Ilia Topuria believes the Islam Makhachev fight will make sense again if he wins his next fight ๐
"Everything can make sense again. In my next fight, I go out, knock Paddy out, stomp on his head, and then they'll say, 'Wow, look how good the loss was for Ilia and how focused he is'.
And then everything will make sense again. You're only as good as your last fight, right?"
(via @abc_es, @KOlmeneroMMA)
๐จ Alex Pereira plans to move back down to 205 for an immediate title shot if he loses to Sergei Pavlovich:
"Everyone knows I'm not as heavy as those heavyweights. I'm not going to stay there taking a beating with that disadvantage.
I'd go back to my division, where I was already well adapted. It would be [straight] for the [light heavyweight] belt."
(via @connect_cast)