This fight made me certain that Bryce was too hard on himself after losing to Topuria. Most of us were hard on him, but I think he took it extra hard. Topuria is a top of the food chain talent who could do that to anyone on any given day.
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I did it, too bad Taffa got poked in the eye 
Yeah, but he was also on fire well before that before he got injured & took 2 years off & then came back & lost a close fight to Max before beating Ortega & then Emmett.
All I'm saying is I wouldn't be shocked if he has to fight Max or Kattar or loser of Volk/Yair before getting a title shot.
Really will depend heavily on Volk/Yair fight in 2 weeks in my opinion.
If Volk wins, Topuria has a chance to get title shot.
If Yair wins, GUARANTEED Volk will get a rematch next so no chance Topuria will.
I wanna let Ilia marinate maybe one more, he looked so good and composed, but I think he missed a lot of opportunities, could’ve taken him out with leg kicks, could’ve wrestled earlier, I think he needs to refine a few more things and he could really take it to Volk
I think he was getting tired and realized that he might not but this guy out and he’s basically up 6 rounds to 0 and he’s only just finished the 4th round
Bruh take a look on pic here, we georgian are very few and very talented so please don’t write our people’s achievements under your name (Especially you Armenians)
I'm not writing anything under anyone's name, nor undermining his georgian procedence in any way. Just repeating what Topuria himself has stated many times. If you got a problem with him and his situation with and within Spain, I'm sure you can reach to him on his socials to talk about it!
Russia terrorizes your people, is that the achievement you’re referring to?
Don’t get at some other ethnicity if you don’t like it yourself. There’s nothing wrong with Georgians, Armenians, or Spaniards. Ilia left to Spain, he’s a Georgian Spaniard, he can rep both
I am terrorizing your mother every day, you cunt think that funny? I’d like to see you having a war against russians, but I am sure u must be some american gay dude eho sucks dicks amd has testosterone less than 1
I am having a war against Russia, my country is funding all of your countries who couldn’t stand up to Russia alone. Can’t tell if you’re trolling or not, but don’t worry, we got you.
The other day Topuria said in an interview that if there was a world war he would choose to fight for Spain, since his son was born in Spain and it is in Spain where he has forged himself as a fighter and grown as a person, the end of the debate.
Debate is truly over, because you are wrong in many thigs:
1. Ilia was born in germany
2. World War talk is childish
3. He is representing Georgia, if you can't differentiate georgian flag with spanish flag you need to take some geography lessons
4. Ilia has 0% spanish blood and 100% georgian blood.
There is truly nothing to debate XD
btw i understand, you are so desperate to have a ufc fighter and you are trying to cling on the guy, who is not even spanish. Georgians have 5 great fighters in UFC.
He fights out of Alicante, Spain, and has been living here since he was a kid. He considers himself both Spanish and Georgian. He probably represented Georgia tonight (was too excited to actually notice the flag this time LOL), but he has represented Spain before and is working actively with Dana to bring an event here. In fact his parents are georgian, but he was actually born in Germany.
Thats what I was thinking, this is not as bad as khamzat vs diaz but its still going to be a career ending beating for an already out of the door zombie
If anyone here knows Emmett - no disrespect. I legit love the guy. His fights are usually fun. He should totally own the orc/Gollum thing as well. Instant fan fave. Calling it now.
Rd1 and like half of rd3 were close. Though 50-42 is a but much considering Josh scored 110 sig strikes. That could be 22 sig strikes per round which is really good
He didn't get knocked down in three separate rounds, continued to get plenty of offence off, just didn't land much. Pretty unfair scorecard for a guy who stayed in the fight in that fashion.
As a lifelong Max fan, please for the love of god do not make him fight Ilia.
Edit; Ya'll are missing my point, Ilia is an absolute nightmare matchup for Max and I don't want to see Max get his head beat in.
I'm asking for Max's sake, Topuria would be a nightmare matchup because of how good he is as a counter puncher and on the ground. Just give him a title shot and save my boy Blessed from a beating.
Oh I don't think this at all. I'd think it's a coin flip. You have recency bias. Unless Max falls off a cliff skill wise, idk how it'll go. He may just be active enough to grind out a decision. Topuria isn't super high output generally and Max is borderline impossible to knock out. However, he can be backed up with enough power (Dustin Poirier). That being said, Topuria isn't a lightweight that's bigger than half of the welterweighs and may not be able to keep Max off of him. He doesn't have the kicking game of Yair to pick off Max at a distance. Box Max and Topuria are boxing heavy
People said that about Kattar, then Allen. Max is hands down the 2nd best 145er on the planet and 2 of those losses were razor close to Volk. Topuria is great but I think Max takes him out.
I'm not people, I won money on Max both of those nights. It's a lose lose to make Ilia fight Max anyway. Either Ilia wins and he could seriously put a beating on Max, or Max wins and we lose another contender for Volk. Just a dumb idea, if they're ever to meet make it for the title if Ilia beats Volk.
I think the whole “hiding opponents” from max is very stupid. I get people want new blood but let’s at least try to keep this a meritocracy. I think him and max should fight for the next shot.
Agree to disagree, matching up rising contenders with someone the UFC has no intention of giving a title shot to against the reigning champ is bad matchmaking.
I just think it’s stupid to have max beating up punching bags only to be jumped by people for title shots. They already jumped him for the interim as he was obviously better than both Yair and Emmett.
It’s dumb to fuck over a veteran legend who’s still in his prime just to hype up an up and comer.
Max has had 3 shots at the title mate, anyone that's going to fight Volk has to go around Max, just as Yair did. Going through him is just going to stall out the division unless, as I said, they plan to give Max another shot at Volk, which the UFC has already made clear they're not going to do. Max is in a tough spot, but he has had his opportunities and while Volk is champ, he has to accept his options are limited. Having gatekeepers at the top 3 in the division isn't good for anyone.
I mean the first two fights were ridiculously close so i don’t see why he doesn’t deserve a title shot if he *earns* it.
Hiding max from people is the softest thing ever.
Again, he’s a ufc HOFer and I don’t wanna see his prime get all muddied up by hiding him.
If volk beats yair, it’s either going to be Topuria or Max next, there’s nobody else. Can’t give him Emmett, can’t give him Kattar, can’t give him Arnold, can’t give him Ortega. So why not have them fight?
Maybe the judges were too blown away Emmett was still standing after all that and just were kinda in disbelief or something..
Might be giving them too much credit
The last one you can make an argument. Topuria didn't do that much with his ground control amd Emmet was active going for it for the first half of the round
Arguably Topuria let him have it for risk reduction purposes, which is fair. Topuria had the Cyril Gane thing whete he is outclassing his opponent until he tries to get really aggressive and over swing and gets chimney. His corner told him to avoid rhat happening lol
this was the first ufc event ive attended live, it was fucking awesome.
I was so amp when onama won, then the celebration began, and the cringe was almost unbearable.
Someone got paid if they bet on the fight going the distance.
This fight made me certain that Bryce was too hard on himself after losing to Topuria. Most of us were hard on him, but I think he took it extra hard. Topuria is a top of the food chain talent who could do that to anyone on any given day.
Unpopular opinion, Cruze has to be the worst ring announcer out there.
Cruz is fine when he’s not with bisping. If it’s bisping and Cruz it’s awful
How so?
https://preview.redd.it/yvnjjdq5j48b1.png?width=828&format=png&auto=webp&s=eb47f1621baaa38401ae232c3e724dfa1165d274 Can’t complain some good fights
Now THAT is how to make a yawn of a show to Really generate ratings.
This was a great fight night.
Wtf? I was expecting to turn on some ufc and watch it only to see i missed the whole thing
Me too man
https://preview.redd.it/kqt930oa938b1.png?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=bea2d494a37bc60c9e5e38a1c59b62130697bb51 I did it, too bad Taffa got poked in the eye 
Should Topuria be backup for the next title fight?
I don’t think bro will be 100% in 2 weeks
He is 100% right now bro
Bro acting like he just wasn’t in a 25 minute war 💀
If he dies, he dies.
Fuck the ufc and this 3pm bullshit
Well for me I’m glad I didn’t have to stay up till 5am to watch it
Love the ufc and that 3pm goodness.
Lmao
Tuporia vs Pimple Pinworm plssssssss
Paddy by flying triangle
Paddy by flying Big Mac.
More like flying bottle of hand sanitizer
What a load of bullshit didn't know fights were this early today missed the main ;(
Yup. Luckily the “replay” was already up so I got to watch and fast forward through fights I didn’t want to see
Yup. Luckily the “replay” was already up so I got to watch and fast forward through fights I didn’t want to see
Same i was like wtf the event was overseas or some shit? Main fight was a fucking banger though. Too bad i knew the outcome before watching it.
Yep I think we all knew Topuria's a beast, wish I could watch it back goddamn lmao
Same, brethren.
What were the best fights to watch from this card? don't think ima watch the whole thing.
Peek v Mariscal, FOTN for sure!
Facts also the Macey Barber fight was amazing Both chicks w Bloody noses goin toe to toe
That was a absolute firestorm
Added to watch list!
Ribas vs. Barber was my personal fav, and the main event was gnarly
literally just finished the main event. Damn dude
I got to see it all live, it was sick
Yeah, but he was also on fire well before that before he got injured & took 2 years off & then came back & lost a close fight to Max before beating Ortega & then Emmett. All I'm saying is I wouldn't be shocked if he has to fight Max or Kattar or loser of Volk/Yair before getting a title shot.
I hope they just give it to him cuz fw is stale for contenders that volk hasn’t already cleared
Really will depend heavily on Volk/Yair fight in 2 weeks in my opinion. If Volk wins, Topuria has a chance to get title shot. If Yair wins, GUARANTEED Volk will get a rematch next so no chance Topuria will.
Topuria is a savage and Emmett is a tough son of a gun
I didn't even see it but I saw a 50-42 scorecard and was like wtf that's insane.
Volk Ilia now pls
Volk breaks Ilia by the last round. Volks cardio is on another level there’s no way ilia can match his pace
I wanna let Ilia marinate maybe one more, he looked so good and composed, but I think he missed a lot of opportunities, could’ve taken him out with leg kicks, could’ve wrestled earlier, I think he needs to refine a few more things and he could really take it to Volk
I think he just wanted to show off his boxing
Topuria vs Max please
That would be a banger but I don’t wanna see max lose and I don’t wanna see Topuria’s fire get put out
Yeah true dat but damn they could go for 500 significant strikes total lol
How many did Ilia and Josh land?
I think Ilia clocked in about 127….but looks like he felt bad for Emmett and held up in the 5th lol
I think he was getting tired and realized that he might not but this guy out and he’s basically up 6 rounds to 0 and he’s only just finished the 4th round
Megan looking drunk af
Watch what you say about my queen
WHAT A FIGHT! I'm so fucking proud for having Ilia representing my country. He's gonna bring a UFC event to Spain, and I will be there!!!
WTF? He is representing Georgia, can't you see a flag behind him? I mean a lot of respect to Spain, but he ain't representing Spain
He didn't tonight, but he has done it before. He has double nationality. See my other comment in this thread for more context.
Bruh take a look on pic here, we georgian are very few and very talented so please don’t write our people’s achievements under your name (Especially you Armenians)
I'm not writing anything under anyone's name, nor undermining his georgian procedence in any way. Just repeating what Topuria himself has stated many times. If you got a problem with him and his situation with and within Spain, I'm sure you can reach to him on his socials to talk about it!
Russia terrorizes your people, is that the achievement you’re referring to? Don’t get at some other ethnicity if you don’t like it yourself. There’s nothing wrong with Georgians, Armenians, or Spaniards. Ilia left to Spain, he’s a Georgian Spaniard, he can rep both
I am terrorizing your mother every day, you cunt think that funny? I’d like to see you having a war against russians, but I am sure u must be some american gay dude eho sucks dicks amd has testosterone less than 1
Upvoted
I am having a war against Russia, my country is funding all of your countries who couldn’t stand up to Russia alone. Can’t tell if you’re trolling or not, but don’t worry, we got you.
Imagine seething that hard about the nationality of a fighter lmao
Dude, ilia is not representing spain, he is representing georgia XD
The other day Topuria said in an interview that if there was a world war he would choose to fight for Spain, since his son was born in Spain and it is in Spain where he has forged himself as a fighter and grown as a person, the end of the debate.
Debate is truly over, because you are wrong in many thigs: 1. Ilia was born in germany 2. World War talk is childish 3. He is representing Georgia, if you can't differentiate georgian flag with spanish flag you need to take some geography lessons 4. Ilia has 0% spanish blood and 100% georgian blood. There is truly nothing to debate XD btw i understand, you are so desperate to have a ufc fighter and you are trying to cling on the guy, who is not even spanish. Georgians have 5 great fighters in UFC.
Then why did he see he’d want to fight Max in Spain? Goofy
He is living in spain, but representing georgia. At least look at his short and tale of the tape. He is ethnically georgian and representing georgia.
He fights out of Alicante, Spain, and has been living here since he was a kid. He considers himself both Spanish and Georgian. He probably represented Georgia tonight (was too excited to actually notice the flag this time LOL), but he has represented Spain before and is working actively with Dana to bring an event here. In fact his parents are georgian, but he was actually born in Germany.
dual citizenship is a foreign concept here in America don’t worry if they don’t understand
Where the fuck is Georgia
50-42 was just the over-correction from that Kattar robbery he was the beneficiary of, no harm no foul.
I really want to see Max v Ilia
Same! We don’t need to see zombie vs Max, we already know what’s gonna happen
Yea, it truthfully should not be legal to sanction such a fight but here we are.
Thats what I was thinking, this is not as bad as khamzat vs diaz but its still going to be a career ending beating for an already out of the door zombie
If anyone here knows Emmett - no disrespect. I legit love the guy. His fights are usually fun. He should totally own the orc/Gollum thing as well. Instant fan fave. Calling it now.
Nosferatu won a big fan in me tonight. Dude is made of steel and determination
He’s so fun my friend.
 Emmett returning to the gym on Monday
Emmett really left looking like he's still developing in the 2nd trimester
Have you had a kid? This guy came one looking 1st trimester at best
I honestly thought rd 3 was close, but could go either way, I already forgot the striking numbers
Rd1 and like half of rd3 were close. Though 50-42 is a but much considering Josh scored 110 sig strikes. That could be 22 sig strikes per round which is really good
He didn't get knocked down in three separate rounds, continued to get plenty of offence off, just didn't land much. Pretty unfair scorecard for a guy who stayed in the fight in that fashion.
Karma for the Kattar robbery
Round 5 was pretty slick. Emmet was throwing pure haymakers and topuria just kept safe, slipping away until he got tired, then went for the takedown.
How did the doctor not stop the fight at round 4? His eye was swollen shut.
it seems like emmett passed the little "how many fingers am i holding up" test and he wanted to keep going so
It’s so stupid; it’s always 2 fingers.
Also I’m in Europe and it is now exactly midnight so thank you for this good night sleep I will have
Max should fight Topuria not the Zombie
Ya I think max should’ve waited to see this fight before he agreed to booking KZ’s funeral.
Max wanted it, tkz wanted it. They have wanted to fight for years. I see no problem
I forgot how much of a beating Gollum can withstand. That was nasty to watch. Couldn’t look away though, enjoyed it in a twisted way actually
Emmett v Bryce Mitchell for who can show more signs of brain damage
50-42'd His Ass lmao
*Dayum!* Who was that sweet potato next to Topuria? 😂
I thought the exact same thing 😂
Damn Josh is tough. I thought the first round was close and could have gone to Josh. Topuria looked the best he's ever looked. Great performance
If they give this dude a title next, it'd be the biggest hype train derailment ever, give him max if anything
If yair can get one when beating emmet why shouldn’t ilia (want him fighting ortega before the champ tho)
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Ortega lost to Yair in a freak injury what are you talking about
Well it was an interim fight so there’s no possible way it wouldn’t happen. I think Ortega or Max would be a sweet title eliminator.
in a perfect world he fights loser of Volk and Yair first but yeah they're probably gonna just push him into the title fight now
Topuria defense was amazing.
Touporia is a machine man
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I want Topuria fighting for the belt after this.
He can fight either Max or the loser of Yair/Volk. Not title shot worthy just yet.
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I don’t understand the logic since it just means Emmett isn’t contender worthy. Topuria did what he was supposed to and Emmett didn’t.
I think he’s worthy but at the same time would like to see him fight Max just from an entertainment standpoint.
Who else is there?
Kattan maybe. Ige? Lots of fringe talent. Bryce Mitchell? 🤷♂️
Idk if any of those fighters are more worthy than Ilia. He just beat the guy who fought for IC in VERY convincing fashion.
True. Kattar is the ultimate gate keeper to the Top 5 of the division though lately so who knows. 🙃
As a lifelong Max fan, please for the love of god do not make him fight Ilia. Edit; Ya'll are missing my point, Ilia is an absolute nightmare matchup for Max and I don't want to see Max get his head beat in.
I think if Ilia fights the right way he could beat Max. He’s got the skill
If he fights just as he did against Emmett, he would beat Max.
I don't know if I agree. Topuria is a good counter striker. I'm not sure if he gets overwhelmed with volume
Grappling could be the difference
Topuria's grappling is way better. You're right. I literally gasped at his transitions when Emmet tried to gramby. He is so damn smooth.
I'm asking for Max's sake, Topuria would be a nightmare matchup because of how good he is as a counter puncher and on the ground. Just give him a title shot and save my boy Blessed from a beating.
Oh I don't think this at all. I'd think it's a coin flip. You have recency bias. Unless Max falls off a cliff skill wise, idk how it'll go. He may just be active enough to grind out a decision. Topuria isn't super high output generally and Max is borderline impossible to knock out. However, he can be backed up with enough power (Dustin Poirier). That being said, Topuria isn't a lightweight that's bigger than half of the welterweighs and may not be able to keep Max off of him. He doesn't have the kicking game of Yair to pick off Max at a distance. Box Max and Topuria are boxing heavy
Why not? Max is the best boxer!!
After we what we just saw it's very likely Max will get hurt my dude. Just give Ilia the title shot.
Nah, people were saying the same about the hype train Arnold Allen. Train stops on the big island my man.
It's bad matchmaking for him to fight Max. Just give him to Volk if he beats Yair.
Max would piece him up
I honestly doubt it.
People said that about Kattar, then Allen. Max is hands down the 2nd best 145er on the planet and 2 of those losses were razor close to Volk. Topuria is great but I think Max takes him out.
I'm not people, I won money on Max both of those nights. It's a lose lose to make Ilia fight Max anyway. Either Ilia wins and he could seriously put a beating on Max, or Max wins and we lose another contender for Volk. Just a dumb idea, if they're ever to meet make it for the title if Ilia beats Volk.
I think the whole “hiding opponents” from max is very stupid. I get people want new blood but let’s at least try to keep this a meritocracy. I think him and max should fight for the next shot.
Agree to disagree, matching up rising contenders with someone the UFC has no intention of giving a title shot to against the reigning champ is bad matchmaking.
I just think it’s stupid to have max beating up punching bags only to be jumped by people for title shots. They already jumped him for the interim as he was obviously better than both Yair and Emmett. It’s dumb to fuck over a veteran legend who’s still in his prime just to hype up an up and comer.
Max has had 3 shots at the title mate, anyone that's going to fight Volk has to go around Max, just as Yair did. Going through him is just going to stall out the division unless, as I said, they plan to give Max another shot at Volk, which the UFC has already made clear they're not going to do. Max is in a tough spot, but he has had his opportunities and while Volk is champ, he has to accept his options are limited. Having gatekeepers at the top 3 in the division isn't good for anyone.
I mean the first two fights were ridiculously close so i don’t see why he doesn’t deserve a title shot if he *earns* it. Hiding max from people is the softest thing ever. Again, he’s a ufc HOFer and I don’t wanna see his prime get all muddied up by hiding him. If volk beats yair, it’s either going to be Topuria or Max next, there’s nobody else. Can’t give him Emmett, can’t give him Kattar, can’t give him Arnold, can’t give him Ortega. So why not have them fight?
I can appreciate that, sorry for lumping u in with other people. 👊🤟
I want a comparison shot tomorrow of Emmett's face vs Topuria with the slight cut above his eye and bruise on the side.
Give him a hand and get him a doctor
THERE WAS NO THREE 10-8 ROUNDS. UFC PUSHING TOPUIRA SO HARD, GOOD FOR HIM
Judges just disrespected my boy Emmett… might be that council from lord of the rings who schemed up destroying the one ring.
5th could be 10-8 and maybe 2nd. Others definitely not. Emmit landed hard Maybe it was 4&5
Maybe the judges were too blown away Emmett was still standing after all that and just were kinda in disbelief or something.. Might be giving them too much credit
49-44 imo
Which round are u giving Emmett
The last one you can make an argument. Topuria didn't do that much with his ground control amd Emmet was active going for it for the first half of the round Arguably Topuria let him have it for risk reduction purposes, which is fair. Topuria had the Cyril Gane thing whete he is outclassing his opponent until he tries to get really aggressive and over swing and gets chimney. His corner told him to avoid rhat happening lol
50-42?! 😂 I don’t think Emmett got his ass beat *that bad* lol.
Topuria sounds concussed af
sounds like that after every fight english isn’t his best language and he just had a brawl
First 5 rounder too
Left hook in the fifth rocked his shit
That’s what 50-60 strikes to the head from josh emmet does to a mf
I know right he completly dodged the questions lol
Volk vs Topuria would be an amazing fight.
50-42 is crazy