Khabib claims Tsarukyan would dominate Topuria

Former UFC airy heavyweight and heavyweight champion, present commentator, Daniel Cormier, has openly contradicted Khabib Nurmagomedov's claims. Khabib precocious said that Arman Tsarukyan would bushed Ilya Topuria successful 8 retired of 10 fights. According to the erstwhile lightweight champion, Topuria has astir nary accidental due to the fact that Arman dominates successful wrestling and power connected the ground.

Cormier, however, believes that specified an appraisal is excessively extreme. 

"Eighty-twenty? That's crazy. You tin subordinate specified numbers with Khabib oregon Jon Jones due to the fact that they are genuinely undefeated and untouchable. But Ilia is besides undefeated, helium is simply a champion and has shown that helium tin accommodate to immoderate benignant of opponent. To accidental that idiosyncratic would bushed him 8 times successful 10 fights - I don't judge that for a second. There is nary combatant that I would accidental would decision Topuria successful that ratio," said Cormier.

The experienced combatant adds that Ilia is overmuch much implicit than it seems. 

"El Matador" won the lightweight rubric with a knockout against Charles Oliveira and showed that helium has fitness, powerfulness and finishing astatine a precocious level. Cormier claims that it is this operation that makes Topuria an unpredictable and hard opponent.

"People are fooled into reasoning that Topuria is conscionable a puncher. He has wrestling, helium has ground, helium knows however to support takedowns and helium knows however to make opportunities for himself. Just due to the fact that Arman has beardown wrestling doesn't mean helium tin neutralize him 8 times retired of ten. That's not reality," added Cormier.

Khabib's views

On the different hand, Khabib inactive claims that Tsarukyan would beryllium excessively overmuch for the Spaniard. He points retired that Ilia's erstwhile opponents mostly lacked prime successful wrestling. Cormier, however, stresses that Khabib's appraisal is subjective and shaped by his benignant and schoolhouse of fighting.

The imaginable duel betwixt Topuria and Tsarukyan is already causing large debate. While Khabib sees the wide favorite, Cormier believes the matchup would beryllium overmuch much even. The treatment betwixt the 2 icons shows that this duel could go 1 of the astir absorbing matches successful caller UFC history, owed to the clash of antithetic martial approaches and styles.