Ilia Topuria: Winning WW Title Would Be ‘Walk in the Park’ vs. Belal Muhammad

By Martial Arts Videos October 23, 2024
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Ilia
Topuria took yet another dig at Belal
Muhammad while expressing triple champ aspirations.

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Topuria is set to defend his featherweight title for the first time
against Max
Holloway in the main event at UFC 308
this Saturday at the Etihad Arena in Abu Dhabi. “El Matador”
recently revealed that his ultimate goal is to become a
three-division champ.

“Probably a three-weight world champion, this is my goal,” Topuria
recently told TNT Sports. You’re not going to see me in the
welterweight division like this, skinny. You’re going to see me
different. That’s the goal. Move up to the lightweight division,
get that belt, then move up to the welterweight division.”

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Topuria has recently been taking shots at both lightweight champ
Islam
Makhachev and welterweight champ Muhammad. While Topuria has
still been mostly respectful toward Makhachev, he has gone off on
“Remember the Name” for what he perceives to be a lackluster style.
Recently, Topuria yet again pointed out the lack of finishes on
Muhammad’s record. Topuria also claims that realizing his
triple-champ dream will be a walk in the park if Muhammad remains
the champ at welterweight.

“If Belal remains champion, it’s a walk in the park,’ Topuria told
KOI Menero MMA. “It would be a walk in the park for me to go up and
win the welterweight title. But walk in the park [yawns]. That’s
it. He’s a bum. Really really bad. A champion who hasn’t finished
anyone, hasn’t had knockdowns. What kind of champion are you? This
morning I woke up and saw him say, ‘If I see [Topuria], I’m going
to slap him. It’s like everyone has a street, gangster attitude.
Sometimes I wonder what they’re doing fighting in the UFC and
dedicating themselves to a pro sport. It seems that they are all
gangsters and clowns, who later don’t want to look you in the eyes.
You know, someone who’s really capable of doing something wouldn’t
tell you. They won’t even bark. He even wants to beat me by
decision. I’ll give you a slap man, shut up.”

While Muhammad has six finishes to his name, only three of them
came inside the UFC in 19 promotional outings. Muhammad won the
title with a dominant unanimous decision over Leon
Edwards at UFC 304 this past July. He is now scheduled to
defend it against undefeated Kazakh contender Shavkat
Rakhmonov at UFC 310 on Dec. 7 at the T-Mobile Arena in Las
Vegas. Meanwhile, Topuria has finished 13 of his 15 career wins so
far, which includes seven UFC victories. The undefeated 27-year-old
knocked out Alexander
Volkanovski at UFC 298 this past February to become the
youngest reigning champ.

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