Ilia Topuria has successfully established himself as one of the best strikers in the UFC. The reigning featherweight champion is undefeated and has the power to knock out anyone in a fight. As it turns out, Joe Rogan is a huge fan of Topuria, which was evident in his latest reaction.
Topuria has claimed himself as the best boxer on the current UFC roster. Recently, he posted a clip of his pad work session on social media where he looked absolutely flawless. Joe Rogan reviewed the clip and couldn’t contain his excitement at all. According to Rogan, ‘El Matador’ has perfected his technique and doesn’t waste any movement while boxing.
See how he’s moving his head when a guy throws punches? Slipping just slightly? The speed, man. The f****** speed of that. Look at the hand speed. F****** incredible. If you know how difficult that is to do and do it that fast. I mean, these are like five, six punches a second and just phenomenal technique.
Joe Rogan via JRE #2195
Interestingly, Ilia Topuria’s next fight is with someone who believes he is the best boxer in UFC. Topuria and Max Holloway are scheduled to fight at the much anticipated UFC 308 in Abu Dhabi. Knowing the fighters, fans expect a striking showdown between Topuria and Holloway. Both fighters have the ability to knock each other out, and it would be interesting to see how that pans out.
After UFC 300, Holloway’s confidence is at an all-time high. The fighter recently started his fight camp and vowed to destroy Topuria at UFC 308. On the other hand, Topuria has already started the mind games ahead of the clash. It will be Topuria’s first-ever featherweight title defense after his stellar performance at UFC 298.
When Ilia Topuria talked the talk and walked the walk to become the featherweight champion
Ilia Topuria‘s rise to stardom has been astronomical. His UFC title run was impressive, with four knockout victories in seven bouts. Going into the title fight against Alexander Volkanovski, Topuria was the underdog. Up until then, Volkanovski was undefeated in the UFC featherweight division.
Ilia Topuria wins the featherweight championship Ilia Topuria wins the featherweight championship (via X)Volkanovski had an incredible stint with dominating wins over Max Holloway, Brian Ortega, José Aldo, etc. Though he was coming off his second loss from Islam Makhachev, the Aussie was unbothered by the challenger. However, at UFC 298, Topuria had plans to change that.
I’m not Korean Zombie, I’m not a ‘rag’ like Yair, I’m not a pile of garbage like Ortega, neither Max Holloway’s crooked nose, I’m Ilia Topuria and I’m going to knock him out in the first. All the doubters can suck a di**
Ilia Topuria via UFC 298 pre-fight presser
Topuria did what he mentioned and dropped Volkanovski in the second round. Since then, the fighter has become a global superstar, meeting with popular athletes such as Lionel Messi and Sergio Ramos. Soon, Topuria also plans to create history by headlining the first-ever UFC Spain event in the future.
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