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Topuria continues to exude confidence as he prepares to debut
in a new division.

Topuria has always been supremely confident and never failed to
live up to his words during his rise to
UFC featherweight championship. However, “La Leyenda” is now
set to face greater challenges after vacating his belt to move up
to lightweight — often considered the toughest division in the
UFC.

At the top of the lightweight division stands No.1 pound-for-pound
fighter Islam
Makhachev. While Topuria is rallying for an immediate title
shot at lightweight, Makhachev isn’t willing to fight the
undefeated Georgian-Spaniard until he has proven himself at 155
pounds. But Topuria is confident that he can dethrone Makhachev
right now, and in style.

Topuria claims he can submit the former combat sambo world champ by
a move of his own choice. And Topuria also wants to take a dig at
Makhachev’s mentor Khabib
Nurmagomedov while doing it. The former lightweight champ had a
habit of talking to his opponents or Dana White during his dominant
title reign. Topuria now wants to talk to “The Eagle” mid-fight
while mauling his prodigy Makhachev.

“I would ask him, ‘What’s your favourite submission?’ Whatever, I
don’t know, ‘D’Arce choke, I’m gonna submit you with that.’ No
problem, I will take him close to Khabib, I will submit him closer
to Khabib,” Topuria said on the PBD Podcast. “Khabib used to take
people and take them down and talk to Dana [White]. I will do [the
same] to Khabib. I will take [Islam down] and talk to Khabib.

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