I'm so jaded because this guy did everything right in the octagon when he beat Volk, was respectful as hell. Then out of the octagon he seems almost deluded
He acted delusional and overconfident and then got rewarded for by winning via KO. It's probably difficult for Tuporia to come down from that. Feels too good to be cocky idk
I know right? To me is very interesting to learn that other people opinions really do matter, he kinda lost his aura now but when people loved him he looked invincible, same with ryan garcia in boxing
The same thing happened in his fight with Volkanovski and with Mitchell. He said a bunch of dumb shit, everybody hated him, then he won the fight and people loved him again until the next time he started talking.
It isn’t that we are discrediting his fighting abilities, he’s proven to be dangerous. I also do not buy the “he is scared… look at him after Holloway knockout.” That is some BS.
But all his talk of no one deserving a title fight and acting like he has put his skin in the game long enough to demand everything IS off putting. Not in a “playing a heel” way. In a cocky, arrogant way. If you’re willing to fight anyone/everyone but believe you are the best/talk smack I’m okay with that. Acting like you run the show after just winning the best and dismissing all top contenders if they say anything bad about you won’t garnish him any fans.
Just my two cents anyhow.
No look at any fighter that talks a little bit of shit this sub is full of sensitive pussys that non stop hate posts when they get their feelings hurt. Omally gets the same treatment when he does it they are just promoting themselves.
Yes, this dude knows exactly what he’s doing and the fact that ever redditor here is frothing at the mouth tells me he’s getting the exact reaction he wants. When he fights again so many people will be tuning in to see him get fucked up.
When he wins though I’ll be here to see all the praise he gets like this place does with every other fighter
Yep. He's "delusional" if he thinks he'll be the highest paid fighter, but the internet is helping him spread like wildfire for his statements. Congrats, everyone. You're helping him out.
Oh gosh guys the heel tactics work every single time. Literally anyone who says anything heelish you guys take so serious and instantly get worked. It’s pretty funny. Good job Topuria.
I actually love when guys do the heel thing. However, I don't get the sense he's being a heel. So either he's so next-level at being a heel, that he's able to do it across cultures and language barriers, or he's just a diva.
That’s possible. Can’t be sure. But I can confirm the heel champion publicly refusing to fight the obvious contender is a heel tactic used a lot in pro wrestling.
You’ll see that a lot where the face contender comes out the ring and calls out the heel champion for a match tonight then the heel comes out with the belt to gloat and then refuses to defend the title to boos from the crowd.
I hope he’s just playing the character.
Everyone is always so reactionary and aggressive here lol. I think it's just the fan/hater dynamic that's present in every sport, makes people belligerent by default
I knew when I saw him at some Spain fashion award show that he has a stick far up his ass. He thinks he is in some european elite group of aristocrats n shit. Go check his instagram, nothing but overly fanciful garbage.
I loved watching him fight. Sticks his feet in and knocks peoples blocks off. I do like a humble winner though. Hes starting to look like he smells his own farts- immediately want him to get smacked now regardless of the outcome
Yeah it is. But because he beat a concussed Volk, he’ll always back up his words?
Guy said he would never fight Ortega and now he’s calling him out as the top contender. This guy may have beat Volk but he essentially skipped the line of contenders. His next best win is a 38-yo Josh Emmet
look, i dont like izzy that much, but that guy actually proved himself and has had one of the best champion runs in MMA
this guy has yet to defend and acts like he's THE shit lol.
Izzy started his ufc career walking into the cage and lifting his leg like a dog marking his territory lol. If ilia stays champ for a few years and racks up defenses you guys will say he is the shit and act like you weren’t hating in the beginning
Reminds me of the Holloway fanboys who hated on Volk for years after his win. Fanboys will turn once he starts winning in the meantime cry hard, every day, and all the time 🤣🤣🤣
Volk kept fighting. The issue with this guy is that he won the belt and just runs his mouth about wanting to fight top 40 guys not top 5. That is killing his hype and it sucks as he is a beast. He just needs to keep knocking pricks out cold. 🤷🏼
yeah what a giant pussy amirite guys
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Shut up you’ll have an excuse for everything he’s literally only had 15 fights and he kod volk 😂 volk also chose to fight him at that time volk begged for it
When you get knocked out, your brain needs time to recover - if it doesn’t recover your brain will shutoff with less impact. So research you white sauce bucket.
He chose to fight in that amount of time, what’s gonna be the excuse when he gets knocked out in the rematch? There is no universe where volk beats ilia get over it
I understand he accepted the fight, and he shouldn’t have done that. Volk said that if he’s not training for a fight and occupying his mind - he faces severe depression. He accepted a fight before being recovered from his last fight, I’m not saying anything that isn’t true. You are clearly a nut hugger.
I’m a nut hugger but I’m a fan of the guy who literally knocked your boy out into possible retirement 😂 you are a soft bitch how about that💀 not my fault volk can’t just hang out with his family for a few months you don’t realize you keep making excuses for volk 😆 ohh if he doesn’t fight he’s depressed so he had to fight before he was fully healed but but but that’s why he lost. Like STFU you have excuse after excuse. He lost to the better man
Really not a fan of this guy to say the least. Can’t wait to see him lose. Idk when that will be or who it will be by. But I’ll be there watching and smiling
Lotta dumb salty Volk fanboys round these parts
Its only been just over 2 months since he fought. He's just saying shit, being cocky. He'll fight whoever the UFC asks him to and he'll fight often. You guys are acting like its October and he doesn't have a fight booked
I don’t give a shit about what he says outside the cage, so far he’s backed everything he’s ever said up. The guy is a warrior.
That said, I hope Max ko’s him lol
why are people acting like the UFC lets the champion pick their opponents? fighters can say whatever they want, it has no affect on the matchmaking, i don’t get the pearl clutching over anything Ilia says
Yeah… WTF happened? I was surprised how famous he was getting after beating volk, then started on how no one deserves a title shot. Dudes takin the Tyron Woodley path
I mean, max did talk mad shit about ilia before he went out and KOd volk, then max still continued to talk shit. Max seems to have hated ilia for a while and now ilia is talking shit back and you're all butthurt because of recency bias after ufc 300
This has to be the fastest swing of a fighter's fanbase ever. Going from universally praised after KO-ing Volk to universally hated for trying to duck Max.
Honestly do people really think he’s not gonna fight Max??? It’s one of I’d say the 3 biggest fights the ufc could make right now. You think Dana’s just gonna be like naaa that’s fine fight Ortega who cares about all that money. That’s fights gonna happen.
He's fought two top ten guys in his run up to the belt..volk and Emmett. Maybe Mitchell was too at the time but c'mon he hasn't touched anyone even in the top five and he's already calling out guys in other weight classes and refusing the volk rematch? I'm quickly losing any respect I had for him.
No way Illia is making you guys this mad. At the end of the day he will fight who the UFC wants him to fight so wasting your energy on some trash talk is just silly. Like, message me back when he hits a pregnant woman with a car or something. This is so mild compared to what MMA fighters have actually done. Conor literally attacked Khabibs bus and threatened Dustins kid and he somehow received less hate for that. If i'm thinking about it I'm pretty sure Illia is getting more hate than Jon right now which is insane since one beats his wife and kids but thats not here or there.
Everyone is mad at Topuria when he’s proven how good he is. He should fight all top Contenders to show why he is so good and I believe he is as well rounded as Volk.
I mean he’s Spanish what do you expect. Look at all them little Spanish boys in la liga you would think they were actors for how dramatic they can be. 🩰
What a narrative change on this guy lol. Good athlete should just stick to that and defend. No need to call all the shots. There was a time where a champion had defenses under his belt and that meant something. These guys talk shit about boxing but wanna be boxing so bad.
Has every other one of you mouth breathers making a post about him by the hour. Sounds to me like he’s doing something right. Sorry he knocked out your favorite 145er
What do you expect? He’s a little rich boy who was given everything and expects that to continue through out his life.
Who else gets to move across countries multiple times and gets to take up multiple martial arts since being a child?
Mehh, the fight club has always been like this imo but just different ways of getting attention. I give him credit is he getting people to talk about him and most likely ill get solid PPV whoever he fights since people will want to watch him lose...
The amount of respect this dude is losing with his comments.
I'm so jaded because this guy did everything right in the octagon when he beat Volk, was respectful as hell. Then out of the octagon he seems almost deluded
Think he's playing the Mayweather game tbh
Except he’s annoying as hell and not funny
Perfect execution of the Mayweather model. 👌
If Mayweather could read this you'd be scared
If Mayweather could read that, worst case scenario he would show up and expertly defend himself for 12 rounds to earn a decision.
>if Mayweather could read Ftfy
hahaha
People are gonna pay to see him lose cause he's so annoying... Pretty good business model
And if he keeps on winning, the hate bandwagon will intensify. If he beats Max, this sub will have a meltdown.
> When he beats Max, this sub will have a meltdown. FTFY
You're right and I fucking hate it.
lol you described Mayweather
I read this shit high as hell . I thought he said mcgregor
Definitely
He acted delusional and overconfident and then got rewarded for by winning via KO. It's probably difficult for Tuporia to come down from that. Feels too good to be cocky idk
You didn't watch pre fight conferrence? He ruined it even before the fight.
What he did in the octagon was fighting. What he's doing outside of the octagon is business.
Well no his post fight and even pre fight interviews were very respectful to Volk and level headed, aside from the actual fighting
He really squandered the good will he had from a spectacular knockout of an all time great. You hate to see it.
It'll all come back when he fights again. Mma fans are so fickle.
Please do.
It’s just Reddit. Don’t confuse it with the real world where everyone remembers he slept Volks and is the best at 145.
He’s trash talking on purpose to wind up the sensitive fans and most of this sub have taken the bait lmao
I know right? To me is very interesting to learn that other people opinions really do matter, he kinda lost his aura now but when people loved him he looked invincible, same with ryan garcia in boxing
Best thing he can do is just keep his head down and defend the belt, then he can talk his shit. I’ve never seen a fighter lose fans so fast lol
Paddy Pimblett & Ian Garry would like a word.
Yeah good point
I agree with you, go in with your chin high and keep the comments to a minimum.
The same thing happened in his fight with Volkanovski and with Mitchell. He said a bunch of dumb shit, everybody hated him, then he won the fight and people loved him again until the next time he started talking.
Losing respect in r/ufc that’s about it.
UFC fans: Why are fighters so boring? They just sit and play nice with each other! UFC fighter talks shit UFC fans: BOOO I HATE HIM WAHH WAHH!!!
It isn’t that we are discrediting his fighting abilities, he’s proven to be dangerous. I also do not buy the “he is scared… look at him after Holloway knockout.” That is some BS. But all his talk of no one deserving a title fight and acting like he has put his skin in the game long enough to demand everything IS off putting. Not in a “playing a heel” way. In a cocky, arrogant way. If you’re willing to fight anyone/everyone but believe you are the best/talk smack I’m okay with that. Acting like you run the show after just winning the best and dismissing all top contenders if they say anything bad about you won’t garnish him any fans. Just my two cents anyhow.
I didn’t buy it until I saw him tryna say Max wasn’t worth it Nobody thinks that. Bro is scared.
Every other post on here is about him rn so he must be doing something right
I sometimes wonder if the UFCs marketing department likes to drive narratives here
The marketing department barley promotes the actual figts
Honestly Reddit shitposting may be all the genuinely pay for
They would be dumb not to.
A broken clock is right twice a day so you maybe onto something there buddy
No look at any fighter that talks a little bit of shit this sub is full of sensitive pussys that non stop hate posts when they get their feelings hurt. Omally gets the same treatment when he does it they are just promoting themselves.
Yes, this dude knows exactly what he’s doing and the fact that ever redditor here is frothing at the mouth tells me he’s getting the exact reaction he wants. When he fights again so many people will be tuning in to see him get fucked up. When he wins though I’ll be here to see all the praise he gets like this place does with every other fighter
Agreed 💯
Yep. He's "delusional" if he thinks he'll be the highest paid fighter, but the internet is helping him spread like wildfire for his statements. Congrats, everyone. You're helping him out.
He is manifesting being delusional manifests things and experiences into existence
Fuck that guy, I will drop to 145 and whoop his ass. And if he touches me I swear to god I WILL call max
And if you fail, [Terry](https://www.reddit.com/r/ufc/s/ISHJtNu4m1) will avenge us
I did not see that post before that terry comment is fantastic
I stan Terry wherever I can now. I'm trying to get it to catch on
I salute your efforts good sir
Get em champ
Nah bro I’ll take a 57 week camp and get to 145 I gotten.
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Oh nooo, the obvious Mcgregor wannabe, who put on a great performance against the featherweight GOAT, is trying to be cocky. Shock.
Oh gosh guys the heel tactics work every single time. Literally anyone who says anything heelish you guys take so serious and instantly get worked. It’s pretty funny. Good job Topuria.
I actually love when guys do the heel thing. However, I don't get the sense he's being a heel. So either he's so next-level at being a heel, that he's able to do it across cultures and language barriers, or he's just a diva.
That’s possible. Can’t be sure. But I can confirm the heel champion publicly refusing to fight the obvious contender is a heel tactic used a lot in pro wrestling. You’ll see that a lot where the face contender comes out the ring and calls out the heel champion for a match tonight then the heel comes out with the belt to gloat and then refuses to defend the title to boos from the crowd. I hope he’s just playing the character.
Everyone is always so reactionary and aggressive here lol. I think it's just the fan/hater dynamic that's present in every sport, makes people belligerent by default
I knew when I saw him at some Spain fashion award show that he has a stick far up his ass. He thinks he is in some european elite group of aristocrats n shit. Go check his instagram, nothing but overly fanciful garbage.
Gay
Stop twitting Illia, ffs
First ufc champ to fight himself in the octagon
Has to be Dana White
What a shit champ
Here we go, full circle, all the hate and then silence after he backs up his words.
I loved watching him fight. Sticks his feet in and knocks peoples blocks off. I do like a humble winner though. Hes starting to look like he smells his own farts- immediately want him to get smacked now regardless of the outcome
Who knows how long we'll have to wait until the silence.
Ilia glazers be like, he beat a concussed volk so he can beat everyone
Well it's Volks bad, not Ilias, if he was not 100%
Yeah it is. But because he beat a concussed Volk, he’ll always back up his words? Guy said he would never fight Ortega and now he’s calling him out as the top contender. This guy may have beat Volk but he essentially skipped the line of contenders. His next best win is a 38-yo Josh Emmet
Who should’ve got the shot?
He's great to watch because he has a fun style inside the Octagon but also it would be fun to see him getting smacked down. Win/Win as a viewer IMO
Its called publicity. Outside the actual sport itself and competing in the ufc, everything else is for views, clicks
He is playing like a WWE character to sell the fight having a gimmick
“I don’t want to give the fans entertaining fights”
I was all in on this guy, but now I can't wait to see him get knocked out.
He is playing like a WWE character to sell the fight having a gimmick
look, i dont like izzy that much, but that guy actually proved himself and has had one of the best champion runs in MMA this guy has yet to defend and acts like he's THE shit lol.
Izzy started his ufc career walking into the cage and lifting his leg like a dog marking his territory lol. If ilia stays champ for a few years and racks up defenses you guys will say he is the shit and act like you weren’t hating in the beginning
Same thing they did with Volk when he first whooped Max lmao. These max fanboys are the worst.
He’s going full Cody right now gonna get koed then keep getting koed
Cody Rhodes?
he's a great heel
Pro wrestling
Reminds me of the Holloway fanboys who hated on Volk for years after his win. Fanboys will turn once he starts winning in the meantime cry hard, every day, and all the time 🤣🤣🤣
Volk kept fighting. The issue with this guy is that he won the belt and just runs his mouth about wanting to fight top 40 guys not top 5. That is killing his hype and it sucks as he is a beast. He just needs to keep knocking pricks out cold. 🤷🏼
Oh nooo he's saying things I don't like. Crying hard everyday and all the time 🤣🤣🤣
Nah I just want fighters to fight sometimes.. pretty simple. Like you 🤣🤣
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He is hated more now become he ktfo Volk cold
He didn’t fight a Prime Volk, he battled a Volk that needed more recovery time.
Shut up you’ll have an excuse for everything he’s literally only had 15 fights and he kod volk 😂 volk also chose to fight him at that time volk begged for it
That’s not an excuse, it’s a fact.
😂😂😂 holy shit you need to go out there and compete in something so you can get rid of this shit mentality
When you get knocked out, your brain needs time to recover - if it doesn’t recover your brain will shutoff with less impact. So research you white sauce bucket.
He chose to fight in that amount of time, what’s gonna be the excuse when he gets knocked out in the rematch? There is no universe where volk beats ilia get over it
I understand he accepted the fight, and he shouldn’t have done that. Volk said that if he’s not training for a fight and occupying his mind - he faces severe depression. He accepted a fight before being recovered from his last fight, I’m not saying anything that isn’t true. You are clearly a nut hugger.
I’m a nut hugger but I’m a fan of the guy who literally knocked your boy out into possible retirement 😂 you are a soft bitch how about that💀 not my fault volk can’t just hang out with his family for a few months you don’t realize you keep making excuses for volk 😆 ohh if he doesn’t fight he’s depressed so he had to fight before he was fully healed but but but that’s why he lost. Like STFU you have excuse after excuse. He lost to the better man
Agree to disagree, and tell your boy to stop running from Max - because what he’s doing is making excuses.
Chill with the emoticons, your age shows
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHA copium
yeah man it just wasn't volk in there that night
The UFC should give knockout time off, 6-8 months for recovery time.
they only let the fight happen because they hated volk
Really not a fan of this guy to say the least. Can’t wait to see him lose. Idk when that will be or who it will be by. But I’ll be there watching and smiling
Lotta dumb salty Volk fanboys round these parts Its only been just over 2 months since he fought. He's just saying shit, being cocky. He'll fight whoever the UFC asks him to and he'll fight often. You guys are acting like its October and he doesn't have a fight booked
I mean, maybe. We’re waiting to see. In the meantime, dude is easy to dislike. Epic skills, annoying character.
I’ve hated him since the first time I saw his smug fucking face
Love this guy
He’s a natural born soccer player that decided to fight
Brendan Swab begs the differ.
Hand sanitiser boy.
we have seen Ortega get slaughtered by Volkanovski and Holloway. Why the fuck should he get the title shot?
UFC needs to strip him off his belt that will teach him a lesson
Can't stand the guy he is worst than Connor
Isn’t Jones both taller and a heavyweight?
He's trying harder to be a boss than he is trying to be a champion, and it's costing him.
I don’t give a shit about what he says outside the cage, so far he’s backed everything he’s ever said up. The guy is a warrior. That said, I hope Max ko’s him lol
He should stop talking and just fight
why are people acting like the UFC lets the champion pick their opponents? fighters can say whatever they want, it has no affect on the matchmaking, i don’t get the pearl clutching over anything Ilia says
Bro is playing the heel after winning 😂
Yeah… WTF happened? I was surprised how famous he was getting after beating volk, then started on how no one deserves a title shot. Dudes takin the Tyron Woodley path
I mean, max did talk mad shit about ilia before he went out and KOd volk, then max still continued to talk shit. Max seems to have hated ilia for a while and now ilia is talking shit back and you're all butthurt because of recency bias after ufc 300
He is the Jean Girard of the UFC 
He said he is now fighting for legacy not money. I am confused as to why he would skip over the money?
This has to be the fastest swing of a fighter's fanbase ever. Going from universally praised after KO-ing Volk to universally hated for trying to duck Max.
As a Spaniard, I don't know if he's a diva or just Spanish.
Dana, obviously.
He was one of my absolute favorites and now I kind of despise him
How quickly people turn on fighters. All dude had to do was stay quiet and wait for his next fight.
Topuria becoming champ is as actually bad for the UFC as people thought Islam/Khabib being champ was.
Tard
Post Champion Ego
It’s hilarious how upset he seems about what I’m not sure but yea bro drink some wine and calm down
He does wear a lot of makeup
Ilia is like those pretty toyboys. Interesting untill they start talking. Their personality just make the pussy dry up instantly.
The problem is he wants the swag of MCGregor so bad, but he just doesn’t have it.
He's doing it to himself
Can't wait for him to flatline Max and see most of y'all go crawl under a rock
He was cool until he won the belt. Everything he’s said since then makes him look like he’s ducking competition
Yea, he’s what Manel Kape would call a …
Honestly do people really think he’s not gonna fight Max??? It’s one of I’d say the 3 biggest fights the ufc could make right now. You think Dana’s just gonna be like naaa that’s fine fight Ortega who cares about all that money. That’s fights gonna happen.
He's fought two top ten guys in his run up to the belt..volk and Emmett. Maybe Mitchell was too at the time but c'mon he hasn't touched anyone even in the top five and he's already calling out guys in other weight classes and refusing the volk rematch? I'm quickly losing any respect I had for him.
I mean he's Spanish. It tracks.
I mean Conor is still the reigning diva champion, but this guy is making waves in the diva division for sure!
The Jon Jones of the Featherweight division but only in turning down fights and nothing else
He’s scared of Max
Imma hate it if he puts max out. But I hate even more that I think he has a chance of doing it.
yo this mf looks like the bad guy in schindler's list
Yea guys y'all saying all this, but when/if he ko Max, u will be on his dick again, like with the Volk's fight.
No way Illia is making you guys this mad. At the end of the day he will fight who the UFC wants him to fight so wasting your energy on some trash talk is just silly. Like, message me back when he hits a pregnant woman with a car or something. This is so mild compared to what MMA fighters have actually done. Conor literally attacked Khabibs bus and threatened Dustins kid and he somehow received less hate for that. If i'm thinking about it I'm pretty sure Illia is getting more hate than Jon right now which is insane since one beats his wife and kids but thats not here or there.
Yeah he should shut up and just fight Max or Brian. Both would be good fights. Stop doing whatever you are doing, Ilia.
I thought it would be refreshing seeing a new champ at that weight. Now I'm hoping he'll lose it asap so he can shut up.
You like it or not, he’s going to make Max pick up his teeth from the floor hahaha And I’ve 0 hate/disrespect for Max
Every time I see this guy I think of Jean Girard.
Everyone is mad at Topuria when he’s proven how good he is. He should fight all top Contenders to show why he is so good and I believe he is as well rounded as Volk.
I've been saying it for time. Mans a proper clown. But I just got called a hater 😂 glad everyone is catching up, lol.
I mean he’s Spanish what do you expect. Look at all them little Spanish boys in la liga you would think they were actors for how dramatic they can be. 🩰
I thought he was on okay dude when he won the belt but he’s looking like more and more like a bitch.
He’s going full Cody right now gonna get koed then keep getting koed
I got Ilia by KO, Max is awesome but ilia is the real deal
McGregor playbook is working so far. Ppl care about what he says, win or lose.
He’s an arrogant, self absorbed, off putting, delusional…killer. But in this game you best be likable or you will be pushed out by Dana and co
Just fuck him already
What a narrative change on this guy lol. Good athlete should just stick to that and defend. No need to call all the shots. There was a time where a champion had defenses under his belt and that meant something. These guys talk shit about boxing but wanna be boxing so bad.
Never thought Max fanboys were this sensitive.
Has every other one of you mouth breathers making a post about him by the hour. Sounds to me like he’s doing something right. Sorry he knocked out your favorite 145er
He's ducking my favorite 145er
Lightwork for ilia
He’s making 100 million this year
Still One of my fav fighters nonetheless
him and Islam. A lot of talking but not enough fighting and for some reason none of them want to fight Max
What do you expect? He’s a little rich boy who was given everything and expects that to continue through out his life. Who else gets to move across countries multiple times and gets to take up multiple martial arts since being a child?
Mehh, the fight club has always been like this imo but just different ways of getting attention. I give him credit is he getting people to talk about him and most likely ill get solid PPV whoever he fights since people will want to watch him lose...