Ilia Topuria is the sensation of the moment in the UFC, maximum MMA competition. After defeating the Australian Alexander Volkanovski and winning the champion belt in the featherweight category, the Hispanic-Georgian is not satisfied with the title and He aspires to become the best fighter in the competition.
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“It would be the fight that would bring me closest to number 1 in the pound-for-pound ranking. I see myself as a double champion,” he explained. It would be a ‘rise’ to 155 pounds and be able to fight champion against champion for the Dagestani belt. Of course, Islam Makhachev are big words.
After these statements, the Russian accepts Ilia’s challenge and reminds him that he is not the first to try to beat him to become a double champion: “Another short boy who is talking. Another short boy who wants to be crushed”and last year Alexander Volkanovski faced Makhachev twice, when he still wore the featherweight belt, with the same goal, to be a double UFC champion. However, Islam defeated the Australian in both matches. Topuria would face, in this way, its biggest challenge so far.