Ilia Topuria isn’t letting Terence Crawford management the dialog.
The UFC light-weight champion is at present embroiled in a verbal back-and-forth with Crawford, the undefeated boxing famous person coming off of a career-defining win over Canelo Alvarez this previous Saturday. Forward of that struggle, Crawford and Topuria traded verbal barbs, with “El Matador” claiming he expects a quick knockout of Crawford ought to they ever meet within the ring.
Crawford appeared to throw refined shade at Topuria by coming into to the music Canción del mariachi for his struggle with Alvarez. That music has additionally been utilized by Topuria for his UFC walkouts.
“You say you’re an MMA fan however you don’t even know who I’m,” Topuria wrote. “Fascinating. The primary time we met you advised me ‘Good luck this week together with your struggle.’ Your reminiscence fails you and shortly your chin will too.
“I’ll signify your entire MMA neighborhood. Pound-for-pound No. 1 in actual fights vs. the pound-for-pound boxer.”
Topuria not too long ago grew to become UFC light-weight champion with a shocking first-round knockout of Charles Oliveira in June. Previous to that win, Topuria received and efficiently defended the featherweight title as soon as, knocking out future Corridor of Famers Max Holloway and Alexander Volkanovski. His file stands at 17-0.
Within the UFC’s official rankings, Topuria sits at No. 1, whereas he’s one spot behind Islam Makhachev at No. 2 within the MMA Preventing Pound-for-Pound rankings. Crawford is usually talked about within the dialogue for boxing’s pound-for-pound finest, together with the likes of Oleksandr Usyk and Naoya Inoue.
