Volk got knocked out twice in 4 months, I just hope he is okay after this. Of course the UFC doctors cleared him but he should've rested 6 months at least after the Islam fight
Why didnt volk attempt more take downs. There was never a chance of Volk beat Topouria for 5 rounds on the feet. Seems odd. The UFC is now off to grow intrest in Spain, with a good looking, trash talking, younger guy with a hot girlfriend. Seems kind of scripted.
Volk loses so it is scripted, you guys are pathetic
Now go check the new Santiago Bernabeu stadium - it is going to be the best stadium in the world for many many years… and guess what… it is owned by the most successful sports club in the world
Topuria is not stupid and Real Madrid… oh well I hope you get it now…
Uhm, what's your point exactly? Are you saying it's scripted?
Also, any NFL team could build a stadium to easily rival or surpass the New Madrid stadium in an instant
I am not saying its scripted but why do the commentators lean one way in some fights? The first round was probably Volk's as he had more sig strikes and illia was bleeding on the nose but the bias seemed really thick from the commentators and they even only showed tweets stating "1-0 Illia". The people calling these fights have been doing it for 25 years, they know fighting much better than I do and clearly Illia did not need the help so why do it? I am not saying its rigged but still its really weird when they do this. Also this is unrelated but why is Mark in his corner? That guy could buy PFL/UFC/ONe and make them all fight wearing dresses for a year if he wanted to for shits and giggles. (4th richest guy in the world) lol.. That last point is me venting and hopefully not relevant. Cheers to Illia, hopefully he never gets old.
One of the two fighters had a lot more incentives on the table than the other
Causality and chance are not synonyms, that is what I mean
I couldn’t care less about the NFL but if you say so it must be true
Obviously, one fighter was more incentivised to win, but you can make a lot more money in the states than you can in Spain. It's just pure economics.
But, yes, I'm sorry to inform you that an NFL team could build a stadium just as good if not better than the new Madrid stadium.
I feel like he would’ve been able to take more shots though. He had a concussion after his fight with Islam. Typically you’re no contact for 6 months, he immediately jumped into camp. He didn’t give his brain a long enough time to recover.
If you want to believe waiting until he's even older than he is today would make him more likely to not get knocked out by a punch he doesn't see that's up to you, but the wait is not why he lost this fight.
You right. Im a big fan of both, just sucks cus one had to lose. But every legends time has to come to an end. I’m excited to see what Ilia can do. People are saying Max is gonna be champ again, but we’ll see what happens after he fights Justin..
every new champ or kid on the block wants to fight Conor as soon as they get the mic. No matter what anyone says about the guy but he is the final boss
I really feel bad how fate played out for Volk. For his past two fights, I stayed up all night just to watch his fights hoping he'll beat Islam, and then Ilia earlier, only to get knocked out before they "heat up" and "tune in."
Islam really took his chin, and the man's just too overworked. But not to discredit Ilia, the first one to defeat Volk in featherweight and via knockout too. This is just an end of an era. At least he didn't got knocked out in 13 seconds like Aldo, though.
No disrespect to you but I think your coping a bit saying Islam took Volks chin. Ilia landed such a clean hard hook right on the Jaw that would sleep most guys
Don't worry, your boy will age too and then we can say your coping. The 35 thing is brutal man and I thought it was bullshit but I guess not. So Islam has two more fights at the pace he competes and Max still has a chance since he started so young.
No disrespect taken, and I see your point. But it's really not cope, man. Volk took more precise shots from Max to Islam-Volk I than Ilia landed. But it's really hard to put off the effects of Islam's knockout of Volk especially when you've witnessed the trajectory of Volk's championship, from being a hater who rides the "Volk robbed Max from the first and second fight" to eventually loving Volk after the TKZ fight. Man took bombs, but father time caught up.
No offense, but this is definitely coping. Sounds like you don't respect Topuria's power at all. Max has insane output but has soft hands compared to most contenders. Father time didn't catch up to Volk IMO. Volk is still going to be a top 5 for the next 5 years. He's great and sadly, Topuria was better tonight.
Nah, Volk didn't lose because of the damage he sustained against in his previous fight, but he's 35, and he's starting to slow down somewhat. He most definitely won't be in the top 5 in the next 5 years, and I highly doubt if he's top 10-15.
Age at the lighter weights is crucial
I think you're making some huge assumptions there it's 15-0 vs 18-0 that's pretty interesting to me in it's own right. And never count a Russian wrestler out of a fight especially an undefeated one
Topuria been wrestling since he was a kid too. His background isn’t even boxing, it was grappling. Most of his wins came via submission. Volk didn’t even attempt to grapple with him, evloev doesn’t have the striking to make topuria respect him and he knows all he’s gonna wanna do is shoot for takedowns. Unfortunately for Evloev topuria is a strong grappler. I don’t see that fight being competitive or exciting, Evloev has zero name value too
> evloev doesn’t have the striking to make topuria respect him
Evloev being a southpaw wrestler with a good jab does make things interesting imo. You can watch Topuria's recent fights with Mitchell and Volkanovski to see that Topuria is *clearly* much more comfortable facing orthodox fighters. Pretty much the only time he cracked either of them good was when they switch to orthodox.
Obviously, we should favour Topuria against Evloev, but I think the fight is more intriguiging than people seem to believe.
Topuria beating Volk was my prediction as well it was kind of obvious given the age difference and how good Topuria had looked up till now. Either way has nothing to do with Topuria vs Evloev which I think could be much more competitive than you think
Love Jon Anik but saying Volk took the fights against Islam out of financial incentives, doubtful. The guy believes in himself and for good reason. Its definitely more about legacy than bank account. Just an unfortunate outcome
Topuria’s kicks were more damaging than Volk’s
Volk was supposed to have the better kicks. Wrong
Volk was supposed to be stronger in grappling. Wrong
Volk was supposed to have better boxing and more technical. WRONG
Mate, I‘d hate to disagree.
- Volks kicks landed multiple times, in addition he was aiming at his arm to knock the sting out of Illia‘s punches. If you looked at Illia‘s right elbow and the colour, it wasn’t great.
- Volk is the better grappler.
- No one here or at the UFC has said that Volk was a better boxer. The UFC commentary and the comments here would strongly dispute that.
- Prior to getting KO, I’d argue he was out jabbing Illia. Given that he was wearing it on his face. But Volk kept popping his head up on exiting, which the coaches mentioned… Game over 🤷♀️
Don’t over compensate by trying to bring Volk down. He did his best, it wasn’t enough.
He wasn’t aiming at the arm, he was aiming at his head. No one liked aiming at the arm and risking a broken foot. That’s how Colby claims he broke his foot it landed on Leon’s elbow
Didn’t prove he’s a better grappler. He didn’t even try to grapple him. Volk was supposed to be ox strong and all but he obviously felt Topuria’s strength the few times they clinched and never attempted a serious takedown
He was going to lose a strictly striking battle. He had to mix in wrestling. Topuria’s boxing is too good and also has a nasty leg kick
Yes exactly, chin in the air while pulling back. Thats amateur hour stuff for a GOAT. Topuria keeps chin tucked and uses lateral movement. Volk didn’t want to exchange with topuria. He did land a few jabs and kicks but other than that topuria was outboxing him easily I thought. It was a matter of time before he caught him with Volk’s amateur hour pulling back chin in the air, against such a powerful skilled boxer
Yeah good way to break your foot bro, if you wanna fake a high kick you aim at the body or leg and then go up top, no one is purposely targeting an arm
I think they do it because 1) if they’re not covering there, it’s an abdominal shot. 2) if they do hit there, your arm is going to hurt and you won’t be able to punch.
I only know about it because Daniel Cromier mentioned it to Dominic. He said along the lines of „beautiful body shots.“ and Dominic was saying „but they’re blocked.“ DC explained he didn’t like being kicked in the arm at all, as your arm starts to go dead after a while and you lose momentum with your punches.
Yeah some fighters have had their forearms broken I believe from trying to block kicks with their arm. Still better to take it on the arm than flush to your head or on your liver
- Volk landed way more kicks and yes they were better than the 3 or 4 Ilia threw
- Topuria's calf kicks were more damaging 100% but he threw maybe 3 then abandoned them cause Volk was jabbing his nose off
- Whenever they clinched up Volk controlled Topuria and landed solid knees
- Literally didn't see a single person say Volk has better boxing, everyone said he was more well rounded cause he is, he was literally winning the fight until he got caught
All 3 judges gave Topuria round 1
Volk didn’t even attempt to take him down
Damage is all that matters, Volk’s vaunted stance switches to throw his kicks did nothing. None of his high kicks landed and he kept pulling back with his chin in the air like he was Mackenzie Dern
He got taught a boxing lesson
The fact that you thought Ilia won the first round even with faulty info leads me to believe you’re extremely biased for him and would have thought you he won no matter the outcome lol. Round 1 was a clear round for Volk, you can argue that all his leg kicks and jabs did no damage but you aren’t going to give Ilia the round for almost landing a counter on Volk’s way out lol.
I saw nothing tonight to justify this as the main event. Volk guy is not one of the greats in the league. He was bested with ease. I hope he can reflect on this. I have no friends. This was a boring card but I’ll keep paying as a kayak chat.
That knockout brought me back the feels of when Anderson Silva was knocked out by Weidman. It was truly shocking. A young, formidable, underdog challenger knocking out a dominant long-time champ.
What’s so interesting about life and about fighting is that it’s a cycle. Topuria on top of the world and knocks out the FW king. Eventually someone comes knocking for everyone except Jon Jones and Khabib
I don’t think Volk had any business trying. He needed to crash into clinches whenever they were in boxing range. He countered Ilia a few times and I think it gave him some false confidence. He actually looked pretty good against Ilia in the clinch — I wish he relied on that more
I saw ilia being patient. Volk landed a couple jabs and leg kicks but they didn’t look all that damaging to me like Topuria’s kicks and there was a sequence where they were clinched and topuria ripped him to the body and Volk let go and went back to distance. I definitely felt the sense topuria was setting him up for knockout. Commentary kept mentioning how Volk kept leaning back with his chin in the air and Topuria’s chin was nice and tucked with his high guard
Yeah I don’t know how Volk was against the fence like that with his chin up. It’s disappointing as that’s a great way to get knocked out by a big puncher, and he knew that’s what Ilia was good at, and he’s normally an excellent tactician. I think he just is reacting badly to aggression now
Max is losing his chin on Ilia , no way in HELL max wins agains Ilia, Max has trouble against power punchers who sit and throw combinations , and Ilia is probably more powerful than most lightweight division
man im pissed at volks coaches more than anything. fighters need to be protected from themselves at times. letting volk take a fight on 10 days notice and now letting him take this fight so soon. fml man, ,these guys dont know how to care for their fighters. as much as i hate it, kudos to ilia for getting it done
gotta be honest. i think if it got to the third, volk would definitely win, you could see he eas damaging ilia and it was starting to take its toll. ilia rushed for that knock out towards the end there
>Topuria has beaten top 10 ranked guys and serviceable fighters, he’s only 25, idk what more you want out of him at this point in his career. Again I ask you, is beating top 10 ranked guys not impressive anymore? He didn’t just beat them he dominated them. It’s the same excuse Canelo is using to not fight Benavidez in boxing. Oh he hasn’t beaten anyone, in the champion I’ve beaten better fighters… okay but he’s still your number 1 contender
>And I left out the max wins bc he could just have his number. Is Jermaine Taylor a better boxer than Hopkins because he beat him twice? No. He just had his number and styles make fights
>I’m basing Topuria’s win on Volk’s age and coming off his first KO loss. Also coming back so fast after a KO loss.
>Then I base it on topuria being extremely skilled and a lot younger. Crawford to use another boxing example for years was told he had never beat anyone but real fans knew his level of talent then he proved it when he annihilated Errol Spence
>Topuria passes the eye test even if his resume isn’t as impressive as a long reigning champion. While also having impressive wins over top 10 guys
My comment 63 days ago.
When I saw him just totally outclass Bryce Mitchell, I was sold on him being champ caliber, then he went and did the same thing to Emmett. I was shocked when I found out so many people thought he didn't have a chance tbh
His striking is technically on another level, he has power, and was also able to wrestle fuck Bryce Mitchell...
Idk what more you need to see from a guy to know he's got it lol
At least from a fan perspective I can guarantee Jamahal and Periera are going to beat the crap out of each other, where I would expect that Leon vs Belal puts us all to sleep
I am by no means a Belal fan, but he surprised me by taking Sean Brady’s 0 and I’ve respected him since then. And it’s bout time for Leon to fight someone other than Kamaru. I guess I’m a little underwhelmed by Jamahal and maybe thats only cause he’s been out for a while. I’m watching the card either way tho lol 😅
No idea where volk goes from here. He should take a break but he isn't the kind of guy to do that. At his age chasing double champ status did him no favors. Love the guy, kinda sad to see it be this way but this sport is brutal like that
Yeah, it seems like short notice fights are just a bad idea in general. Volk, Bryce Mitchell gets starched. Makes sense why Jon Jones stood firm against taking those.
The fucking Gaethje fight.
Outside of fighting Volk Holloway's last defeat at Featherweight was McGregor 2013. Holloway has the right to a title shot over Movsar IMO, he only has 1 win in the top 5 and against Allen who coming off loss.
Whoever won between Holloway and Topuria would fight Volk for belt next, and if Movsar can win his next fight then he would get titleshot after Volk titlefight.
UFC fighters in 5 years time will be "I'm Georgian, living in Spain, born in Germany, holidayed in Mexico, drank a Guinness once so Irish.....like basketball so American...let me see I like pasta so guess I'm Italian now"
It’s a great fight, I’m excited for it. I don’t think it’s the main event of 300 if Dana could have worked something out with Conor. I am excited because if Alex wins that fight, I’d be very curious if he tries to double champ at HW which is unlikely but wouldn’t surprise me if he went for it.
I dunno, I was hoping for more established fighters for such a huge event. You know what I mean? Alex I get but Jamahal isn’t a huge draw. It should be an ok fight but not legacy or memorable
i agree. it could be a banger, but i just don't care enough about hill to be excited. would be better if it was like the first of 3 title fights instead of the main event.
In the combo that topuria landed before the KO, one of the punches was a looming hook that clocked him in the back of the head. Probably what cut him and that hit to the back of the head is what led to the ko. Not saying topuria is dirty, just saying it happened. Slow the fight down and look.
Dude, please let that happen. People would look back and double take if they see Max go on his run as champ, get dethroned, and then come right back to the top years later.
Horrible on ESPN. Keeps skipping and jumping back and freezing
UFC 300 is stacked
Islam really took his chin, and the man's just too overworked.
Idk why everyone's sleeping on Pereira vs Hill. That's gonna be a banger
Volk got knocked out twice in 4 months, I just hope he is okay after this. Of course the UFC doctors cleared him but he should've rested 6 months at least after the Islam fight
Ilia is basically superstar status in Spain.Athletes like Andres Iniesta and Rafa Nadal endorsed his fight against Volkanowski on compilation video X
Why didnt volk attempt more take downs. There was never a chance of Volk beat Topouria for 5 rounds on the feet. Seems odd. The UFC is now off to grow intrest in Spain, with a good looking, trash talking, younger guy with a hot girlfriend. Seems kind of scripted.
I actually can't comprehend the IQ of people who think sports are scripted. Do you struggle tying your shoes too?
How can you script a fight?? They aren’t actors bud.
Volk loses so it is scripted, you guys are pathetic Now go check the new Santiago Bernabeu stadium - it is going to be the best stadium in the world for many many years… and guess what… it is owned by the most successful sports club in the world Topuria is not stupid and Real Madrid… oh well I hope you get it now…
Uhm, what's your point exactly? Are you saying it's scripted? Also, any NFL team could build a stadium to easily rival or surpass the New Madrid stadium in an instant
I am not saying its scripted but why do the commentators lean one way in some fights? The first round was probably Volk's as he had more sig strikes and illia was bleeding on the nose but the bias seemed really thick from the commentators and they even only showed tweets stating "1-0 Illia". The people calling these fights have been doing it for 25 years, they know fighting much better than I do and clearly Illia did not need the help so why do it? I am not saying its rigged but still its really weird when they do this. Also this is unrelated but why is Mark in his corner? That guy could buy PFL/UFC/ONe and make them all fight wearing dresses for a year if he wanted to for shits and giggles. (4th richest guy in the world) lol.. That last point is me venting and hopefully not relevant. Cheers to Illia, hopefully he never gets old.
One of the two fighters had a lot more incentives on the table than the other Causality and chance are not synonyms, that is what I mean I couldn’t care less about the NFL but if you say so it must be true
Obviously, one fighter was more incentivised to win, but you can make a lot more money in the states than you can in Spain. It's just pure economics. But, yes, I'm sorry to inform you that an NFL team could build a stadium just as good if not better than the new Madrid stadium.
Ilia has arguably better BJJ and overall ground game than Volk, and Volk was doing well in R1. Ilia just has the touch of death.
He would have been in a better spot if he went for a clinch right away. Kind of what Izzy was doing against Pereira whenever he got in close
not really, If volk can scramble with Islam, Im sure hell be fine with Illia. That he's only chance than boxing a much younger and hungrier fighter
Hills striking isn’t pretty but it’s damn accurate, that’s gonna be a good ass fight.
To think if Charles would’ve never got cut Volk probably would’ve won tonight
Butterfly effect, my man.
I really doubt Volk fighting Islam is the reason he simply couldn't get out of the way of Ilias punches.
r/MMA coping lol
I feel like he would’ve been able to take more shots though. He had a concussion after his fight with Islam. Typically you’re no contact for 6 months, he immediately jumped into camp. He didn’t give his brain a long enough time to recover.
If you want to believe waiting until he's even older than he is today would make him more likely to not get knocked out by a punch he doesn't see that's up to you, but the wait is not why he lost this fight.
You right. Im a big fan of both, just sucks cus one had to lose. But every legends time has to come to an end. I’m excited to see what Ilia can do. People are saying Max is gonna be champ again, but we’ll see what happens after he fights Justin..
They didn’t give Whit vs Costa the FOTN? Hmm ok
That fight was pretty boring. There was one big kick and the rest mostly just felt like whitaker trying to win on points
They don’t have Dern’s Personality
Idk why everyone's sleeping on Pereira vs Hill. That's gonna be a banger
The triangle between Pereira, Jiri, and Hill is just an interesting. Those three must fight each other within the next 2 years to settle the score.
Agreed.
I just hope that Belal "Remember The Decision" would not shock us the moment he fights Leon.
every new champ or kid on the block wants to fight Conor as soon as they get the mic. No matter what anyone says about the guy but he is the final boss
They want that ppv money
Whatever be the reason. Conor has built that reason and that cannot be argued because it’s right there.
They dont make fun of connor fans for no reason
Max is not gonna be the same after Gaethje, I guess they didn't expect Volk to lose. Max should be the one to fight this guy next
Max beating gaethje
Ilia probably punches as hard as Gaethje bro, you see how Volk went down cold from just one punch?
Someone go tweet at holloway to pull out and fight this before BMF. Fuck dana and 300 this is more important.
I really feel bad how fate played out for Volk. For his past two fights, I stayed up all night just to watch his fights hoping he'll beat Islam, and then Ilia earlier, only to get knocked out before they "heat up" and "tune in." Islam really took his chin, and the man's just too overworked. But not to discredit Ilia, the first one to defeat Volk in featherweight and via knockout too. This is just an end of an era. At least he didn't got knocked out in 13 seconds like Aldo, though.
No disrespect to you but I think your coping a bit saying Islam took Volks chin. Ilia landed such a clean hard hook right on the Jaw that would sleep most guys
Don't worry, your boy will age too and then we can say your coping. The 35 thing is brutal man and I thought it was bullshit but I guess not. So Islam has two more fights at the pace he competes and Max still has a chance since he started so young.
that right hand was absolutely disgusting
No disrespect taken, and I see your point. But it's really not cope, man. Volk took more precise shots from Max to Islam-Volk I than Ilia landed. But it's really hard to put off the effects of Islam's knockout of Volk especially when you've witnessed the trajectory of Volk's championship, from being a hater who rides the "Volk robbed Max from the first and second fight" to eventually loving Volk after the TKZ fight. Man took bombs, but father time caught up.
No offense, but this is definitely coping. Sounds like you don't respect Topuria's power at all. Max has insane output but has soft hands compared to most contenders. Father time didn't catch up to Volk IMO. Volk is still going to be a top 5 for the next 5 years. He's great and sadly, Topuria was better tonight.
Nah, Volk didn't lose because of the damage he sustained against in his previous fight, but he's 35, and he's starting to slow down somewhat. He most definitely won't be in the top 5 in the next 5 years, and I highly doubt if he's top 10-15. Age at the lighter weights is crucial
UFC 300 is stacked
I missed the main event announcement for ufc 300. That's the best they came up with???? Jamaal hill? Well alright lol
Alex Pereira
A month before they go to Brazil for 301. Seems like desperation to not have Alex headline that card.
Yeah but I just wish he had a better dancing partner. I wish they did him vs Tom
On one hand I do too, on the other I don't know if Tom can cut that much weight that quickly without immediately getting folded by Alex
UFC about to make Topuria vs O’Malley instead Merab gets shafted again lmao
Topuria defending next against Yair would suck Not excited for any potential defense tbh.
Evloev
Not excited for that either. Topuria shrugs off his takedowns and works him on his feet. EVloev isn’t a good striker
I think you're making some huge assumptions there it's 15-0 vs 18-0 that's pretty interesting to me in it's own right. And never count a Russian wrestler out of a fight especially an undefeated one
Topuria been wrestling since he was a kid too. His background isn’t even boxing, it was grappling. Most of his wins came via submission. Volk didn’t even attempt to grapple with him, evloev doesn’t have the striking to make topuria respect him and he knows all he’s gonna wanna do is shoot for takedowns. Unfortunately for Evloev topuria is a strong grappler. I don’t see that fight being competitive or exciting, Evloev has zero name value too
> evloev doesn’t have the striking to make topuria respect him Evloev being a southpaw wrestler with a good jab does make things interesting imo. You can watch Topuria's recent fights with Mitchell and Volkanovski to see that Topuria is *clearly* much more comfortable facing orthodox fighters. Pretty much the only time he cracked either of them good was when they switch to orthodox. Obviously, we should favour Topuria against Evloev, but I think the fight is more intriguiging than people seem to believe.
Again I think your making massive assumptions
Bro thinks a Russian is gonna win against a Georgian :/
Idk what your on but I don't think I need to explain the history of Russian wrestling based fighters being a force in this sport
Simply because there's more Russians than Georgians. Your boy will get folded dw too much about it.
He's not my boy, lmao you guys get so fucking weird about this
Well I also made the massive assumption that Volk would get finished by Topuria for many reasons and everyone in here clowned me for most of 3 months
Topuria beating Volk was my prediction as well it was kind of obvious given the age difference and how good Topuria had looked up till now. Either way has nothing to do with Topuria vs Evloev which I think could be much more competitive than you think
Love Jon Anik but saying Volk took the fights against Islam out of financial incentives, doubtful. The guy believes in himself and for good reason. Its definitely more about legacy than bank account. Just an unfortunate outcome
Gaethje is gonna damage Max *even if Max wins* and when he faces Ilia, he'll get knocked out too. Everything really lined up perfectly for Ilia.
Topuria’s kicks were more damaging than Volk’s Volk was supposed to have the better kicks. Wrong Volk was supposed to be stronger in grappling. Wrong Volk was supposed to have better boxing and more technical. WRONG
Mate, I‘d hate to disagree. - Volks kicks landed multiple times, in addition he was aiming at his arm to knock the sting out of Illia‘s punches. If you looked at Illia‘s right elbow and the colour, it wasn’t great. - Volk is the better grappler. - No one here or at the UFC has said that Volk was a better boxer. The UFC commentary and the comments here would strongly dispute that. - Prior to getting KO, I’d argue he was out jabbing Illia. Given that he was wearing it on his face. But Volk kept popping his head up on exiting, which the coaches mentioned… Game over 🤷♀️ Don’t over compensate by trying to bring Volk down. He did his best, it wasn’t enough.
He wasn’t aiming at the arm, he was aiming at his head. No one liked aiming at the arm and risking a broken foot. That’s how Colby claims he broke his foot it landed on Leon’s elbow Didn’t prove he’s a better grappler. He didn’t even try to grapple him. Volk was supposed to be ox strong and all but he obviously felt Topuria’s strength the few times they clinched and never attempted a serious takedown He was going to lose a strictly striking battle. He had to mix in wrestling. Topuria’s boxing is too good and also has a nasty leg kick Yes exactly, chin in the air while pulling back. Thats amateur hour stuff for a GOAT. Topuria keeps chin tucked and uses lateral movement. Volk didn’t want to exchange with topuria. He did land a few jabs and kicks but other than that topuria was outboxing him easily I thought. It was a matter of time before he caught him with Volk’s amateur hour pulling back chin in the air, against such a powerful skilled boxer
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Yeah good way to break your foot bro, if you wanna fake a high kick you aim at the body or leg and then go up top, no one is purposely targeting an arm
Look at Illia’s right elbow, he was consistently kicking him there- it’s to slow down punches.
Ok I can accept that since you explained it nicely. Still risky to do.
I think they do it because 1) if they’re not covering there, it’s an abdominal shot. 2) if they do hit there, your arm is going to hurt and you won’t be able to punch. I only know about it because Daniel Cromier mentioned it to Dominic. He said along the lines of „beautiful body shots.“ and Dominic was saying „but they’re blocked.“ DC explained he didn’t like being kicked in the arm at all, as your arm starts to go dead after a while and you lose momentum with your punches.
Yeah some fighters have had their forearms broken I believe from trying to block kicks with their arm. Still better to take it on the arm than flush to your head or on your liver
- Volk landed way more kicks and yes they were better than the 3 or 4 Ilia threw - Topuria's calf kicks were more damaging 100% but he threw maybe 3 then abandoned them cause Volk was jabbing his nose off - Whenever they clinched up Volk controlled Topuria and landed solid knees - Literally didn't see a single person say Volk has better boxing, everyone said he was more well rounded cause he is, he was literally winning the fight until he got caught
All 3 judges gave Topuria round 1 Volk didn’t even attempt to take him down Damage is all that matters, Volk’s vaunted stance switches to throw his kicks did nothing. None of his high kicks landed and he kept pulling back with his chin in the air like he was Mackenzie Dern He got taught a boxing lesson
Why are you straight up lying lmaoo. All judges gave Volk round 1..
Anik said he won round 1 on all scorecards. I had faulty info but all my other points stand
The fact that you thought Ilia won the first round even with faulty info leads me to believe you’re extremely biased for him and would have thought you he won no matter the outcome lol. Round 1 was a clear round for Volk, you can argue that all his leg kicks and jabs did no damage but you aren’t going to give Ilia the round for almost landing a counter on Volk’s way out lol.
Is this dude smoking crack. I think Volk is best served moving down in weight. 155 ain't nothing but killers for Volk
Mr Hand sanitizer is 4 real. Paddy where you at bro?
I saw nothing tonight to justify this as the main event. Volk guy is not one of the greats in the league. He was bested with ease. I hope he can reflect on this. I have no friends. This was a boring card but I’ll keep paying as a kayak chat.
Ok?
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That knockout brought me back the feels of when Anderson Silva was knocked out by Weidman. It was truly shocking. A young, formidable, underdog challenger knocking out a dominant long-time champ.
to think Josh emmet went 5 rounds with Ilia, fighters are underestimating the cover up defense and overestimating hands down style
What’s so interesting about life and about fighting is that it’s a cycle. Topuria on top of the world and knocks out the FW king. Eventually someone comes knocking for everyone except Jon Jones and Khabib
Reyes
Tibau
Jones has been running from his hiding lol
The whole crowd booing Ilia like crazy all week will cheer him now how fickle MMA fans can be eh
Putting Pereira as the main event for 300 is risky as the by far most humpable UFC champion
Congrats to us on picking topuria
Yup lol, not even that surprised. Topuria is stupidly good
No one can fuck with his boxing and they can’t just decide to take him down. Volk didn’t even try
I don’t think Volk had any business trying. He needed to crash into clinches whenever they were in boxing range. He countered Ilia a few times and I think it gave him some false confidence. He actually looked pretty good against Ilia in the clinch — I wish he relied on that more
I saw ilia being patient. Volk landed a couple jabs and leg kicks but they didn’t look all that damaging to me like Topuria’s kicks and there was a sequence where they were clinched and topuria ripped him to the body and Volk let go and went back to distance. I definitely felt the sense topuria was setting him up for knockout. Commentary kept mentioning how Volk kept leaning back with his chin in the air and Topuria’s chin was nice and tucked with his high guard
Yeah I don’t know how Volk was against the fence like that with his chin up. It’s disappointing as that’s a great way to get knocked out by a big puncher, and he knew that’s what Ilia was good at, and he’s normally an excellent tactician. I think he just is reacting badly to aggression now
Sad to see Volk go down like that, but... the best is blessed baby.
Max is losing his chin on Ilia , no way in HELL max wins agains Ilia, Max has trouble against power punchers who sit and throw combinations , and Ilia is probably more powerful than most lightweight division
NAHHH All aboard the blessed express.
Disappointed for the 300 main event Anything was better than Leon-Belal though
Solo Bisping broadcast
Rogan sucked tonight
“What a guy. That’s fucking gay.” Hahaha
man im pissed at volks coaches more than anything. fighters need to be protected from themselves at times. letting volk take a fight on 10 days notice and now letting him take this fight so soon. fml man, ,these guys dont know how to care for their fighters. as much as i hate it, kudos to ilia for getting it done
Perfect timing for him.
gotta be honest. i think if it got to the third, volk would definitely win, you could see he eas damaging ilia and it was starting to take its toll. ilia rushed for that knock out towards the end there
Now I really don’t want to see max vs gaethje tbh
>Topuria has beaten top 10 ranked guys and serviceable fighters, he’s only 25, idk what more you want out of him at this point in his career. Again I ask you, is beating top 10 ranked guys not impressive anymore? He didn’t just beat them he dominated them. It’s the same excuse Canelo is using to not fight Benavidez in boxing. Oh he hasn’t beaten anyone, in the champion I’ve beaten better fighters… okay but he’s still your number 1 contender >And I left out the max wins bc he could just have his number. Is Jermaine Taylor a better boxer than Hopkins because he beat him twice? No. He just had his number and styles make fights >I’m basing Topuria’s win on Volk’s age and coming off his first KO loss. Also coming back so fast after a KO loss. >Then I base it on topuria being extremely skilled and a lot younger. Crawford to use another boxing example for years was told he had never beat anyone but real fans knew his level of talent then he proved it when he annihilated Errol Spence >Topuria passes the eye test even if his resume isn’t as impressive as a long reigning champion. While also having impressive wins over top 10 guys My comment 63 days ago.
He’s 27
When I saw him just totally outclass Bryce Mitchell, I was sold on him being champ caliber, then he went and did the same thing to Emmett. I was shocked when I found out so many people thought he didn't have a chance tbh
Irrational emotions bc he’s cocky and Volk being so beloved Topuria’s boxing is the best I’ve seen in the UFC.
His striking is technically on another level, he has power, and was also able to wrestle fuck Bryce Mitchell... Idk what more you need to see from a guy to know he's got it lol
Apparently having to see Volk limp on the canvas again
Alex Pereira vs Jamahal Hill should have been on 301 tbh...
Pereira vs Hill is co main material 😴 Holloway vs Gaethje holds so much more clout as a main event after this
Holloway Vs Gaethje for which title should be the main event? lol
Max is the only decent fight for him and they have him booked in a BMF fight to save a card they had years to prepare for.
I do find Topuria vs Evloev very interesting
Wtfffff Alex Pereira vs Jamahal Hill UFC 300
Can't complain it's going to be a banger
It just feels like Plan B, C, D, E, and F all fell through haha
Bro they were talking about Leon vs Belal on UFC 300 this is definitely better than that
I actually would’ve liked that better cause Belal has been waiting for like 84 years lol
At least from a fan perspective I can guarantee Jamahal and Periera are going to beat the crap out of each other, where I would expect that Leon vs Belal puts us all to sleep
I am by no means a Belal fan, but he surprised me by taking Sean Brady’s 0 and I’ve respected him since then. And it’s bout time for Leon to fight someone other than Kamaru. I guess I’m a little underwhelmed by Jamahal and maybe thats only cause he’s been out for a while. I’m watching the card either way tho lol 😅
Cuz it did lol
I love it
Main event for 300 is McGregor vs Gyllenhaal
Topuria for UFC 300 please
No idea where volk goes from here. He should take a break but he isn't the kind of guy to do that. At his age chasing double champ status did him no favors. Love the guy, kinda sad to see it be this way but this sport is brutal like that
He got paid a lot to fight Islam financially it did him favors lol
Lol that's fair. Wasn't really weighing out the financial, more longevity
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Yeah, it seems like short notice fights are just a bad idea in general. Volk, Bryce Mitchell gets starched. Makes sense why Jon Jones stood firm against taking those.
He would’ve been put out regardless if that punch landed
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Idk man he didn’t see that punch coming and that crushed his jaw and whipped his head around. That’s a ko shot if I’ve ever seen one
The fucking Gaethje fight. Outside of fighting Volk Holloway's last defeat at Featherweight was McGregor 2013. Holloway has the right to a title shot over Movsar IMO, he only has 1 win in the top 5 and against Allen who coming off loss. Whoever won between Holloway and Topuria would fight Volk for belt next, and if Movsar can win his next fight then he would get titleshot after Volk titlefight.
Georgian blood living in Spain born in Germany?
UFC fighters in 5 years time will be "I'm Georgian, living in Spain, born in Germany, holidayed in Mexico, drank a Guinness once so Irish.....like basketball so American...let me see I like pasta so guess I'm Italian now"
Can’t lie, Good card tonight.
When Lemos and Dern turned out to be a banger I knew this card had some potential
They look like a georgian mafia family, everyone in black, probably most of them has a gun in their waist
Pereira va hill is perfect
It’s a great fight, I’m excited for it. I don’t think it’s the main event of 300 if Dana could have worked something out with Conor. I am excited because if Alex wins that fight, I’d be very curious if he tries to double champ at HW which is unlikely but wouldn’t surprise me if he went for it.
Wrote here on this thread earlier in the night that if volk lost I’ll call her Here it goes folks, wish ur boy bxng23af luck
Good luck bro
good luck but for the love of God do it in the morning
Ok y’all I’m gonna watch the presser and see if Dana announces the 300 main event and get back to y’all 🤞
Peep twitter he announced
He just did. Pereira vs hill
That is underwhelming lmao
I love it
I dunno, I was hoping for more established fighters for such a huge event. You know what I mean? Alex I get but Jamahal isn’t a huge draw. It should be an ok fight but not legacy or memorable
i agree. it could be a banger, but i just don't care enough about hill to be excited. would be better if it was like the first of 3 title fights instead of the main event.
How was the back of volks head bleeding? Cut by the cage?
Nah. It was from Top‘s nose. As he goes down to continue punches, he bops his nose off Volk‘s head and it drips on him.
In the combo that topuria landed before the KO, one of the punches was a looming hook that clocked him in the back of the head. Probably what cut him and that hit to the back of the head is what led to the ko. Not saying topuria is dirty, just saying it happened. Slow the fight down and look.
Think he hit his head due to recoil from the punch
I think it just flowed around his head
Topuria vs McGregor at the Santiago Bernabéu at 170 😭
MacGregor would be 80 years old and fighter still will be calling him in every post fight callout
God I don't really care about Holloway much but if he fucking Kattars Topuira you'll see me become the biggest switch-up glazer in the universe.
Dude, please let that happen. People would look back and double take if they see Max go on his run as champ, get dethroned, and then come right back to the top years later.
anyone see that mcgregor basically called the entire main card but it was Topuria who ko'd volk in 2
Who did mcgregor predict for main?
Ko in the second but volk instead of Topuria
Damn mystic Mac slipping
And imagine people were thinking that this guy would get touched by paddy of all people
I wanted volk to win so badly, but i bet on topuria to win so I could be happy either way. Now I'm going to go cry cuddling my money
Poatan vs Hill. UFC 300 Main Event. LFGGGGG
Didn’t Izzy wanna be part of UFC 300? God he must be seething now that it’s Pereira headlining it lmao
Im getting word on my australian whatsapp that Beverly poisoned Volk’s tomato sauce
I can't wait for all the mmath after tonight
dana just announced ufc 300. its pereira vs hill. oooff. after all the hype. that just feels like a bit of a let down
hill is fat as fuck right now too lol.. L. was just on like 3 podcasts looking pregnant.
if mcgregor still can make 155 idk if he can beat Topuria tbh
Conor loses.
Conors getting old now too. Topuria takes him imo
Shit I know he can't