After successful the UFC Honors award for Knockout of the 12 months 2025, Ilia Topuria has made one other daring prediction.
Topuria’s first-round KO of Charles Oliveira at UFC 317 was chosen because the Knockout of the 12 months 2025 below the UFC Honors sequence.
Final yr, ‘El Matador’ and ‘Do Bronxs’ fought for the vacant light-weight strap. The 28-year-old who had relinquished his featherweight throne again then for two-division glory had predicted that he would knock out the Brazilian chilly in Spherical 1, and it materialized.
At UFC 317, after a short grappling trade, each fighters determined to face and commerce. When within the pocket, Topuria linked with a left hook. Oliveira tried to fireplace again and compromised his guard. Inside a second, Topuria countered with a crisp proper hand and instantly adopted with a left hook that was sufficient to ship ‘Do Bronxs’ to the shadow realm.
Topuria plans to ship comparable spotlight reel finishes in 2026, when he returns to struggle the winner of the UFC 324 headliner. He posted on X:
“The award for the most effective knockout of the yr in 2026 will even be mine 🌹”
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Earlier than defeating Oliveira and capturing the vacant 155-pound throne, ‘El Matador’ confronted Max Holloway and have become the primary man to knock out ‘Blessed.’ Earlier than that, he additionally knocked out Alexander Volkanovski at UFC 298 to assert the UFC featherweight title.
Ilia Topuria believes he can knock out Arman Tsarukyan “Straightforward”
Throughout a current Q&A session on X, a fan requested Ilia Topuria if he may knock Arman Tsarukyan out. Topuria replied, calling it “straightforward.”
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Topuria, nevertheless, has no intention of preventing the primary UFC light-weight contender.
Many followers and analysts consider Tsarukyan’s relentless, backpack-style wrestling may neutralize Topuria’s hanging and presumably result in an upset. That’s why some assume ‘El Matador’ is hesitant to take the struggle.
