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Ilia Topuria Goes Nuclear on Paddy Pimblett Weeks After Liverpudlian Expresses Interest in a Potential Fight: "He's a Hypocrite"
- Ilia Topuria will face Charles Oliveira for the vacant UFC lightweight title at UFC 317 in Las Vegas later this month.
- This fight became necessary after Islam Makhachev vacated the lightweight title last month to move up to welterweight.
- Topuria, a former featherweight champion who recently vacated that belt, seeks to repeat his success at lightweight and has openly expressed hatred for Paddy Pimblett, wanting to fight him next.
- Topuria called Pimblett a "hypocrite" and warned that the fight’s outcome would be unfavorable for Pimblett, while Oliveira confidently predicts a knockout victory over Topuria.
- The UFC 317 result will crown a new lightweight champion and may intensify the anticipated rivalry between Topuria and Pimblett, a matchup many fans expect next.
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The Killer, open to a fight with the Liverpool wrestler
The former UFC featherweight champion and national star of the Spanish sport, Ilia Topuria, faces the final straight of his preparation to continue to enlarge his legend in mixed martial arts (MMA).On 28 June, El Matador, as he is nicknamed, will face the Brazilian Charles Oliveira by the lightweight belt of the UFC, having the possibility of becoming the tenth athlete who manages to conquer two different categories within the world's largest le…
Ilia Topuria wants to end his rivalry with Paddy Pimblett by facing off in the Octagon. It's clear the two sides don't like each other, but their paths have never aligned to meet inside the cage and exchange anything more than insults behind a microphone. Topuria (16-0 MMA, 8-0 UFC) recently vacated the UFC featherweight title to move up to the lightweight division, where Pimblett (23-3 MMA, 7-0 UFC) resides. While the two will be in the same di…
‘I’d Fight Him Because I Hate Him’
Stephen R. Sylvanie-Imagn Images Ilia Topuria has had enough of Paddy Pimblett and is finally ready to settle their beef inside of the cage. In case you didn’t remember, Topuria has already vacated his UFC featherweight title and is booked to fight Charles Oliveira for the vacant 155-pound strap later this month at UFC 317 in Las Vegas, Nevada, for International Fight Week. That means that Topuria and Pimblett are finally competing in the same w…
Ilia Topuria is preparing for the biggest fight of his career – but he already has his next opponent in mind. Ahead of his title fight against Charles Oliveira at UFC 317, the undefeated champion takes the opportunity to direct harsh words at Paddy Pimblett. Two weeks before his title fight against Charles Oliveira at UFC 317, Ilia Topuria looks to the future. In an interview with ESPN Deportes, he is asked who he would most like to face – and h…
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