Undefeated featherweight contender Ilia Topuria (14-0) headlines the UFC 298 pay-per-view towards champion Alexander Volkanovski on Feb. 17. “El Matador” is assured heading into the title bout and has ‘little doubt’ that he will put Volkanovski’s ‘lights out.’
Topuria is ranked third within the weight class and has six consecutive wins contained in the octagon. He is coming off a one-sided choice win over Josh Emmett in his final outing and submitted Bryce Mitchell within the earlier bout.
“He is excellent and he brings all the time a unique technique with each opponent which makes the distinction. However he will face somebody actually, actually sensible and hard on Feb. seventeenth,” Topuria informed The Schmo.
Volkanovski went up a weight class on 11 days discover to rematch light-weight champion Islam Makhachev in his final battle. The 2 first fought at UFC 284 in Feb. 2023 with Makhachev defeating the featherweight titleholder by unanimous choice. Within the rematch at UFC 294, Makhachev knocked out Volkanovski within the first spherical. Topuria believes he’ll do the identical.
“In fact I will put his lights out,” Topuria stated. “With none doubt, I will put him to sleep. He is all the time like, ‘there are ranges. Blah, blah, blah.’ In fact there are ranges. There’s me, so I will present him ranges. I will him the brand new technology of blended martial arts.”
“I will dominate him in every single place. Within the hanging, within the wrestling, within the floor, every-f**king-where I will beat him,” Topuria continued.
