Who would win in a battle between prime Conor McGregor and immediately’s Ilia Topuria?
Throughout his heyday, there have been few fighters extra charismatic and dominant contained in the Octagon than McGregor. On the peak of his profession, he earned wins over notable names like Max Holloway, Eddie Alvarez, Dustin Poirier, and Nate Diaz. And, in fact, you’ll be able to’t point out ‘Mystic Mac’ with out acknowledging his legacy because the UFC’s first-ever simultaneous two-division champion.
Sadly, McGregor’s days on the high of the MMA sport appear to be lengthy gone. Now, it’s Ilia Topuria’s flip.
El Matador’ has turn into one of many largest names within the sport immediately, successful each the featherweight and light-weight world titles and stacking up wins towards future Corridor of Famers like Alexander Volkanovski, Charles Oliveira, and the aforementioned Max Holloway.
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So, if we might one way or the other match up 2015 McGregor with 2025 Topuria, who would come out on high?
“I’ll be sincere with you, I’m an enormous fan of Ilia,” Lobov told Bloody Elbow. “You realize, his model is unimaginable. you recognize, he’s unimaginable hanging, very ballsy, you recognize, he fights aggressively, you recognize, is available in fearless, you recognize, good wrestling. It’s I put him up very very excessive up there. I nonetheless do assume, if I’m actually sincere, I could be slightly bit biased, however I do assume that of their prime, Conor nonetheless, I feel, edges it, you recognize, he was simply actually … Simply watching Conor like in his prime was unimaginable.
“Simply untouchable, you recognize, and I watched him in trainings, you recognize, I annihilate and annihilate, you recognize, like 5 guys in a row one after the other, you recognize, all of them coming in contemporary, together with me and him not even respiratory heavy. Like he was only a killer, you recognize. So for me, as I stated, I’m in all probability biased, however for me, it’s arduous to think about anybody doing something to to that nook, you recognize. I really feel that Connor might have guess everybody that that’s, you recognize, for me, he might have guess even Mayweather and and Khabib, you recognize, uh that nook.
“Um, however Ilia might be a really shut second to me. Proper behind Connor, proper behind be behind high degree Connor, you recognize. Um, however proper now Ilia is the very best. There’s there’s no query about it. He’s the primary man now. And yeah, he’s he’s he’s so dominant and so thrilling to observe and yeah, I really like watching his fights.”
To be honest, Lobov could also be slightly biased, contemplating his previous friendship with McGregor, although there’s clearly no love misplaced between the 2 after Lobov filed a multi-million dollar lawsuit towards the Irish megastar.
