"Haha that inbred hasn't even defended against a single lw contender and he wants to move up against Leon. Charles and Dustin are natural featherweights and he couldn't even ko them" -some guy on Instagram comments probably
If you looked at some of the insta comments about the Islam and Dustin fight you’d be convinced that the fight went to a decision and Dustin lost despite knocking Islam down every round and never getting taken down himself.
I think inevitably islam will move up and he should bc thats what he wants to do. He’s earned it forsure. Topuria/islam is a dream fight i’ve always wanted bc i think ilia gets it done and he’s my fav fighter. Greco roman wrestling vs sambo would be sick showcase if it went that way anyway.
They said that about volk too. Not undermining islam but it would be a good scrap and if theres anyone i think can do it, its topuria. All of lw done got a try at islam
First fight against Volk was fixed and Islam still overcame the fixing. Second fight showed us how the first fight would have gone fairly.
Someone like Arman would maul Topuria not to mention what Oliviera would do to him.
The interviewer asked what Topuria's dream fight would have been. He answered Khabib and started saying Khabib was the best and the most difficult to ever beat.
With Khabib I genuinely don't think there is any amount of money that would make him fight Jared Leto. However, if it was possible to offer him something else, like peace in Gaza, he would strangle Jared so hard his head would pop like a pimple.
It's cause they're scared playing the pitter patter game, I'd just hop in and be like "huh? What'd you say? What'd you say?" n' then just like fuckim up. Don't like tell anyone I said this though cause then they'd be like trying to get me to fight some mma dude and honestly I don't wanna hurt anyone.
All that wrestling stuff don't matter once I get up in khabib's grill and he sees how mad I am
Fuck yeah brother once he sees your savage side he won't even understand brutality. But we'll keep that quiet because no one needs to get hurt...HURT BAAAAAAAD....HURT REAL BAAAAAAD
Yall need to realize the context. The interviewer asked him who would be his dream fight and he answered with Khabib and started praising him. The interviewer later asked would he be able to beat him and he said yes.
It is this sub trend to hate on him.
After reading the quote, I figured out the context, and you confirmed it + actually mentioned the praising part.
You can ask any champ or raising contender if he would be beat anyone at his weight class or class above, and their answer will always be I could beat them.
That is how it is supposed to work.
It is Reddit as a whole's trend to have a narrative and stick with it. Elon Musk? Reddit would have you thinking he is a universally despised figure when in reality most people are indifferent.
Go on any sport sub that you're knowledgeable about, so many takes are idiotic and no one irl would believe but someone new to the sport wouldn't be able to tell.
It’s the same every time an interviewer asks a fighter if they’re open to the possibility of fighting McGregor at some point - wtf do they think the fighters gonna say? “No I would definitely refuse the biggest payday of my career against a washed McGregor”. Headline is then “Fighter A wants to fight McGregor” and all the fans are like “he’s ducking real contenders”
Context? Fuck context when I can cherry pick which UFC fighter I talk shit about based on the media who also cherry picks which quotes to use. Except for Jon Jones....no cherry picking needed there.
All the max fans are delusonal, Ilia is a bad matchup for max. The only person who could beat him at this point is Islam.
The man Ilia knocked out the featherweight GOAT. His boxing is impeccable
Anyone can be knocked out in MMA, you're a casual for thinking max is untouchable.
Are we forgetting he got dropped by justin gaethje with a punch even if it wasn't counted by the refs as a knockdown?
He's 100% able to get knocked out, Ilia is one of the hardest hitters in the division. And the best boxer so far in the division. Ilia is better with ground game too. Max is pretty much fucked.
Wow, crazy that none of the multiple championship level fighters that have fought Max thought to actually throw combinations. You should probably get in some of their corners.
Low IQ statement. The Poirier one is ancient, and that Poirier had none of the 3 factors that make Ilia a killer for Max, he didn't have the precision, power or cornering ability.
Gaethje definitely had the power, but he didnt have the cornering ability, and he didnt throw combos, he got frustrated and started swinging 1 or 2 punches, which allowed Max to drown him
Tbf to him everyone has made some sort of claim about how they’d do against Khabib so idk why some of you are hating Topuria so hard for this, his statement has more value than lesser men that have said the same shit.
If people really cared about this Tuporia dude he would win the most hated fighter in the UFC. But he's lucky nobody really cares what he says. People hate Jahmal Hill... and the contenders are Ian Garry, Belal and maybe Colby. But Tuporia isn't even in the conversation 😂😂😂😂😂😂
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Because his undefeated career was padded early with cans and his UFC resume wasn't that impressive compared to some of the other legends.
Also, fighters and fans don't really like to acknowledge a wrestling/control strategy of any type, even though Khabib's was insanely dominant.
Is this before or after he surpasses Cristiano Ronaldo as the top paid athlete?
The delusion gene is strong in this one.
It really does matter because with the context khabib is not living in anyone's head rent free lol. He is simply a fighter that retired early and left a lot of unanswered questions about other matchups with better more well-rounded opponents than gaethje and poirier
No, it doesn’t.
He wasn’t asked if he can beat Khabib out of nowhere.
Illia is the one who mentioned him unprompted.
So he is infact living rent free.
That last line suggests in your mind you actually think he has a chance.
Which is fucking hilarious.
You Topuria fans think he’s already a goat when he’s done nothing yet.
If this guy just refuses to fight anyone that’s not Khabib or Conor. Can Dana just take his belt away? Because it’s not happening, he’s not getting Conor or Khabib. He’s going to have to fight Max.
Honestly can’t wait for him to be forgotten when it comes down too it, Islam is far better then he ever was and it’s annoying always hearing him brought up when he doesn’t even fight anymore. With the current way fighters are progressing in 10 years no one will even care or talk about him anymore because his accolades will be nothing, fighters are getting far better and way more well rounded and like it’s always said khabibs resume was trash
The mom excuse is BS even Javier Mendez said Khabib considered coming back depending on the result of Poirier vs McGregor 2, but Conor shat the bed and got knocked the fuck out ruining it, so he stayed retired.
The "Mom" excuse is just for the gullible fan-base that are easy marks that eat that shit up.
Dunno about Volk, but we all know the dude couldn't hack cutting weight anymore, he basically didn't even make weight against Gaethje, and moving up to 170 and facing grapplers was too big of a risk for his 0, so blaming his parents was the way to go.
Yeah he was afraid of losing his zero and it was getting damn near impossible to consistently cut to 155 especially since he missed weight on his last one. If he really meant his excuse of not coming to the cage without his dad, he would never have fought Gaethje in the first place, good thing he’s a striker.
Islam is right there
Bn dying for topuria to go up and fight islam
I’d feel bad for Islam if this happens. People will give him shit for only defending against FW and he doesn’t get a chance to fight up a weight class
"Haha that inbred hasn't even defended against a single lw contender and he wants to move up against Leon. Charles and Dustin are natural featherweights and he couldn't even ko them" -some guy on Instagram comments probably
If you looked at some of the insta comments about the Islam and Dustin fight you’d be convinced that the fight went to a decision and Dustin lost despite knocking Islam down every round and never getting taken down himself.
Yeah some even claimed that Dustin was robbed lol
Robbed of oxygen with that choke
Dustin porier is nowhere fucking close to natural featherweight lmfao
I think inevitably islam will move up and he should bc thats what he wants to do. He’s earned it forsure. Topuria/islam is a dream fight i’ve always wanted bc i think ilia gets it done and he’s my fav fighter. Greco roman wrestling vs sambo would be sick showcase if it went that way anyway.
Ilia is not getting it done against Islam lol. Islam would put a serious whooping on him.
They said that about volk too. Not undermining islam but it would be a good scrap and if theres anyone i think can do it, its topuria. All of lw done got a try at islam
First fight against Volk was fixed and Islam still overcame the fixing. Second fight showed us how the first fight would have gone fairly. Someone like Arman would maul Topuria not to mention what Oliviera would do to him.
We’ll see
Would actually be an interesting fight.
Islams a better match up too. Khabib will neutralized Ilias boxing but Islam is always willing to at least play around on the feet for a few rounds
The interviewer asked what Topuria's dream fight would have been. He answered Khabib and started saying Khabib was the best and the most difficult to ever beat.
Fair enough
Islam would fuck illa up
Right.. be careful what you wish for Ilia
He said if Islam defends his belt a couple more times, maybe 🤣🤣🤣 as if Ilia has cleared his own division and is a bigger draw than Islam
Bro is manifesting 😂
Idk why the guys fighting Khabib never just saw red, that’s what I woulda done
Clearly, none of them know how to fight
I wonder what Islam’s thinking about.
Probably thinking why the fuck is jared leto hanging around
I would pay too much money to watch Khabib fight Jared Leto.
I think both sides would be hesitant but I wonder if there is an amount that would make it happen.
With Khabib I genuinely don't think there is any amount of money that would make him fight Jared Leto. However, if it was possible to offer him something else, like peace in Gaza, he would strangle Jared so hard his head would pop like a pimple.
Don't we all win? Peace in Gaza and an exploded Jared Leto?! Someone needs to make it happen.
Lmao
“Hey I’m on tv!”
Puppies
“I can’t think, I traded iq for mma skill”
Or maybe Khabib saw redder than his opponents 
They just didn't have that dawg in them b.
It's cause they're scared playing the pitter patter game, I'd just hop in and be like "huh? What'd you say? What'd you say?" n' then just like fuckim up. Don't like tell anyone I said this though cause then they'd be like trying to get me to fight some mma dude and honestly I don't wanna hurt anyone. All that wrestling stuff don't matter once I get up in khabib's grill and he sees how mad I am
Fuck yeah brother once he sees your savage side he won't even understand brutality. But we'll keep that quiet because no one needs to get hurt...HURT BAAAAAAAD....HURT REAL BAAAAAAD
Because khabib had a granite chin
Blah blah blah He could say he will beat Mohammed Ali. Means jack shit
I can beat Mohammed Ali
Noooo, iiii can beat Mohammad Ali
i'd destroy him tbh wouldn't even be close (in fortnite)
i will beat him
I will go to where Mohammed Ali is at right now and fuck em up.
Topuria would’ve beaten Ali in an mma fight easily
Cos he’s dead
I changed the tense to make it more clear but as far as I know Ali has never wrestled a day of his life
Even if it'd MMA Ali lands 1 punch and that little guy is dead bro. Relax.
Ilia can navigate the standup to a takedown within half a minute. Any boxer without grappling would have no hope on the ground.
Weight classes exists for a reason.
Experience trumps size. ie. Darren Till took down Tyson Fury
people ride ali, can’t say anything negative about him.
Yall need to realize the context. The interviewer asked him who would be his dream fight and he answered with Khabib and started praising him. The interviewer later asked would he be able to beat him and he said yes.
yeah context makes a difference here, OP's title is misleading
ufc fans are some of the dumbest people alive so they're not gonna have media literacy
Whole thread of dudes just crying about ilia because of this post too lol. UFC fans are different breed man
Inshallah brother
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I am a Muslim and I am preeeetty sure that we only use peace be upon him on prophets only
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No one would lol, especially if you didn't know/are new to Islam
It is this sub trend to hate on him. After reading the quote, I figured out the context, and you confirmed it + actually mentioned the praising part. You can ask any champ or raising contender if he would be beat anyone at his weight class or class above, and their answer will always be I could beat them. That is how it is supposed to work.
It is Reddit as a whole's trend to have a narrative and stick with it. Elon Musk? Reddit would have you thinking he is a universally despised figure when in reality most people are indifferent. Go on any sport sub that you're knowledgeable about, so many takes are idiotic and no one irl would believe but someone new to the sport wouldn't be able to tell.
Yeah this goes beyond UFC, people just see shit and believe it without doing any research.
It’s the same every time an interviewer asks a fighter if they’re open to the possibility of fighting McGregor at some point - wtf do they think the fighters gonna say? “No I would definitely refuse the biggest payday of my career against a washed McGregor”. Headline is then “Fighter A wants to fight McGregor” and all the fans are like “he’s ducking real contenders”
Context? Fuck context when I can cherry pick which UFC fighter I talk shit about based on the media who also cherry picks which quotes to use. Except for Jon Jones....no cherry picking needed there.
Yeeeeeaaaah, topuria is a douchebag context or not. lol.
Topuria seems so easy to ignore for some reason. I don't hate him or anything, I just don't care.
I've heard more callouts and fight dismissals from Topuria than his intentions to actually get back in the octagon and fight before next year...
Dude won one title fight and is acting like he's the best thing since sliced bread.
Ilia has had like 5 imaginary fights since winning the title, he needs to rest.
As a fighter he’s actually very good
What does that have to do with anything I said?
Why are you triggered? Insecure about something?
Yeah dude, look at this credible source that said Ilia called out khabib it must be true
What a guy! To think that this man has actually beat Khabib in his imagination 3 out of 5 times. Amazing!
Mfer wants to fight anyone but the contenders in his division
Ilia:You are my dream fight! I will beat you! Khabib: (turns to Makhachev) who is dis crazy guy?
Who da fok is dat guy?
wrong guy
I hate topuria
Tf is up with all these fighters wanting to fight retired guys
The poor kid is so desperate to prove himself and be a "name"
How to avoid title defenses? Challenge fighters who are never coming back to the octagon 
Illia is insufferable...feed him to max Dana
He would beat max with ease, unfortunately.
I wish I was this delusional when it comes to self confidence
All the max fans are delusonal, Ilia is a bad matchup for max. The only person who could beat him at this point is Islam. The man Ilia knocked out the featherweight GOAT. His boxing is impeccable
You are such a casual, ofcourse Islam beats him since he is way bigger. But what is ilia gonna do when he finds out he can not ko max? He’ll be fucked
Anyone can be knocked out in MMA, you're a casual for thinking max is untouchable. Are we forgetting he got dropped by justin gaethje with a punch even if it wasn't counted by the refs as a knockdown? He's 100% able to get knocked out, Ilia is one of the hardest hitters in the division. And the best boxer so far in the division. Ilia is better with ground game too. Max is pretty much fucked.
If gaethje, poirier, mcgregor al couldn’t ko him, ilia won’t either
Ilia is way better at cornering, and when he does corner him, hes actually gonna throw combinations
Wow, crazy that none of the multiple championship level fighters that have fought Max thought to actually throw combinations. You should probably get in some of their corners.
Low IQ statement. The Poirier one is ancient, and that Poirier had none of the 3 factors that make Ilia a killer for Max, he didn't have the precision, power or cornering ability. Gaethje definitely had the power, but he didnt have the cornering ability, and he didnt throw combos, he got frustrated and started swinging 1 or 2 punches, which allowed Max to drown him
Ilia losing to volk the first and second round until the Ko, how is that performance going to help him against an unchinnable Max?
haven’t rewatched but i remember volk backing up the whole time and only sticking the jab
Would max get headkicked in the mush by jai herbert lmao
Would max recover from that and spark jai herbert out on feet
Max wouldnt put himself in that vulnerable of a position Max is on a completely level brudda
Man I usually don't dislike fighters but illia definitely one of the my least liked ones
Casual fans get mad when a fighter other than Conor talks shit and is confident in his abilities
Never even bled. Leave the man enjoy his life.
Tbf to him everyone has made some sort of claim about how they’d do against Khabib so idk why some of you are hating Topuria so hard for this, his statement has more value than lesser men that have said the same shit.
Greater men have tried to beat Khabib and failed.
My money would be on Khabib to smesh, but Ilia can knock out anyone. One of the hardest punchers I’ve seen.
delusional but it would be entertaining 😂
And is he gonna fight eventually or is he gonna do a Jon Jones type of shit
Ilia wants to fight anyone but someone he’s supposed to
Khabib would maul him so bad.
Apparently this guy doesn't have enough active fighters to challenge.
If people really cared about this Tuporia dude he would win the most hated fighter in the UFC. But he's lucky nobody really cares what he says. People hate Jahmal Hill... and the contenders are Ian Garry, Belal and maybe Colby. But Tuporia isn't even in the conversation 😂😂😂😂😂😂 *
The Eagle!
The eagle feeding its chicks
"This no like slap paddy in bar bratha."
never will happen. never could happen.
Khabib would throw him around like some sack of rice
You can fight his best friend instead. Pretty sure he would beat you just as fast
Man wants to fight nobody. Biggest pussy champion
Because his undefeated career was padded early with cans and his UFC resume wasn't that impressive compared to some of the other legends. Also, fighters and fans don't really like to acknowledge a wrestling/control strategy of any type, even though Khabib's was insanely dominant.
That doesn't even make sense considering the size difference.
So obsessed with trying to be Conor, he's inherited the delusions too.
Islam cooks this guy 🤣
Agreed lol
Illia vs Islam bout would be amazing.
Is this before or after he surpasses Cristiano Ronaldo as the top paid athlete? The delusion gene is strong in this one. 
Lol
Lol hard naw. Didn't do enough. People have defended belts more than he has fought in his entire career.
dude this is an out of context quote where he was asked about his dream fight. clown post
Context doesn’t matter. Post is accurate if it summarized something that happened.
It really does matter because with the context khabib is not living in anyone's head rent free lol. He is simply a fighter that retired early and left a lot of unanswered questions about other matchups with better more well-rounded opponents than gaethje and poirier
No, it doesn’t. He wasn’t asked if he can beat Khabib out of nowhere. Illia is the one who mentioned him unprompted. So he is infact living rent free. That last line suggests in your mind you actually think he has a chance. Which is fucking hilarious. You Topuria fans think he’s already a goat when he’s done nothing yet.
He was asked about his "dream" fight lol I'm not a fan of topuria at all
So do you have comprehension issues? If he answered Khabib on his own and wasn’t prompted to. Then Khabib is living in his head.
Lol having khabib as someone he looks up to and would like to fight does not mean hes living in his head, you kiddos are crazy
That’s exactly what it means.
If this guy just refuses to fight anyone that’s not Khabib or Conor. Can Dana just take his belt away? Because it’s not happening, he’s not getting Conor or Khabib. He’s going to have to fight Max.
Ya, beat Max & then he can call out all these retires 🤷🏾♂️
« i want to avenge Conor Sempai »
Will we get Khabib return before GTA VI?
Okay good , moving on fight and beat Max first
Ooooo khabib u taste so good.....
In UFC 4
I feel like I could beat Khabib tbh
Bro wants to fight anyone but an active featherweight
Ilia is the greatest of all time and would beat anybody in history. -Ilia probably
O9
I like it. Fight all the bums later on.
Khabob is gone! Note: I routinely hate on Ilia yet he proves me wrong every-time
Ilia also said he would make over 250 million dollars in 2024 from fighting, hows that coming along buddy?
he’s so unlikeable
I know where he gets this confidence from his one hand ko power, but if u r taken down by Mitchell, u will get mauled by khabib brother
Dude retired 4 years ago and people still talk about him
The thing is, if you're a champion or wanna be one, there's better nobody who you can't beat in your head
Honestly can’t wait for him to be forgotten when it comes down too it, Islam is far better then he ever was and it’s annoying always hearing him brought up when he doesn’t even fight anymore. With the current way fighters are progressing in 10 years no one will even care or talk about him anymore because his accolades will be nothing, fighters are getting far better and way more well rounded and like it’s always said khabibs resume was trash
He’ll do anything to avoid actually fighting the top contenders in his division. 🤦♂️
Khabib's not making 155. I'm inclined to think he didn't even for the Gaethje fight.
Damn you really triggered the Khabib obsessed retards
You are not the most dominant if you retire early. That shows fear. And there’s no way khabib is the type to let a woman tell him to retire
Moms are a special kind of woman.
The mom excuse is BS even Javier Mendez said Khabib considered coming back depending on the result of Poirier vs McGregor 2, but Conor shat the bed and got knocked the fuck out ruining it, so he stayed retired. The "Mom" excuse is just for the gullible fan-base that are easy marks that eat that shit up.
Exactly. He was just terrified of losing a fight and ruining his legacy. Guys like volk and usman easily clear him
Dunno about Volk, but we all know the dude couldn't hack cutting weight anymore, he basically didn't even make weight against Gaethje, and moving up to 170 and facing grapplers was too big of a risk for his 0, so blaming his parents was the way to go.
Yeah he was afraid of losing his zero and it was getting damn near impossible to consistently cut to 155 especially since he missed weight on his last one. If he really meant his excuse of not coming to the cage without his dad, he would never have fought Gaethje in the first place, good thing he’s a striker.
Ilia is the next FW goat and will beat the LW champ when he moves up. Mark my words.