approval.
The previous UFC Featherweight Champion has massive aspirations for his profession. Topuria is transferring as much as the light-weight division in hopes of capturing one other UFC title. Whereas “La Leyenda” is understood for being boastful, he does admit there are different elite fighters on the UFC roster who catch his consideration with their combating type.
One might imagine that somebody like Yair Rodriguez would have Topuria hanging onto each motion along with his thrilling type, however that isn’t the case.
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Ilia Topuria Not A Fan of Yair Rodriguez
Ilia Topuria appeared on “The Joe Rogan Expertise” and he defined why Yair Rodriguez isn’t somebody he enjoys watching combat (through MMAJunkie).
“I don’t know what to inform you about Yair Rodriguez. I’m not an enormous fan of him,” Topuria mentioned in a current episode of “The Joe Rogan Expertise.” “He’s the kind of man that you simply don’t even must take him down, he goes to the bottom himself. He’s like very spectacular the best way he fights, the hanging, the kicks he throws and all that, however I’m not an enormous fan of him.”
Topuria did reveal who catching his consideration every time they’re contained in the Octagon, they usually occur to be two current opponents.
“I’m a fan of Volk (Volkanovski) and Max Holloway,” Topuria mentioned. “Really, they had been the neatest guys that I ever confronted contained in the Octagon. I felt that they had been good. They’d that combat IQ. They know the right way to combat.”
As of late, Topuria has been pounding the desk for a UFC Light-weight Championship alternative. Titleholder Islam Makhachev isn’t too eager on the concept, given he’s already defend his gold towards a featherweight twice. Time will inform what the UFC brass resolve to do.