Ilia Topuria plans the potential Islam Makhachev Ko

The UFC featherweight champion, Ilia Topuria, is convinced that he would eliminate Islam Makhachev, a light champion because he thinks that a higher power has already determined it.

Topuria (16-0 MMA, 8-0 UFC) has just released an incredible 2024 campaign. He eliminated two grown-ups from his division, Alexander Volkanovski and Max Holloway, winning the prize for the male fighter of the year in 2024 of MMA. Now, his views are fixed on potential light challenges, including a superfight against the champion.

“I really think I can beat the current champion, Islam,” said Topuria on the “Complete podcast. “” I really think that. He’s a big champion. You can’t be a world champion by chance; you have to do things very well. It’s a beast. I don’t like to be a tyrant and me Beat with people I know 100% that I will cry ass, do you know?

“I like to fight with people that fans think it will be very competitive. This kind of expectation that I like to create. With Islam, I’m going to have that. By making the revenge match again with the people I have already fought, I don’t think I’m going to have the same kind of expectations, you know, for fans. “”

The next fight for Topuria has not yet been announced. The rumors have swirled that Volkanovski could win a revenge match of the title. While Topuria prefers to take up a new challenge, he quickly admits that he should block completely for a potential revenge match, because things could go very differently from the first meeting.

“In the revenge match, I’m sure I’m going to knock him again if we are fighting again, or I will submit it – I will do the same things,” said Topuria. “But at the same time, you cannot joke with this guy. It is an AF * Cking legend. The only thing he can do is fight, so I can’t underestimate him at all because he is an AF * Cking beast. With Max Holloway, I knock it out. But maybe we are fighting again, and you never know what will happen.

Topuria, 28, thinks that the UFC would host a champion fight against champion, if all the pieces are being set up. On paper, Makhachev has an advantage in the wrestling department, but Topuria has confidence in her ability to take down a punch of combat finishing, as he did in five of his eight UFC victories.

“I have so many things against Islam that he will have trouble with me, and something he knows and we all know that the only thing I need is a punch”, said Topuria. “You know with certainty that I will connect this punch because I do not throw my punches like crazy. I await my moment and I apply a lot of technique behind this punch. I move my head and I know where to throw the punches.

“We all know at some point, I will connect this punch, and everything will depend on what God will decide. If he wants to send Islam or not, who knows this? I know that.”

Although this punch can be a path to victory for Topuria, he does not see him as his only option. In fact, “El Matador” believes that he would also prosperate in the world of Makhatchev, and would be able to find another way to keep judges out of the fight.

“I can also submit it,” said Topuria. “To be honest, I always say that I represent the new generation of mixed martial arts, and what it means, before saying that the guys were good in MMA, they were good by hitting and perhaps in fighting, but Their ground game was not so good.

“In my case, I am well everywhere. So you can take me everywhere and I will feel comfortable. They said, “I’m going to take you in the deep waters. I was born in deep waters. Take me everywhere you want to take me.