Ilia Topuria challenges Islam Makhachev to a must-see fight

The ever self-confident Ilia Topuria does not halt challenging Islam Makhachev to a duel. The large privation of the 28-year-old combatant this twelvemonth was a lucifer against Makhachev. 

Topuria vacated the featherweight loop with the anticipation of getting a accidental to dethrone Makhachev, who is considered by galore to beryllium the champion MMA combatant successful the world.

Unfortunately for Topuria, Makhachev gave up his lightweight loop and moved to welterweight, wherever helium aboriginal became champion. Topuria antecedently succeeded Islam on the UFC lightweight throne, but present they are not successful the aforesaid division, truthful it is not casual to lucifer them. 

Makhachev, allegedly, does not program to instrumentality to the lightweight class and spell done the torture of losing weight. On the different hand, it is questionable however Topuria would transportation the value of a welterweight and whether helium deserves to straight onslaught that belt.

The lucifer everyone wants

Despite everything, the 28-year-old Spanish-Georgian champion inactive believes that it is simply a existent anticipation that they volition transverse gloves successful the adjacent future. 

"That wrestling that Makhachev thinks helium has, we'll spot however it works against me. I deliberation it's a combat that the fans privation to see. I would predominate the combat connected the feet, onshore 3 oregon 4 cleanable shots, and past taxable successful his corner, close successful beforehand of Khabib (Nurmagomedov)," Topuria told the YouTube transmission eldoberdanMMA.

The ever-confident combatant past took a excavation astatine the retired Khabib: 

"They're truthful arrogant and conceited, I'd truly similar to decorativeness Islam disconnected successful beforehand of Khabib. If Khabib wants to measurement successful aft that, I'll gladly basal connected his caput too. I've ever wanted to combat Makhachev and I've ever been acceptable for that. After I support my lightweight belt, we'll spot however things spell successful presumption of the welterweight fight. It's wide to everyone that this is simply a combat that everyone would privation to watch. 

For immoderate reason, Makhachev didn't judge that fight, and aft that helium starts talking a lot. It's precise casual to speech erstwhile you're thousands of miles distant from me. But erstwhile you're successful the cage with me, you'll rapidly recognize that I'm not Jack Della Maddalena oregon Dan Hooker. I'm thing wholly different, and erstwhile I deed you cleanable with a close hand, you're going to slumber for a precise agelong time."

It has happened respective times passim past that immoderate large fights simply don't hap oregon don't hap astatine the close time. We anticipation that the rivalry betwixt Topuria and Makhachev volition not extremity successful discussions astir "what ifs", but that we volition witnesser their clash wrong the cage.