Ilia Topuria has already overwhelmed a few legends, so why not go toe-to-toe with yet another?
It’s unlikely that Topuria really trades fingers along with his newest verbal goal, soccer legend Cristiano Ronaldo, an avid combat fan that apparently wasn’t too eager on Topuria’s probabilities at UFC 308. In a video launched by PFL, Ronaldo is seen really selecting Max Holloway to defeat Topuria, including that he thought Topuria “speaks an excessive amount of.”
He additionally considerably discredited Topuria’s knockout of Alexander Volkanovski, saying that he believed Volkanovski was compromised from a knockout loss to Islam Makhachev.
“[Topuria] didn’t combat with the highest guys,” Ronaldo stated. “If he beats Max, I’ll respect [him]. … By no means KO. Because of this [Holloway] shall be powerful for Topuria.”
Positive sufficient, Topuria went on to change into the primary fighter to knock out Holloway and he has since responded to Ronaldo with the clip of his prediction making the rounds on social media.
“I didn’t count on somebody such as you to be unable to tell apart between confidence and conceitedness,” Topuria tweeted. “However, on the finish of the day, all of us replicate our personal actuality onto others. I want you the most effective for what stays of your profession, and God bless your loved ones.”
Topuria was respectful, however stern with the Actual Madrid legend, so this feud is probably going settled. However ought to the 2 sports activities stars cross paths, it is going to undoubtedly make for an fascinating dialog.
