Jorge Masvidal chooses the most difficult fight of Ilia Topuria at the featherweight

The dominance of the featherweight champion of the UFC, Ilia Topuria, makes her want to pass to a light weight.

Topuria (16-0 MMA, 8-0 UFC) launches consecutive knoccouts from the great featherweights Alexander Volkanovski at the UFC 298 and Max Holloway at the UFC 308. His curriculum vitae also includes victories on the contenders classified by Bryce Mitchell And Josh Emmett.

Although Topuria wants to challenge the light champion Islam Makhachev then, he is not yet below the contenders, with Diego Lopes and Movsar Evloev impressing in their current races. Jorge Masvidal sees his high-level American training partner, Evloev (19-0 MMA, 9-0 UFC), having the grappling prowess of potentially beat Topuria.

“We obtained another killer from the best American team. This one sucks for me because they are two friends, “said Masvidal on the “Jaxxon Podcast.” “I love these two guys. I love Ilia and I like Movsar. Movsar is the full opposite in many ways because he can fight, guy. This guy can fight. He is undefeated at UFC and great victories.

“This is the type of guy you think you should beat a guy like Ilia. Do not hold with him, because obviously, he has a secret sauce in his hands. Take this guy, control him and maybe Movsar is the guy to do so. I love Diego Lopes, I love his style because this guy comes to fight, but I think Ilia gets her. Movsar will probably be the most difficult fight for him in this weight class. »»

Evloev remained undefeated when he exceeded Aljamain Sterling at UFC 310 last December. He is ready for his shooting in Topuria, but if “El Matador” remains at 145 pounds for his next fight, he first plans to give Volkanovski a revenge.