๐จ Islam Makhachev says he agreed to fight Ilia Topuria at the White House and claims he was never injured, despite Dana White previously saying he had a hand injury ๐ฌ
"I don't have any injuries... I can show you the chats with my manager. He called me: 'The White House event, a fight against Topuria'. And I said: 'Let's go', right away.
But then the next day [Ali] called me and said it's cancelled. He told me that [Topuria] asked for some insane money, and that was it.
[Ilia] claims that I pulled out because of the hand injury. It had nothing to do with the hand. I said 'yes' right away, without asking for more money and stuff like that."
(via @RedCorner_MMA)
Ilia Topuria respects Charles Oliveiraโs ability to bounce back stronger every time ๐ฆ๐ช
โThe last fight with Max Holloway, he surprised me a lot. The determination he had in the fight, he was very aware of everything and very confident about himself. In reality, the guy has a lion heart because you donโt see that kind of attitude very often.
When a guy loses in the UFC, you see how he lose aura and confidence in themselves, but with Charles, the guy has a special mindset, a special heart. All I have for him is respect. I like the guy.โ
(via @AgFight )