“Makhachev has only one game, he’s going to clinch you and take you down and Topuria is a fighter with a lot of power, not because he knocked me out, that was the hardest punch I ever felt.”

– via FlexCidine, providing a high stakes breakdown of a potential superfight between Islam Makhachev and Ilia Topuria.

“If they stay on the feet, I think Ilia knocks him out... I think it's very, very close, but for Islam to get hold of him, he has to close the distance, which is dangerous fighting Ilia”

– via FlexCidine, providing a high stakes breakdown of a potential superfight between Islam Makhachev and Ilia Topuria.

“I was stupid... What was I thinking? I'll take him down and put my hands on him. I did throw my hands, but he landed first. So I was stupid”

– shared his mistake against Ilia Topuria, via LIMARICAR001

“Ilia Topuria is very good, he has a Very hard kick, he's a guy who sells himself very well, but if Islam wins now, I think he'll move up a division.”