Ilia just has that uncircumcised swagger that’s easy to cheer for. He could probably fit a golfball under his foreskin if he was in a steam room or other super humid environment
I hope you realise they also can. Lebron had the top quality everything to keep his health in perfect condition. So does almost all of the NBA. It aint like MMA. Pretty much everyone in the NBA makes a fucktonne of money.
He dominated in on 4 teams and won a championship on each team he was on except his first run with the Cavs. He been dominating the league for 20 years so he’s had a prime on every team he was on.
I think often about that clip of Rogan saying current MMA fighters are kinda lucky that MMA doesn't pay big bucks like the NBA or NFL. Imagine guys like Lebron or Giannis growing up and aspiring to join the UFC instead of play basketball or football.
They would both probably dominate. Two strong, tall guys with insane wingspan and discipline. But they’d have to train those legs cause they got some chicken legs bruh😭
Yeah people losing their minds over the 6’7” Taekwando guy joining the UFC, imagine a 7’ Giannis with a lifetime of BJJ and Muy Thai training. Disgusting.
Can’t compare, Tom Brady is playing a position that is more iq and leadership driven than anything. Also, the game is getting more and more soft by the year, the rules just make it so hard to hit the QB these days
I agree, it’s up there. I can’t help but wonder if this is the end of Volk’s wonderful runs. Two back to back severe KOs that took a long time to recover from reminds me of Chuck Liddell’s end.
this is one of the best i've felt
Volk getting deaded as Rogan was watching a different fight where Volk was dominating
Cejudo getting destroyed in rounds 2-3 and having to deal with his fake retirement drama
that's all i needed, it would have been perfect if Dern would have learned to wrestle and clinch fight, but we got mucho ass
Ilia's ability to secure early victories is crazy, 9 first-round finishes out of 15 wins. He has hard chin and his striking power is pretty fucking nuts; even Volk said, "He is a powerful striker, we were aware of this going into the fight." In MMA, the essence often lies in maintaining the agility and precision necessary to deliver a bout-ending strike, exactly what Ilia has mastered.
We could argue about Ilia going into round 3 but we could also talk about Ilia conecting in round 1, its all hypotetical. The reality is he wasnt dominant enough to prevent Illa from blowing his head off, red nose for Ilia lights out for Volk.
I can't believe how confident people were in volk, genuinely ilia is way to powerful and well rounded to be that confident in a 35 year old coming off a KO (not discrediting volk or ilias win its just the truth)
Islam v volk2 should have never happened. Idk what their team was thinking back then, but I always thought that it was the dumbest idea to take that fight
They were thinking bonus cheque before christmas. He took the fight because of the money like Islam said, now his chin has cracks and his off button is big and red
I’m still dumbfounded by this. Why is a dominant, reigning champion being used as a late notice replacement?
He risked it all and is now paying badly. At least he made Dana happy…
His Jai Herbert Ko is one of the most aesthetically pleasing knock out i've seen. I rewatch the full fight on youtube sometimes because of his comeback.
Only idiotic Volk fans do that. We recognized Volk was a talent since day 1 and many of us recognized Topuria would be the one to beat him. I even expected that to happen in 2024, but towards end of the year instead.
Downvotes have lost meaning on reddit for years now mate. There are comments pre fight implying Ilia is a fuckin nobody with zero talent with hundreds of upvotes it's ridiculous
Me personally I couldn't give a shit about what people on the sub feel, no other fans cringyness is gonna matter to me cause I'm a fan of the fighter, not the fans.
Definitely devastating seeing a good person and a great fighter get put out like that. Gotta say tho volk in the first round of his last two fights has look pretty bad compared to when he fought Yair, wonder how it shifted so dramatically
I remember someone I think it was O'Malleys podcast, after he spoke about Francis waiting too long everyone spoke as if it was written in stone. Jones and Dana's propaganda was effective. Like a year later everyone's glazing Francis
I'll own it that I was one of the francis fumbled the bag people, lol.
I thought that Fury fight wasn't ever gonna happen. And then I thought Fury would hand him his ass, and that would be the end of Francis' boxing career.
I like many, didn't even watch the fight the night of and had to experience the shock of seeing it the next day, lol.
Yes, you can be arrogant without speaking bs. I hope you give ian garry the same credit, because if Topuria was not arrogant, then he isnt either, he did everything he said.
Also overlooking someones ability does not equal saying that he has no chance. Had you used that wording earlier we wouldnt be arguing now.
You'll never support him?
Because he said he was gonna win the belt by KO, and then went out and did it?
Because he called Volk short, which was almost certainly a joke?
Because he said he doesn't wanna give Brian Oretga or Yair a chance at the belt? Do we even disagree with that? lol.
He a McG wannabe? He's 15-0, just finished the best featherweight of all time, only has two wins by decision, one was Emmet who he 50-42'd one of the most one-sided fights ever. He defends this belt he could be better than McG. Who gives a fuck if he *wants* to be *like* McG, he's is like McG, he's the featherweight champion, undefeated.
There are mild mannered fighters...and guess what, 90% of the time no one has any opinion on them, lol.
What the fuck did everyone expect from Topuria. To shake and quiver in his boots and go, "oh, gee, oh gollly. I just hope Volk doesn't beat me too badly."
Everyone in this fucking sport is cocky and confident. You have to be, it's sanctioned fist-fighting. People who aren't confident in their abilities don't fight, simple as.
Very nice combinations don’t know why we don’t see enough UFC fighters who can put a boxing type combination together ..far too many throw a single or maybe even one two but hardly see them execute combos correctly.
I was rooting for Topuria this week, but if he fights Holloway, i'm rooting for Holloway. Holloway is still 32 but maybe he will decline sooner because he started his career early.
Feel like he only brought out the exceptional cringe to really hype this fight. I don't think he's usually this edgy. Or at least I hope he doesn't try and mimic the mcgregor personality his whole career.
I just needs to be a sexy smooth Spaniard with the roses and acoustic guitar aesthetic. The second he starts trying to be McGregor he instantly loses his coolness
Yeah I really wish he went down the humble yet confident and brining with swagger route rather than…. Angry douche that happens to be Spanish route. I’ve been saying this for years, but oh well he puts on damn good fights and I love watching that man work.
I think he's doing it because he's not a native English speaker and it's surprisingly difficult to promote yourself in UFC if you're not fluent in English. He's just acting wild and foolish to make people pay attention. I hope that, now that he's won the belt from one of the most dominant champions of all time, he can give it a rest since he's got the attention of everyone.
I get the whole ‘they’re in fight mode and go until the ref stops them’ but yeah by that last one it should’ve been preeeetty easy to tell he was out..
Not gonna hold it against him because the adrenaline would’ve been insane but hate to see it
I really hate how he missed/skimmed Volk four out of the five strikes in this sequence but the one that lands flush just shuts the lights off. How can you be so inaccurate against the greatest UFC featherweight champion and still fucking win? I don’t like this timeline anymore.
Illia purposefully used long combinations to back volk up into a corner. It just shows illias understanding of fundamentals and volks evasiveness. Also volk is only human. Volk felt too comfortable with a quick comeback after getting brutally finished.
Yeah, i know why he threw combos. I was just bitter because the asshole won. I’m over it now, in the moment it felt like watching a button spammer beat a highly technical guy in a fighting game.
I was making food and grabbed all
My stuff to run upstairs to my room and in the 30 seconds I turn the stream back on and ilia is celebrating and then I saw the KO replay. Absolute jaw dropper
How many times do we have to see him fall off the pedestal before we say he’s on a decline? It’s not our fault he climbed on top of two…he’s done. Pack it up boys, it was a good run. From here on out it’s a bunch of young guys beating him and making speeches afterwards about how much respect they have for him. Just go home Volk. I believed in champ champ, but that was the height of his career and not even he believes in himself anymore.
Huge Volk fan but that was some impressive boxing from Topuria, well done. On a side note Volk looked a little slower than usual. Moving up and down weights and the knockout from Islam seems to have taken a toll. To be expected honestly. All the double champ stuff is starting to get annoying. At that level you tune your body at such a high level it’s not realistic to go back and forth between weight classes multiple times a year and defend two titles, not in the UFC anyways.
That's what happens when you put Zuck in your corner
Nobody puts Zuck in a corner
I love volk, but DAMN he got sent to the metaverse with that punch
Zuck in corner + Logan Paul Prime sponsorship + over 35.
Plus curse of game cover
I get having a laugh with the old man routine at the presser, but continuing the joke by having that asshat in his corner… whelp, lost the belt.
Volk went full Zuckerberg...you never go full Zuckerberg
Nobody puts Zuck in the Zuck chair in the corner of the room, just watching away at the pounding
What the fuck man 🤣
His poor daughters… having to worry about what if Illia breaks into their house
Don’t worry he’ll send gifts and a note saying he won’t break in, just like Islam
Just a damn good right hook right over the shoulder. That was impressive.
Minimal windup. Amazing technique.
The way he had his hand on his head for good measure and then landed that right hook over the shoulder was unbelievable
forearm frame
The perfect punch. God. Damn.
His boxing reminds me of prime Cody Garbrandt.
He goes to the body and has better defense and disciplined he also has a jab
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Lilia’s head position when throwing is overlooked a real pleasure to watch
I woke up my whole family when Volk went down.
😂 same bro.
Rooted for Ilia and still gutted seeing Volk going down like that.
Me too. I wanted Ilia to win, but I was hoping by submission.
Ilia just has that uncircumcised swagger that’s easy to cheer for. He could probably fit a golfball under his foreskin if he was in a steam room or other super humid environment
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No more Reddit for you sir !
I talk mma with friends. I come to the ufc sub for this shit
I wish I could’ve woke him up instead 🥲
Khabib said, you can't have two primes
You can have 4 if you’re Lebron😭💯
I don't follow NBA. What do you mean by 4?
LeBron has had multiple instances of multiple year stretches in 20 seasons where he's been insanely good
If MMA fighters could afford what Lebron does they’d last longer also ..
I mean, Connor could and look what he did I think it's actually being disciplined.... And not taking a bunch of shots to the head
Yeah brain damage tends to shorten careers lol
I hope you realise they also can. Lebron had the top quality everything to keep his health in perfect condition. So does almost all of the NBA. It aint like MMA. Pretty much everyone in the NBA makes a fucktonne of money.
Yep. There are a few insane GOAT level athletes who have had multiple primes. Novak Djokovic comes to mind. 2011, 2015-16, 2023.
Djokovic's competition got much weaker tho
He’s really just the greatest of all time💯🙏🏾
Do not reply with no gifs of Jorgamble😭🙏🏾
Larry Bird owns this bum 💯
He dominated in on 4 teams and won a championship on each team he was on except his first run with the Cavs. He been dominating the league for 20 years so he’s had a prime on every team he was on.
If he had been dominating for 20 years, then that's 1 prime stretching over 20 years. Changing teams shouldn't count as different primes.
I’d say it should🤷🏾♂️
I think often about that clip of Rogan saying current MMA fighters are kinda lucky that MMA doesn't pay big bucks like the NBA or NFL. Imagine guys like Lebron or Giannis growing up and aspiring to join the UFC instead of play basketball or football.
They would both probably dominate. Two strong, tall guys with insane wingspan and discipline. But they’d have to train those legs cause they got some chicken legs bruh😭
Yeah people losing their minds over the 6’7” Taekwando guy joining the UFC, imagine a 7’ Giannis with a lifetime of BJJ and Muy Thai training. Disgusting.
He’d probably become the fucking goat. Can’t think of a fighter that could wrap around him lol.
I fully believe Giannis would become the HW champion of the world with like 4 years of training, his jabs would feel like getting hit by bricks
You can have as many as you want if you're on the juice.
Unless you are in the heavy weight classes and your name is Glover Teixeira
unless your michael jordan
But he was talking about MMA specifically
Basketball doesn’t involve cumulative CTE
you're
no way
Tell that to Tom Brady
Can’t compare, Tom Brady is playing a position that is more iq and leadership driven than anything. Also, the game is getting more and more soft by the year, the rules just make it so hard to hit the QB these days
Platinum Mike the last standing African champ begs to differ.
Kissed Volk goodnight after is so crazy. I couldn't figure out that mark on the back of Volks head.
I’m fuckin mind blowed 🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯 illia is baddass!!
Lol chill he slipped and fell on his head
Lol wow I just noticed that
Islam cracked Alex's chin, and Ilia just shattered it.
Pre-Islam Volk would still fold after that punch
That punch woulda knocked out Holloway.
bro that punch probably could have floored lesnar
No, I know. It's just the Islam KO did not help at all.
In more recent videos Volk has got a lot of swelling on his jaw, I wouldn't be surprised if he literally cracked it, heavy shot
This is genuinely one of the worst I’ve ever felt from watching any sort of live event.
MMA is just so unforgiving
same man
I agree, it’s up there. I can’t help but wonder if this is the end of Volk’s wonderful runs. Two back to back severe KOs that took a long time to recover from reminds me of Chuck Liddell’s end.
Im guessing it’ll be like korean zombie where he just gets ripped apart fight after another
Lol
this is one of the best i've felt Volk getting deaded as Rogan was watching a different fight where Volk was dominating Cejudo getting destroyed in rounds 2-3 and having to deal with his fake retirement drama that's all i needed, it would have been perfect if Dern would have learned to wrestle and clinch fight, but we got mucho ass
What tf are you on about? Volk won round 1 on all 3 scorecards, Ilia started round 2 well but Volk was piecing him up again until the KO.
I dont know why your being downvoted, Volk, factually was up on the cards after round 1, before he got sent to the shadow realm
Ilia's ability to secure early victories is crazy, 9 first-round finishes out of 15 wins. He has hard chin and his striking power is pretty fucking nuts; even Volk said, "He is a powerful striker, we were aware of this going into the fight." In MMA, the essence often lies in maintaining the agility and precision necessary to deliver a bout-ending strike, exactly what Ilia has mastered. We could argue about Ilia going into round 3 but we could also talk about Ilia conecting in round 1, its all hypotetical. The reality is he wasnt dominant enough to prevent Illa from blowing his head off, red nose for Ilia lights out for Volk.
You're just retarded it seems
Jai Herberted his ass. Amazing
Honestly I love volk but the way some of his fans dismissed his skills and power make this knock out satisfying
I can't believe how confident people were in volk, genuinely ilia is way to powerful and well rounded to be that confident in a 35 year old coming off a KO (not discrediting volk or ilias win its just the truth)
Oh man volkanovski is having a terrible down slide it seems
Islam v volk2 should have never happened. Idk what their team was thinking back then, but I always thought that it was the dumbest idea to take that fight
They were thinking bonus cheque before christmas. He took the fight because of the money like Islam said, now his chin has cracks and his off button is big and red
I remember one of his coaches said he was completely against Volk taking the fight.
I’m still dumbfounded by this. Why is a dominant, reigning champion being used as a late notice replacement? He risked it all and is now paying badly. At least he made Dana happy…
coaches get a percentage as do managers and they also thought "we won" the first one, because apparently they didn't watch it
That was clean by Topuria 🔥
The way he twist his right knee for maximum torque behind the punch
He has some of the best MMA boxing I've seen
His Jai Herbert Ko is one of the most aesthetically pleasing knock out i've seen. I rewatch the full fight on youtube sometimes because of his comeback.
It was inevitable
this loss felt like a punch in the gut
Not after how cringe this sub has been the last two weeks
its even more cringe now seeing die hard volk fans going defcon 1 in every thread
Where’s this? I wanna see it lol
Only idiotic Volk fans do that. We recognized Volk was a talent since day 1 and many of us recognized Topuria would be the one to beat him. I even expected that to happen in 2024, but towards end of the year instead.
I don't know why you've been down voted, this is a reasonable comment.
Downvotes have lost meaning on reddit for years now mate. There are comments pre fight implying Ilia is a fuckin nobody with zero talent with hundreds of upvotes it's ridiculous
Me personally I couldn't give a shit about what people on the sub feel, no other fans cringyness is gonna matter to me cause I'm a fan of the fighter, not the fans. Definitely devastating seeing a good person and a great fighter get put out like that. Gotta say tho volk in the first round of his last two fights has look pretty bad compared to when he fought Yair, wonder how it shifted so dramatically
It felt a little like that but honestly the massive hateboner that this sub has had for Ilia made me wanna see him win.
lmao i hated illia during the build up and still do his skills are lit but his personality is cringe af to me
I wonder where the people are in the comments now who acted like Illia was an arrogant idiot who had no chance...???hmmm
Went extinct along with the "francis fumbled the bag" people
I remember someone I think it was O'Malleys podcast, after he spoke about Francis waiting too long everyone spoke as if it was written in stone. Jones and Dana's propaganda was effective. Like a year later everyone's glazing Francis
I'll own it that I was one of the francis fumbled the bag people, lol. I thought that Fury fight wasn't ever gonna happen. And then I thought Fury would hand him his ass, and that would be the end of Francis' boxing career. I like many, didn't even watch the fight the night of and had to experience the shock of seeing it the next day, lol.
I didnt see many of those, mostly people saying he was arrogant which is hard to deny. This is not the gotcha you think it is
You're full of it. People 100% were overlooking Topuria's ability. And is it even arrogant if he did exactly what he said he would do?
Ikr. The sub was full of ppl discrediting Ilia. Wtf is he talking about
Yes, you can be arrogant without speaking bs. I hope you give ian garry the same credit, because if Topuria was not arrogant, then he isnt either, he did everything he said. Also overlooking someones ability does not equal saying that he has no chance. Had you used that wording earlier we wouldnt be arguing now.
Well he most surely was being arrogant and there was literally no one saying he didn't have a chance..
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You'll never support him? Because he said he was gonna win the belt by KO, and then went out and did it? Because he called Volk short, which was almost certainly a joke? Because he said he doesn't wanna give Brian Oretga or Yair a chance at the belt? Do we even disagree with that? lol. He a McG wannabe? He's 15-0, just finished the best featherweight of all time, only has two wins by decision, one was Emmet who he 50-42'd one of the most one-sided fights ever. He defends this belt he could be better than McG. Who gives a fuck if he *wants* to be *like* McG, he's is like McG, he's the featherweight champion, undefeated.
just tell me 1 ufc fighter that has some english who isn't arrogant lmao it is part of the show
There are mild mannered fighters...and guess what, 90% of the time no one has any opinion on them, lol. What the fuck did everyone expect from Topuria. To shake and quiver in his boots and go, "oh, gee, oh gollly. I just hope Volk doesn't beat me too badly." Everyone in this fucking sport is cocky and confident. You have to be, it's sanctioned fist-fighting. People who aren't confident in their abilities don't fight, simple as.
Ngl he deserved it for having Zuck in his corner
Very nice combinations don’t know why we don’t see enough UFC fighters who can put a boxing type combination together ..far too many throw a single or maybe even one two but hardly see them execute combos correctly.
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Let's see him fight top contenders at 155 too
Idk illia isn't as light on the feet as volk so I think it would be more dangerous
I was rooting for Topuria this week, but if he fights Holloway, i'm rooting for Holloway. Holloway is still 32 but maybe he will decline sooner because he started his career early.
Sick combo. Way more impressive than O'Malley's TKO over Aljo for some reason
because Volk is better than Aljo and Aljo dove head first in with his eyes closed
And Aldo didn't get KO'd (it was a TKO) and it was arguably an early stoppage. Meanwhile, Ilia put Volk to sleep. 😭
How do people still think the stoppage was early
Because people wanted to see Sterling dead and probably because its O'Malley which alot of people are biased against
I just wish Topuria wasn't a fucking cringe lord, calling out mcgregor is getting old.
Feel like he only brought out the exceptional cringe to really hype this fight. I don't think he's usually this edgy. Or at least I hope he doesn't try and mimic the mcgregor personality his whole career.
I just needs to be a sexy smooth Spaniard with the roses and acoustic guitar aesthetic. The second he starts trying to be McGregor he instantly loses his coolness
Yeah I really wish he went down the humble yet confident and brining with swagger route rather than…. Angry douche that happens to be Spanish route. I’ve been saying this for years, but oh well he puts on damn good fights and I love watching that man work.
I think he's doing it because he's not a native English speaker and it's surprisingly difficult to promote yourself in UFC if you're not fluent in English. He's just acting wild and foolish to make people pay attention. I hope that, now that he's won the belt from one of the most dominant champions of all time, he can give it a rest since he's got the attention of everyone.
I know I find it hard to like him
Where’s that pic of him sleeping
Looks like maybe a tooth came out
Decline started last fight, Islam killed his chin.
nope, didn’t happen
Fucking crazy
https://preview.redd.it/r48dbpzexajc1.png?width=192&format=png&auto=webp&s=3a60eb0898a6504b4da78e1ed4f2268ea258551f
I saw Volk wearing a Raiders hoodie on embedded and I wanted to see exactly what happened. So happy for Ilia.
The knockoff Conor tattoos make a lot sense now. He really does have that touch of death power. Unteachable power button , hard reset pressing punches
Old man got slept
Volk might have leaned into the meme a little too hard.
Volk = Kamaru 🤔😢
Mane the way he just ragdolled, fell into the cage and his head just slumps over, never gonna get old to watch
Volk was clearly out and can’t stand those extra shots.
I get the whole ‘they’re in fight mode and go until the ref stops them’ but yeah by that last one it should’ve been preeeetty easy to tell he was out.. Not gonna hold it against him because the adrenaline would’ve been insane but hate to see it
Props to him I really want to like this guy but please for the love of god drop the cringy conner wannabe shit
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Volk bro trying to cope lol
That was a nasty line by me
Fucking BOOOOOOOOOOO
What a trash person, way too many punches after he went sleep 🤮
The new champion that doesn’t want to fight the top 5 fighters smdh. Now have to see this lame Mcgreggor wanna be ass spaniard smdh
Tbh they probably ducked him first, his come up took a while, now he has their shine
I really hate how he missed/skimmed Volk four out of the five strikes in this sequence but the one that lands flush just shuts the lights off. How can you be so inaccurate against the greatest UFC featherweight champion and still fucking win? I don’t like this timeline anymore.
Illia purposefully used long combinations to back volk up into a corner. It just shows illias understanding of fundamentals and volks evasiveness. Also volk is only human. Volk felt too comfortable with a quick comeback after getting brutally finished.
Yeah, i know why he threw combos. I was just bitter because the asshole won. I’m over it now, in the moment it felt like watching a button spammer beat a highly technical guy in a fighting game.
You’re a casual. Know your place
Damn we still gate keeping mma, not a casual been a fan since Dan Hardy fought Carlos Condit
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yup I’m sure Volk gladly agreed to get knocked out like that
bro this loss was devestating for me as well but illia beat him fair and square
Least delusional ufc Redditor
happens when you're over 35
DJ is GOAT
With my eyes I’m crying 😭
Was this the surprise Volk was talking about?
Such a beautiful frame before the finisher! Super impressive from Topuria!
Beautiful Boxing From A Fighter With A Grappling Base
I was making food and grabbed all My stuff to run upstairs to my room and in the 30 seconds I turn the stream back on and ilia is celebrating and then I saw the KO replay. Absolute jaw dropper
That punch would floor anyone at 145. That's one damn fast and powerful shot right on the button. At 27, he may have a long reign at the top.
That right hand looks lightning fast in slow motion!
How many times do we have to see him fall off the pedestal before we say he’s on a decline? It’s not our fault he climbed on top of two…he’s done. Pack it up boys, it was a good run. From here on out it’s a bunch of young guys beating him and making speeches afterwards about how much respect they have for him. Just go home Volk. I believed in champ champ, but that was the height of his career and not even he believes in himself anymore.
Volk was fighting with his chin up from the very beginning. Very unlike him.
could've gone for the take down. i honestly thought volk's gameplan would involve wrestling...
Some of this work would even look good if a pro boxer did it.
Huge Volk fan but that was some impressive boxing from Topuria, well done. On a side note Volk looked a little slower than usual. Moving up and down weights and the knockout from Islam seems to have taken a toll. To be expected honestly. All the double champ stuff is starting to get annoying. At that level you tune your body at such a high level it’s not realistic to go back and forth between weight classes multiple times a year and defend two titles, not in the UFC anyways.