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Topuria has defeated two goats of the division back to back and hes willing to fight his way into a title fight by fighting one of the best Lightweights ever in Charles Oliveria.. let him do his things, i love it!
He will knock Charles out. Easiest fight for him LW. Give him Islam and send him back to 45. Look at Ilia last fight 55😂😂😂. He almost got slept 2x by Jai Herbert who's unranked
I know Charles had his legendary run since 2020, but it still makes me cringe a little when fans call him one of the greatest LW ever. Before that run he really was quick to quit in a fight. I know I know he has mostly put that behind him and I love and admire this newer version of himself. Looking at him now you wouldn't believe he ever was "that guy" previously. Topuria will prolly smoke Charles and struggle mightily against Islam. We will find out soon enough either way.
I don't have a problem with Ilia moving up, coz he beat the two best and legends of the division, so I would like to see him chasing the LW title, didn't he say he wants to be the first ever 3 div champ? I have a feeling he really wanna go for it.
@@Hellfire99666 What about Gilbert Burns he is a ranked Welterweight and not very tall and also Woodley was like 5 '9 and was Champion at Welterweight , C'mon dude , some of the best martial artists are pretty small guys but would completely fk people up , especially the legend Bruce Lee he was like 5'7 and about 145 pounds but smashed people off screen twice his size and then Chuck Norris , A high level martial artist and also a fkn coral belt in BJJ under the Machado brothers...!!
I don't want to see Ilia Topuria fight Volk, López or anyone at featherweight. The interesting thing would be to see him against Islam or Oliveira and I think he has the potential to be a double champion, he is very complete.
Volk is the same person he took the title from , beating someone twice is not that impressive when islam already did it twice before him , Max was his title defence , he still has people in his division he didn’t beat , he just can’t make weight anymore that’s the real reason
He just wants a new challenge, it's not like weight class changes are permanent. Although it does get harder to cut back down as you get older, so he could be done at 145 for good. But I don't lose any respect at all for him wanting to go up, and maybe he ends up being one of the best at 155. I think you should view a fighter's career as a whole, not just at one weight class or another.
@@soknheith3259 no i think he was saying both Conor and Ilia had 1 opponent that they hadn't been able to finish in the featherweight division. which for Conor was Max., and for Ilia he said Josh Emmet. he could have said it more clearly but i understood what he was saying. where he got it wrong was that that Ilia also went to decision with Youssef Zalal as well as Josh Emmet. so he was wrong in saying they both had one opponent they hadn't finished. specifically comparing featherweight runs.
He then made another mistake a minute later. He does it every video. He just rushes his videos and doesn't care lol but he's a busy man. I'd do the same. @Tetratronic
Topuria is young and growing, and this is way better for his health. The cut sucked and he didnt want to spend his prime starving and sucked out while fighting. Dude is absolutely terrifying. His comfort in the pocket is the best in the biz already, and he isn't at his apex yet.
I agree. I was a wrestler, albeit not very high level, and the weight cuts was not good. The science is in. Better to be close as possible to walking weight (percentage wise according to division). This makes your body optimal in technique, strength, conditioning, speed, explosiveness and it makes the mental fight easier too. It also obviously depend upon a very well periodized camp, good strategy and good tacticts. So far I have seen all of these in Ilia. I think he is a bit of jerk, but man he has promise. I think he will go on to do very big things in this sport we all love so much.
@@Sumea_Saukko he's dominated hos division, took the Islam fight on short notice with no camp and fought whoever the boss said to fight. He deserves a rematch. The rematch will be a lot closer
@@linds6609 im so sick and tired of immediate rematches. the results never tend to change much. its sooo much better when they have over a year in between the rematch . this way they grow as fighters
@@linds6609who gives AF?? Being the greatest is an OPINION being called a GOAT is an OPINION he's chasing his own dreams and doing what he wants to do and tbt he beat the best two FWs of this generation back to back easy he can do what he wants
How is that even comparable max has only lost to him and volk max is hands down the goat for featherweight without a doubt he beats everybody on the in the weight class aside from volk and ilia and 90% of the lightweighs @@Hammerback0
@ he can move up and try to get another belt meanwhile the fw will move on and the dust will settle between contenders and he can come back down either if he wins or loses to islam or Arman.
What i love about these situations is seeing how quickly "fans" change their tune..before the Volk fight they said he was gonna get destroyed then they switched to Max and said he has no chance..shall he go up and KO Olivera then they will just piggy back off the next person they THINK will beat him people are such haters its sad praying on someone's downfall just to say "i was right" smh
i’m not ruling out a Topuria ko win bc it is very possible but i don’t think Topuria’s gonna look like he did against Max and Volk who are both strikers, Topuria has yet to face a serious ground threat and based on the fact that he could barely take down holloway suggests that his grappling can’t be anything special and thus for that reason i believe Charles submits him r3.
Who in 145 can give him a challenge? Movsar? Lopez? I don't think anyone can survive. To beat him you need to survive 25 minutes and win via score. I thought max had some chance to do it, but he went to sleep.
Baffling people still don’t get it. He’s not vacating the gd title lol do you know how dumb that is? He’s in his prime. And has a bonafide money pass in ppv points. Why the holy hell would he vacate to fight two more time presumably in Charles and Islam in a perfect world getting points on NEITHER risking his record all the while there’s guys at his weight he can beat. Thats millions and millions of dollars that if he drops the belt he may never have that ppv bonus ever again. He will never vacate the belt. He’s angling for a champ champ in which his belt isn’t in threat OBVIOUSLY. That way he can lose worst case and keep getting points. It’s not happening though bc Islam can’t defend FW and he won’t take another risk like he did with volk bc ilia isn’t p4p above Islam in the ranks. People saying he wants a new challenge have not considered he also has a career. He’s promoting his future fights. This division isn’t the most talked about. So he’s forcing the issue by bringing in other divisions. It’s very very smart. Ilia vs Diego won’t sell terribly well but if ilia can keep building his name he can single handedly draw. That’s the key. The only reason he might legitimately vacate is if he can’t make weight anymore or is feeling too drained. Much like Dustin moving up after the Conor loss. But ilia isn’t coming off a loss which is why I don’t think that’s the case.
@Blindsyde5762 for letting them neglect their responsibilities as champions. Otherwise, it's just a decent run to the top. You're no champion. You never proved you were the best in the devision if you didn't fight the people in the division. 1 defence is not enough. There's another 3 or 4 fighters in the top ten he hasn't fought.
@thomasthedankpensionscheme6747 I understand what you're saying, but prefer personal freedom for the fighters. I would agree with you if Ilia was allowed to go up a weight class , but NOT have to vacate the belt. That would be horrible. He definitely shouldn't keep the belt if he's moving weight classes, but to me it's perfectly fine to vacate and move. To each their own I suppose.
@@thomasthedankpensionscheme6747you mean the undefeated guy that knocked out Volk and Holloway back to back? He hasn’t proven he’s the best in the division? And just to use your logic, technically Volk wasn’t the best in the division when he was champion, but nobody knew that until February.
It's weird when strikers just automatically assume their power at featherweight translates to lightweight. He's gonna get put on his back and kept there until the time is up or he taps out.
He ain't a striker, he is primarily a wrestler who has somehow become a beast in striking, hard to believe, but it is. He certainly has the ground game to hang with top LWs.
@elamcyril he wrestled at high school bud. He trained mixed martial arts from his teenage years onwards, it's hardly a pedigree, I say he's a striker because in 8 UFC appearances he has 5 KOs, 2 decisions, 1 sub, and the way he fights, and I don't think his wrestling holds up against many in the top five, particularly given the fact he would probably be the smaller fighter on fight night
How much weight does he cut? Very bold move if it’s legitimate. I say have him fight poirier. Good last fight for Dustin. Good test for Illia. Good fight for us fans. Definitely good for casuals as well.
@@Cory-v1yhe actually weighed 167 in the fight with volk, who himself weighed 166. I don’t believe ilia is 170 plus FN, khabib was 177. And he was huge
@@MyLeeoon ilia is making the best decision he could possibly make. and im all for him leavinf FW. he already beat the best of the best in that division. it would truly be a waste of camp and time for ilia to fight down. he needs to fight up. with established greats. not with potential champs. ilia def needs to be fighting "champions" instead of up and comers.
I'd like to see Ilia at the least rematch a full camp adequately recovered Volk before he vacates the fw title to move up to lw. And I hope UFC don't strongarm Charles to sign the 155 matchup, let Do Bronx freely make that choice to risk his title campaign by facing Ilia if that's what he choose. I'd prefer Ilia take on a fight before he seek title contendership in LW.. there's the lower half of the rankings w/ Fiziev, Moicano, Paddy and others who could welcome him into the fold before he faces off any of the top 5 for a title shot. At some point I also really want to see his striking against the likes of Poirier & Gaethje.. that would be extremely interesting.
Wow! This is by far the best video you've ever done! Even the add read was brilliant, full of enthusiasm, authentic and complete with a visual endorsement of said product! 👏 I don't think I've ever heard you speak so coherently in a video, piecing all the relevant news together, Tremendously! Ilia Topuria is him and has beef with former champs below him and above in multiple weight divisions as well as UFC cash cows and hype trains. I do think Armen gets the win this time out, not sure about there being no immediate rematch this is Islam after all. Although if Topuria was to fight him I think he'd find the chin and produce a world turning KO! P.S Flowers for Harrington on the editing, superb job! Excellent timing on the Goldberg 2:00
Thanks mate. Starting to feel a bit better in the mornings. Still sucks later in the day but hopefully things continue to improve. FYI Harrington isn’t the editor on the RUclips channel. He’s the producer on bym. He does a great job though.
Topuria calling Mackachev a street fighter is a reference to (almost all) Dagestani fighters saying Europeans dont know or haven't been in "A Real street fight brother" Bisping, you casual
Honestly, I agree w his decision for the most part. He should fight Diego & Elo but the fact he beat Max & Volk so dominantly I don’t think he has much left to prove at 145. He pretty much cleared the division if look at his career so far.
If Topuria loses his first fight at LW it'll obviously look like a bad move. But if he gets a title shot after that it'll all be worthwhile. Holloway didn't just beat Gathje he was comfortable doing it, so no reason Topuria can't excel. He has the technical ability and power. He cuts to make weight but everyone outside of HW does, only issue is he's quite short so where will the extra weight go and will it slow him down?
This is an interesting question. So in wrestling, the shorter guys are usually stocky and if strength training is done properly, muscle gain becomes the extra weight. If this is done with the right nutrition and perfectly executed periodization, they become devastatingly explosive. This is because the muscles are shorter, so distance travelled within a shorter time through full range of muscle motion creates this explosiveness.
@@dewalddewet759 Interesting. The last thing the LW division needs is a more explosive Topuria. His technical boxing competency will mean he has more power than a lot of the LW's but he'll be a good 3 to 4 inches shorter than an average for the division (like Oliveira) so landing may be harder. But then again I guess Holloway would disagree - although he does stand and engage. We need to see it. It sounds as though the cut is a reason for the move, so we probably wont have to wait long.
What's wrong with Tuporia? Is it "mental fatigue" as DC says? He hasnt even defended the FW strap atleast 3 times. He should take some notes from Pantoja! Clear out the division first before thinking about changing divisions! Wtf Topuria?!
Mike I love your videos but who is giving you your information? I've watched two of your videos back to back and you had the information wrong. In this video you said that Ilia did not knock out Max, the previous video you said that duplessis went to decision with Israel? What's going on?
Mike could you please tell me besides that one kick at the end of the first Usman fight when Leon has been an exciting striker. Same question for Ian Garry too
Leon was never an exciting fighter but people were on the Leon Edwards train during the Usman rivalry. Leon being an underdog champion was on everybody's head.
Not sure what else people want him to do at featherweight. He’s beaten 2 of the best featherweights ever and the super fights are all at lightweight he’s giving us the fights that we want
They need to give the champions more incentive to stay in their weight class I'm tired of seeing these guys swapping weight classes and not defending the belt
Def either justin or dustin or winner of moicano and beneil then deserves a number one contender fight against charles or arman. There's no way dude should walk into a number one contender fight. Charles earned that. Arman barely won and just dominated chandler.
Leon vs Ian makes sense but Ian just had a tough fight and even though he's active he deserves to fight later. Probably Leon vs Sean or JDM because JDM doesn't seem to have a opponent for 312 unless he fights someone low in the rankings
Omalley has always said he wants to retire young. He’s put on quite a bit of muscle over the years. I wouldn’t be surprised if he returns at 145 if it’s a big fight.
Illia should defend it a few times but at least he is vacating it. If this rumor is at all true. Nothing more obnoxious than holding up a division to hold two concurrent titles. That practice needs to end. You fight in a different division you should automatically default any title held in another.
Mike! Youre almost 50 years old, youre a former champion, defended the belt, you work in broadcasting and on tv now. You dont need to make click baity content about rumours in the sport.
well, i'd have to wait until i hear it from the UFC but if Ilia moves to LW. personally i think he's done enough to warrant a title shot after beating Max and Volk back to back. i would like to see him take on lopes but if he Vacates he can do whatever he wants. he wouldn't be holding anything up.
There's no more money names to fight at featherweight. Just rematches with two people he's already beat. Lightweight opens up so many big name money fights, especially if he gets the belt.
Paddy and Illia is a great hype fight. It has story and suspense. Masvidal and Edwards as well. Dustin and Chandler. Real bad blood.....in the face. Gravity mate!
Ilia should step up, I am looking forward to it. Sucks that he will have to vacate, I bet he has the ability to bounce back and forth. I want to see someone defending two belts.
Islam is the only fighter i see be able to defend two belts and even if he did. It would prib be beat arman. Win ww title. Defend lw title. Defend welter weight then retire as the goat of mma
He is brave and surpasses McGregor by far in terms of skill and fighting pedigree. He is smart let him fight in the upper division, I think he will bring a lot of fire to the lightweight division.
Nah I think ilia needs a title defense at featherweight first for his legacy. I think he might be struggling to make the weight tho, could be why he wants to move up so quickly
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Do you not find it kind of BS? He didn't clean up the division and now he is going for another belt. How many fights did GSP win before he fought you?
It's a dog chew. It's not for you, silly billy. Shimples
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He doesn't care, he wants the next challenge. A beast move
Topuria has defeated two goats of the division back to back and hes willing to fight his way into a title fight by fighting one of the best Lightweights ever in Charles Oliveria.. let him do his things, i love it!
He will knock Charles out. Easiest fight for him LW. Give him Islam and send him back to 45. Look at Ilia last fight 55😂😂😂. He almost got slept 2x by Jai Herbert who's unranked
He cant make 45 anymore, no mater what happens he's staying at 55 @@too_sturdy
I know Charles had his legendary run since 2020, but it still makes me cringe a little when fans call him one of the greatest LW ever. Before that run he really was quick to quit in a fight. I know I know he has mostly put that behind him and I love and admire this newer version of himself. Looking at him now you wouldn't believe he ever was "that guy" previously. Topuria will prolly smoke Charles and struggle mightily against Islam. We will find out soon enough either way.
@@too_sturdy If you give him Islam, that'll add a second lose to your boys resume
@Gi0_OOOOOOO whose 2nd loss? He ain't beating Makhachev. Mak would maul him
Topuria vs Poirier would be a hell of a fight .
I think if he beat Porier he could get a shot at the title...!!
@MarkG-f7v interesting fight for both
ehh poiriers getting too old imo, topuiria will put him out in r2 if they fight most likely. topuiria will have crazy power at 155
Poirier would sleep him
Battle of the Uria's ... Osss
If he vacates he can declare lightweight and do whatever he wants. He doesn't need to defend anymore. That is his choice
I don't have a problem with Ilia moving up, coz he beat the two best and legends of the division, so I would like to see him chasing the LW title, didn't he say he wants to be the first ever 3 div champ? I have a feeling he really wanna go for it.
@@ZiraTBCnot a chance he will be a triple champ
Far too small for a welterweight
@@Hellfire99666 What about Gilbert Burns he is a ranked Welterweight and not very tall and also Woodley was like 5 '9 and was Champion at Welterweight , C'mon dude , some of the best martial artists are pretty small guys but would completely fk people up , especially the legend Bruce Lee he was like 5'7 and about 145 pounds but smashed people off screen twice his size and then Chuck Norris , A high level martial artist and also a fkn coral belt in BJJ under the Machado brothers...!!
@@Hellfire99666bantem maybe
Not a chance he wins 155 title he will get mauled behave your selfs😭😭😭
I don't want to see Ilia Topuria fight Volk, López or anyone at featherweight. The interesting thing would be to see him against Islam or Oliveira and I think he has the potential to be a double champion, he is very complete.
He doesn’t deserve to fight at lightweight for the title yet
All of Lopez fights are bangers, don't know why you wouldn't wanna see that
@@trueking1857 he beat 2 FW goats who cant beat any Top 5 LW
He absolutely has the potential to pull it off in a dominant way.
My money is on Oliveria and Islam. Their grappling would completely change Ilia’s fighting dynamic.
Ilia defended against max didnt he?
Wow!!! One defense really makes you the GOAT of your division lol. Max, Volk and Aldo are all above Ilia in terms of FW goats status
@@curtharakaly4620 He put Max and Volk in the dirt.
@@curtharakaly4620 Even McGregor to a degree
@@maggotthemadman8142So what?
I didn't once claim ilia was the goat, bisping had made out he was leaving the division without defending, so I asked did he defend against max
Ilia has seen how Charles gets rock by big shots and 100% thinks he can crack him and put him out
You’re right. Charles doesn’t move his damn head. Ilia saw it during the chandler fight.
I agree but I think Oliveira’s defencive fighting was improved in his last fight.
@@evilsun1000thats why i dont want ilia to beat my goat
Yea
He’s trying to fast track his way
He won't, Du Bronx chokes him in the 3 rounds
I think you need more than 1 title defence to be remembered as the best of your weight class, Ilia needs at least 2 more at his weight class
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He did knock out Max and Volk.
I think you are right
Volk is the same person he took the title from , beating someone twice is not that impressive when islam already did it twice before him , Max was his title defence , he still has people in his division he didn’t beat , he just can’t make weight anymore that’s the real reason
He just wants a new challenge, it's not like weight class changes are permanent. Although it does get harder to cut back down as you get older, so he could be done at 145 for good. But I don't lose any respect at all for him wanting to go up, and maybe he ends up being one of the best at 155. I think you should view a fighter's career as a whole, not just at one weight class or another.
2:13 he defended against Holloway.
Ol Mikey has at least one blatant slip up every video. His last video he said DDP didn’t finish Izzy
@@nebby2722 That's how you know Mikey is a real one. He's human, makes mistakes. It's better when things aren't as polished.
Mike also said that he didn't put Max to sleep lol
@@soknheith3259 no i think he was saying both Conor and Ilia had 1 opponent that they hadn't been able to finish in the featherweight division. which for Conor was Max., and for Ilia he said Josh Emmet. he could have said it more clearly but i understood what he was saying. where he got it wrong was that that Ilia also went to decision with Youssef Zalal as well as Josh Emmet. so he was wrong in saying they both had one opponent they hadn't finished. specifically comparing featherweight runs.
He then made another mistake a minute later. He does it every video. He just rushes his videos and doesn't care lol but he's a busy man. I'd do the same. @Tetratronic
Topuria is young and growing, and this is way better for his health. The cut sucked and he didnt want to spend his prime starving and sucked out while fighting. Dude is absolutely terrifying. His comfort in the pocket is the best in the biz already, and he isn't at his apex yet.
I agree. I was a wrestler, albeit not very high level, and the weight cuts was not good. The science is in. Better to be close as possible to walking weight (percentage wise according to division). This makes your body optimal in technique, strength, conditioning, speed, explosiveness and it makes the mental fight easier too. It also obviously depend upon a very well periodized camp, good strategy and good tacticts. So far I have seen all of these in Ilia. I think he is a bit of jerk, but man he has promise. I think he will go on to do very big things in this sport we all love so much.
Glad To Hear There's Been An Improvement In Your Pain Champ, Even If It Is Slight. Heading In The Right Direction
Volk deserves a rematch after all yes given to the company
Nobody deserves anything. He needs to fight Lopez, because he's hungry.
@@Sumea_Saukkohe doesn't need to do anything
2 ko losses back to back volk needs a win. lopes is hot right now
@@Sumea_Saukko he's dominated hos division, took the Islam fight on short notice with no camp and fought whoever the boss said to fight. He deserves a rematch. The rematch will be a lot closer
@@linds6609 im so sick and tired of immediate rematches. the results never tend to change much. its sooo much better when they have over a year in between the rematch . this way they grow as fighters
Did he not defend against max
Yes. He also KOd Max.
Bisping is just churning out content without thought.
@@DM-sy4hg One eyed Willy's got CTE.
1 title defenses doesn't make you the greatest. He needs 2 more at least
@@linds6609who gives AF?? Being the greatest is an OPINION being called a GOAT is an OPINION he's chasing his own dreams and doing what he wants to do and tbt he beat the best two FWs of this generation back to back easy he can do what he wants
@@linds6609no one said it does
He knocked max out
And Jake Paul beat Mike Tyson. Similar situation
How is that even comparable max has only lost to him and volk max is hands down the goat for featherweight without a doubt he beats everybody on the in the weight class aside from volk and ilia and 90% of the lightweighs @@Hammerback0
So what?? Usman knocked masvidal out. Doesn't mean nothing.
@@nickladucer7178he lost to conor and Dustin as well, but you're a casual so thats before you got on the band wagon 😂
Into space
Illia did defend the belt and he beat two people who were lapping the division so very different than Connor
He defended is once!
@ yup I know but he defended against max who would kill anyone else in the division alongside volk who was mopping the floor with the division.
@ he can move up and try to get another belt meanwhile the fw will move on and the dust will settle between contenders and he can come back down either if he wins or loses to islam or Arman.
Connor beat an undefeated and dominant 10 year champion
Good deal Michael, getting the strength back in the guns! Fantastic, and a great sign of healing.
Hahaha Diego just throwing up the piece sign like yea 😅
10:45 what now?
Lol I thought the same.. Obviously it's an accent thing.. I hope..
@@robbiegy2kit’s not 😂
Hill, needs to embrace his N*gativity
😂😂
Hes not wrong
That "Virtually.. Identical" was such a nice touch.
Kudos to the editor!
Topuria vs Volk 2 in Feb was the fight to make 🏟🇦🇺
Can anyone else just watch bispin for hours no bullshit pure heart💯
Ilia vs Fiziev would be a good test
Winner gets title shot
Love ilia man going after the biggest challenges/ fights possible
Topuria called Connor a "Fake Fighter" and O'Malley a "Crybaby".
hes not far off...
He is quite right. I call O'Malley the MMA Powder-Puff girl.
What i love about these situations is seeing how quickly "fans" change their tune..before the Volk fight they said he was gonna get destroyed then they switched to Max and said he has no chance..shall he go up and KO Olivera then they will just piggy back off the next person they THINK will beat him people are such haters its sad praying on someone's downfall just to say "i was right" smh
i’m not ruling out a Topuria ko win bc it is very possible but i don’t think Topuria’s gonna look like he did against Max and Volk who are both strikers, Topuria has yet to face a serious ground threat and based on the fact that he could barely take down holloway suggests that his grappling can’t be anything special and thus for that reason i believe Charles submits him r3.
The same with DDP.
@@juliusthepenguin849 issur with charles is he takes a lot of big hits gets cracked in every fight. Hes reckless on the feet
People would be always trying to discredit Ilia Topuria even after he becomes lightweight champion
@@Cory-v1y agreed but doubtful he tries to stand and bang with Ilia for too long. Charles should win this as long as he uses his brain.
Who in 145 can give him a challenge? Movsar? Lopez?
I don't think anyone can survive. To beat him you need to survive 25 minutes and win via score. I thought max had some chance to do it, but he went to sleep.
Baffling people still don’t get it. He’s not vacating the gd title lol do you know how dumb that is? He’s in his prime. And has a bonafide money pass in ppv points. Why the holy hell would he vacate to fight two more time presumably in Charles and Islam in a perfect world getting points on NEITHER risking his record all the while there’s guys at his weight he can beat. Thats millions and millions of dollars that if he drops the belt he may never have that ppv bonus ever again. He will never vacate the belt. He’s angling for a champ champ in which his belt isn’t in threat OBVIOUSLY. That way he can lose worst case and keep getting points. It’s not happening though bc Islam can’t defend FW and he won’t take another risk like he did with volk bc ilia isn’t p4p above Islam in the ranks.
People saying he wants a new challenge have not considered he also has a career. He’s promoting his future fights. This division isn’t the most talked about. So he’s forcing the issue by bringing in other divisions. It’s very very smart. Ilia vs Diego won’t sell terribly well but if ilia can keep building his name he can single handedly draw. That’s the key. The only reason he might legitimately vacate is if he can’t make weight anymore or is feeling too drained. Much like Dustin moving up after the Conor loss. But ilia isn’t coming off a loss which is why I don’t think that’s the case.
STILL PRAYING FOR BISPINGS NECK 🙏🏼🙏🏼
Needed to defend his belt more. Shame, shame on the UFC. Another poor decision
Shame on UFC for allowing fighters to pursue their own ambitions ?
@Blindsyde5762 for letting them neglect their responsibilities as champions. Otherwise, it's just a decent run to the top. You're no champion. You never proved you were the best in the devision if you didn't fight the people in the division. 1 defence is not enough. There's another 3 or 4 fighters in the top ten he hasn't fought.
@thomasthedankpensionscheme6747 I understand what you're saying, but prefer personal freedom for the fighters. I would agree with you if Ilia was allowed to go up a weight class , but NOT have to vacate the belt. That would be horrible. He definitely shouldn't keep the belt if he's moving weight classes, but to me it's perfectly fine to vacate and move. To each their own I suppose.
@@thomasthedankpensionscheme6747you mean the undefeated guy that knocked out Volk and Holloway back to back? He hasn’t proven he’s the best in the division? And just to use your logic, technically Volk wasn’t the best in the division when he was champion, but nobody knew that until February.
Shame on the UFC ?
Did you see Dana saying something about it yet ? Approving it or smtg ?
It's weird when strikers just automatically assume their power at featherweight translates to lightweight. He's gonna get put on his back and kept there until the time is up or he taps out.
He ain't a striker, he is primarily a wrestler who has somehow become a beast in striking, hard to believe, but it is. He certainly has the ground game to hang with top LWs.
@elamcyril he wrestled at high school bud. He trained mixed martial arts from his teenage years onwards, it's hardly a pedigree, I say he's a striker because in 8 UFC appearances he has 5 KOs, 2 decisions, 1 sub, and the way he fights, and I don't think his wrestling holds up against many in the top five, particularly given the fact he would probably be the smaller fighter on fight night
@@joefoshHe was a wrestler his whole career prior to UFC and in wrestles in nearly every fight still
Hill vs Projacska is a crazy matchup
I wanna see those results and the blachowicz result.
*me with my Aussie Biased*
"He's running scared of mah boy Volk"
Volk the 🐐🐐👿
Topuria is a thinker as well as a Champion fighter .
Knows Lopes is something special.
Very smart tactical move .
Lopes future double champion 100 %
I feel ilia is a better version of diego lopez
Dude he doesnt care about lopes, is not a big fight ppv wise or legacy wise
I am just a casual, so you can laugh all you want about what I am about to say. I think Lopes will never be a champion.
@@dewalddewet759 it depence actually, if ilia leaves fw division he might have a chance agaisn volk who is already out of his prime after 2 heavy ko’s
@@wyattwhittembury8214 That could happen I guess.
How much weight does he cut? Very bold move if it’s legitimate. I say have him fight poirier. Good last fight for Dustin. Good test for Illia. Good fight for us fans. Definitely good for casuals as well.
He starts cutting weight 4 weeks out to make featherweight. He weighs 170+ on fight night. Boy weighs 180 outside camp
@@Cory-v1yhe actually weighed 167 in the fight with volk, who himself weighed 166. I don’t believe ilia is 170 plus FN, khabib was 177. And he was huge
145 and 155 have too many awesome fighters for these guys to be jumping around
Islam is another level I don't think so topuria stant one round against the champ so be calm
To be considered the best he needs to beat Volk's, Blessed and Aldo's streaks.
Vacant title what man, u still have diego lopez and mosvar
Movser and Diego are 2 average nothing special, Diego much better but Movser the decision king
@@Lasharellaillia knock islam out tooo
@@LasharellaYeah, Movsar...19:0 is quite average...
@@MyLeeoon ilia is making the best decision he could possibly make. and im all for him leavinf FW. he already beat the best of the best in that division. it would truly be a waste of camp and time for ilia to fight down. he needs to fight up. with established greats. not with potential champs. ilia def needs to be fighting "champions" instead of up and comers.
@ that is not UFC stats he fought half of those fights back in his Russian backyard
No way Paddy takes that fight
Bisping has become my favorite MMA media personality. He does a great job.
I'd like to see Ilia at the least rematch a full camp adequately recovered Volk before he vacates the fw title to move up to lw. And I hope UFC don't strongarm Charles to sign the 155 matchup, let Do Bronx freely make that choice to risk his title campaign by facing Ilia if that's what he choose. I'd prefer Ilia take on a fight before he seek title contendership in LW.. there's the lower half of the rankings w/ Fiziev, Moicano, Paddy and others who could welcome him into the fold before he faces off any of the top 5 for a title shot. At some point I also really want to see his striking against the likes of Poirier & Gaethje.. that would be extremely interesting.
Wow! This is by far the best video you've ever done! Even the add read was brilliant, full of enthusiasm, authentic and complete with a visual endorsement of said product! 👏 I don't think I've ever heard you speak so coherently in a video, piecing all the relevant news together, Tremendously!
Ilia Topuria is him and has beef with former champs below him and above in multiple weight divisions as well as UFC cash cows and hype trains.
I do think Armen gets the win this time out, not sure about there being no immediate rematch this is Islam after all. Although if Topuria was to fight him I think he'd find the chin and produce a world turning KO!
P.S Flowers for Harrington on the editing, superb job! Excellent timing on the Goldberg 2:00
Thanks mate. Starting to feel a bit better in the mornings. Still sucks later in the day but hopefully things continue to improve. FYI Harrington isn’t the editor on the RUclips channel. He’s the producer on bym. He does a great job though.
Your editor makes this hilarious
Great video Mr Bisping, looking forward to this Saturday's fight night and some chomps 👍
Nice one Joesph .)
Thank you Count, you're the best sir 🙂👊🙏 @bisping
Keep it up mate, you're rockin this commentary game 👍👍
Great to see you feeling better Mike!
Topuria calling Mackachev a street fighter is a reference to (almost all) Dagestani fighters saying Europeans dont know or haven't been in "A Real street fight brother"
Bisping, you casual
Honestly, I agree w his decision for the most part. He should fight Diego & Elo but the fact he beat Max & Volk so dominantly I don’t think he has much left to prove at 145. He pretty much cleared the division if look at his career so far.
I admire it. There’s no one in his division to test him. Not milking it like Leon fighting once a year.
Mike, what caused the neck injury?
If Topuria loses his first fight at LW it'll obviously look like a bad move. But if he gets a title shot after that it'll all be worthwhile. Holloway didn't just beat Gathje he was comfortable doing it, so no reason Topuria can't excel. He has the technical ability and power. He cuts to make weight but everyone outside of HW does, only issue is he's quite short so where will the extra weight go and will it slow him down?
This is an interesting question. So in wrestling, the shorter guys are usually stocky and if strength training is done properly, muscle gain becomes the extra weight. If this is done with the right nutrition and perfectly executed periodization, they become devastatingly explosive. This is because the muscles are shorter, so distance travelled within a shorter time through full range of muscle motion creates this explosiveness.
@@dewalddewet759 Interesting. The last thing the LW division needs is a more explosive Topuria. His technical boxing competency will mean he has more power than a lot of the LW's but he'll be a good 3 to 4 inches shorter than an average for the division (like Oliveira) so landing may be harder. But then again I guess Holloway would disagree - although he does stand and engage. We need to see it. It sounds as though the cut is a reason for the move, so we probably wont have to wait long.
@@toby-green Will be awesome.
Great to hear your neck's getting better Mike 💪
What's wrong with Tuporia? Is it "mental fatigue" as DC says? He hasnt even defended the FW strap atleast 3 times. He should take some notes from Pantoja! Clear out the division first before thinking about changing divisions! Wtf Topuria?!
Good call, ditch your belt before he moves up. The pattern is people get knocked out when they drop back down
I’ve literally been watching Charles Olivera since I was a kid.
Want him to fight Islam NOW!
Movsar deserves title shot
@Handsomeman-q3i Islam deserves to do what he wants.
@@weirdowilliams3723 what's that got to do with evloev
@Handsomeman-q3i literally just speaking about them fighting right? Lay off the smack bub.
Great video as always!
Paddy Vs Illia let's fucking go !😂💪
In mcdonald or burger king
Mike I love your videos but who is giving you your information? I've watched two of your videos back to back and you had the information wrong. In this video you said that Ilia did not knock out Max, the previous video you said that duplessis went to decision with Israel? What's going on?
Mike I really love how ya explain stuff but accurate I must say, love ya jokes man ya funny af!! ❤
Mike could you please tell me besides that one kick at the end of the first Usman fight when Leon has been an exciting striker. Same question for Ian Garry too
Leon was never an exciting fighter but people were on the Leon Edwards train during the Usman rivalry. Leon being an underdog champion was on everybody's head.
I think ppl are getting it confused. He’s shooting for double champ. Not two division champ. In order to get it he has to hold both belts same time
The CHOMPS ad completely sold me 😊
Your a legend bispine..Love you mate ❤❤❤
Anyone else wanna see the Paddy fight. Illia vs Paddy fight week would be amazing
if Ilia goes lower to the bantamweight, he can easily become a double champ. the lightweight division is very competitive.
That’s a real champ, onwards and upwards respect,
not keen on the Saint Denis fight, what do you think about Paddy (8 fight win streak) vs Dan Hooker?
I'm liking the new video effects
Not sure what else people want him to do at featherweight. He’s beaten 2 of the best featherweights ever and the super fights are all at lightweight he’s giving us the fights that we want
I want to see Diego Lopes vs Topuria but if he’s going to lightweight, give him Paddy first
Tuporia will do well moving up,IMO.😊
The ad read was amazing
I wanna see ilia run the FW div.. but if he climbs and runs the LW div.. he’s the goat of the sport
Topuria should fight Paddy. They have beef, always a good fight when they hate each other.
Sorry I just gotta say I love that khabib soundbite so much
They need to give the champions more incentive to stay in their weight class I'm tired of seeing these guys swapping weight classes and not defending the belt
illia doesn't want to be the goat of the 145, he wants to be the goat of all time and for that he needs to beat big names
mar 22? Too far away. Should be in January.
1st fight for Tooppooftercur at LW should be Moicano. He can give him a facial reconstruction like he did for BSD.
Def either justin or dustin or winner of moicano and beneil then deserves a number one contender fight against charles or arman. There's no way dude should walk into a number one contender fight. Charles earned that. Arman barely won and just dominated chandler.
Just when I thought I couldn’t hate a fighter anymore, Ilia is a weirdo.
Leon vs Ian makes sense but Ian just had a tough fight and even though he's active he deserves to fight later. Probably Leon vs Sean or JDM because JDM doesn't seem to have a opponent for 312 unless he fights someone low in the rankings
Omalley has always said he wants to retire young. He’s put on quite a bit of muscle over the years. I wouldn’t be surprised if he returns at 145 if it’s a big fight.
Illia should defend it a few times but at least he is vacating it. If this rumor is at all true. Nothing more obnoxious than holding up a division to hold two concurrent titles. That practice needs to end. You fight in a different division you should automatically default any title held in another.
How much will UFC London cost
UFC bisping London was about 35 quid
Will it start at midnight
Or 1700
Mike! Youre almost 50 years old, youre a former champion, defended the belt, you work in broadcasting and on tv now. You dont need to make click baity content about rumours in the sport.
well, i'd have to wait until i hear it from the UFC but if Ilia moves to LW. personally i think he's done enough to warrant a title shot after beating Max and Volk back to back. i would like to see him take on lopes but if he Vacates he can do whatever he wants. he wouldn't be holding anything up.
Forget Olivera for now, let’s put him and Paddy together 😂
There's no more money names to fight at featherweight. Just rematches with two people he's already beat. Lightweight opens up so many big name money fights, especially if he gets the belt.
Ilia vs Alexandr vs Volkanoviske 2 VS Movsar Evloev vs Lopes 2
Paddy and Illia is a great hype fight. It has story and suspense. Masvidal and Edwards as well. Dustin and Chandler. Real bad blood.....in the face. Gravity mate!
Jorge is wanting to come back
So
Lean vs Jorge
For 2pc and a soda belt
Ilia should step up, I am looking forward to it. Sucks that he will have to vacate, I bet he has the ability to bounce back and forth. I want to see someone defending two belts.
Islam is the only fighter i see be able to defend two belts and even if he did. It would prib be beat arman. Win ww title. Defend lw title. Defend welter weight then retire as the goat of mma
Max's knockout and defense?
🇿🇦❤...well said Michael...but DDP...defending his title...awesome....🎉 He doesn't always get enough recognition...he is a bad ass..😂
Ilia Topuria vs Dan Hooker would be crazy
He is brave and surpasses McGregor by far in terms of skill and fighting pedigree.
He is smart let him fight in the upper division, I think he will bring a lot of fire to the lightweight division.
Great content
Nah I think ilia needs a title defense at featherweight first for his legacy. I think he might be struggling to make the weight tho, could be why he wants to move up so quickly