Ilia Topuria could not be occupied with a battle with Conor McGregor, however that wouldn’t cease him from throwing palms with the Irish megastar ought to the 2 ever cross paths. Particularly after McGregor made some disparaging remarks concerning the featherweight titleholder throughout a latest reside stream.
McGregor seemingly ruffled Topuria’s feathers whereas partaking in a reside Q&A session for Duelbits. Requested how he would beat ‘El Matador’ in a possible conflict, ‘Mystic Mac’ mentioned he’d “seize him by the scruff of the chest and slap that little nostril off him.”
McGregor additionally known as Topuria a “little ding dong of a factor” and threatened to cave his head in.
Unsurprisingly, that didn’t sit nicely with Topuria who snapped again at McGregor throughout an Instagram livestream.
“F**okay you, Conor. All day day by day… He’s not at my stage,” Topuria mentioned. “In any other case, I’d gladly put these two knuckles in his mind. See if I might repair it and put his nostril again as an alternative… After we cross paths, you received’t need to even look me within the eyes since you’re going to sh*t your self. F***ing McChicken” (h/t Sportskeeda).
Ilia Topuria Gears up for his first featherweight title protection at UFC 308
After his second-round knockout of Alexander Volkanovski in February, Ilia Topuria returns to the Octagon on October 26 when the UFC heads again to Abu Dhabi. There, ‘El Matador’ will put his gold up for grabs towards former featherweight champion and former BMF titleholder Max Holloway.
It will likely be Topuria’s first-ever assembly with ‘Blessed’ after efficiently navigating previous among the greatest names within the featherweight division.
Holloway enters the battle coming off an epic buzzer-beating knockout towards Justin Gaethje to seize the bragging rights belt at UFC 300 in April.