Good prediction @cabron and you are right. Topuria finished it quick in the 3rd round and Chimaev did the same but faster in the very 1st round. These two guys are really scary, they are both unbeaten for a reason and they have the skills and talent to prove it.
My mistake though, I changed my mind at the last minute and placed my bet for Holloway. The offer was so sweet that it was difficult to pass, it was an opportunity to make some good profits but it was a mistake. My first prediction was right that those two guys will not be defeated just yet.
Anyway, that was a great fight, I enjoyed it very much.
It's not really my prediction. I just read the comments from the videos I watched I think it was from the Weasle.
The offer is indeed tempting, and a lot of people still believe Max will defeat Topuria because he has been very tough. Tough chin and no one has KO'd him yet, at least that's what I thought until Topuria came.
It's good that you changed your mind. I did what I said and made a dinner bet on Max Holloway and I lost, I don't regret it because it was a fun fight night.
What I'm wondering is if Max Holloway had gone when Ilia called at the beginning of the fight, would anything have changed? I don't think so, the bastard hits very hard.
When he hit Volkanovski with the same shot, he easily broke him too.
Ilia's boxing is amazing. My favorite boxer always was Dustin Poirier but now I think that I like Ilia more. You know what I like in him as a fighter? Doesn't matter which round it is, if Ilia catches his opponent, he will start boxing with a rapid speed and force, you will never notice that he is tired, he is super fast with his boxing and strikes like an iron.
It was really an incredible thing to happen. I honestly didn't expect it, but it was a risk that I ended up taking. I just needed it to go to the 4th round, but it didn't work out very well! In any case, it was an excellent card, a card to break myths and create legends.
Who could have expected? I was definitely expecting a win by decision but knocking him out? C'mon, everyone thought that there was no way. By the way, Ilia is really becoming a rockstar. His trash talk is a Temu/Alibaba version of Conor McGregor but Ilia really backs up absolutely every of his words. Absolutely every trash talk he said, they exactly happened. He is turning himself into a superstar and I believe he will be one of the greatest of all time, he will be better than Khabib. He will be the ultimate champion of the UFC that no one will be able to surpass for a very long time.
So Ilia is already promoting big tech companies such as Alibaba. Thats cool. Social media people thought he was too confident but they also said he was just telling the truth. We may really be seeing him defending the title for awhile.