Ilia Topuria Dismisses Movsar Evloev from UFC Title Dialog
In an interview with FOX Sports activities Australia, Ilia Topuria was requested about Movsar Evloev as a possible title challenger. “El Matador” defined why he’d be extra thinking about preventing Diego Lopes.
“I believe Diego deserves it extra as a result of Movsar has extra fights within the UFC, however he has seven fights within the UFC, eight, eight choices, 5 by cut up choice. It’s like, man, you have to end somebody. Do one thing related, put your self in that spot and why not? We are able to do it, however in the event you don’t end anybody, I struggle for the followers.
“I struggle to entertain the followers and I would like somebody contained in the cage to be entertaining. I don’t want somebody who is simply on the lookout for a win and seize you and this and that, which he gained’t be capable of try this with me. I might knock him out within the first spherical, however I would like somebody to hype up the struggle.”
Evloev is an ideal 19-0 in his professional MMA profession. He’s coming off a unanimous choice win over former UFC bantamweight champion Aljamain Sterling in a extremely aggressive struggle. Evloev holds the quantity 4 spot on the official UFC featherweight rankings.
Lopes is simply forward of him at quantity three. He’s anticipated to tackle Yair Rodriguez on March twenty ninth. A powerful win for Lopes might put him on the entrance of the road to problem for the featherweight gold.
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