Topuria has a plan B

Topuria will make his first defense of the world featherweight titleachieved last February against Australian Alexander Volkanovski in California, where the Georgian-born Latino won the belt by knocking out the best fighter in featherweight history.

Next October 26th in UVK 308, Ilya will be compared to Max HollowayAnd, despite the company’s forecasts, according to which the native of Hawaii is considered the winner, Topuria has no doubt that he will defeat the American: “I will point to the center of the octagon and stay there. I want to give the fans the best and most exciting 10 seconds in UFC history.because they deserve it. “If he stays in the middle, I promise you I will knock him out, I will cut off his head,” he said in an interview in Abu Dhabi. “El Matador” continues to demonstrate unshakable self-confidence, talking not only about the blessing blessedbut having specified how he will finish off the current second number in the division, even having a plan B in case the initial one fails.

“I don’t want to take all the credit away from Max Holloway because it shows he’s a very good fighter with a lot of experience under his belt. But at the same time, It’s like he’s never encountered someone like me.never. So he will understand that during the fight, the pressure that I will apply and that he will feel in the fight is completely different than what he has felt with any other opponent that he has had.TRUE? So I don’t know the moment when I will destroy it.”

Words that don’t bother the American ahead of the fight, who continues to display a calm attitude in pre-fight interviews “We’ll find out on October 26th.». Some fans, including Latino, interpret this to mean that Max does not believe he is capable of defeating Topuria.

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