Don't forget multilingual 👍🏼

@@misocriallo43795 Languages. Insane

And has more intelligently scathing talking points than Dominick Cruz could dream of. Straight-up ACCURATE verbal 10-6's - left and right, all the time. Dude is EVERYTHING he ever said he was. JUST like Khamzat.

Not to mention his connection to Madrid and Barcelona. Insane amounts of eyes

This is the man Ufc should be promoting. He legit has a chance to become the biggest star rn

He's EL MATADOR 🌹🇪🇸🥊

Conor gonna make 145 and fight Volk and Topuria on the same night. Yeeee

They are bulls at this point.

Correction the goat and second goat. Alex is goat and second max. Now topuria is the goat of it. Aldo not the goat of the division

Is that maxs bmf title or thr one he brought

Thx

awesome that his father went for it. My son is 4 years old, but this is how I intend on raising him. I trust him and his instincts. whatever he believes in himself and works very hard at, I will support him on that path. Fulfilling his passion and inner guidance mean more to me than any "outward societal accreditation".

Says the man hiding behind sunglasses indoors..................

@@SedriqMiers At least he didn't end up concussed & laying on the ground

@@SedriqMiers he also like to take the tea after beating legend ass, don’t forget it. Probably green tea

Yeah i heard it to😂. You try speaking a other language 😅

I mean the figurative language still works

Legend was born vs volk

Very well said my friend

I feel the exact same way man. I was personally routing for max, but I love how Ilia thanked God for it all

Holloway is your god?

He gona beat Islam and be the undesputed P/p champ ..

P/P king .. unbeaten champion 🐂

Hall and Mitchell are nobodies. Beating Volkanovski and Holloway was impressive. Finishing both of them was impressive. Volkanovski and Max have more skills and better chin, but Ilia has the speed and power advantage. The foot speed to reach opponents is not even mentioned, but that's equally impressive. Foot speed is what made Pacquiao a dynamic striker against taller and longer reaching opponents. Ilia doesn't have a chin that matches the speed and power though.

@@one4all885Volk and Holloway don’t posses more skills than Topuria in my humble opinion. Topuria is elite at boxing knocking out the best strikers and has elite wrestling and bjj as well. He’s levels above in striking and grappling than both. Absolutely insane fighter we are witnessing and not even in his prime yet.

How is Mitchell one of the best grappler

Mitchell has a great wrestling and Eddie hall never lose before he faces ilia topuria​@@one4all885

Genacvale giertdebi გვიხარია ვამაყობთ

Very proud of Ilia he is one of a kind and been a fan for a while. Love from America as well🫶🏽

Can you plz translate what he said to the russian reporter?

Congratulations! Topuria will be a champion for a long long time!

Respect to all Georgians from Chicago! You guys are warriors!

He beat the bmf

​@@OrlandoSHIESTYand beat him at his own game. Called him to the center but max declined

​@joshreyes4647 Max only stands and bangs after he mauls his opponents for 15 or 25 minutes straight and they're heavily damaged! I thought the bull had the el matador running scared! First second of the fight ilia said let's go blow for blow and max said nah I'm good braddah! 😂

He did everything he said he was gonna do😂

Thats the legit belt. He took that from whatever was left of max’s soul after that KO

No it's Topuria from Georgia 😂

@@minteherms6784 bruh... he gives respect FROM Uzbekistan

What " haters " ?

​@@Chino56751Max fans😅

@@Chino56751you must not have been on the internet the last couple months .

@@Manuel_Chinaski Wrong. What was there was understandable dislike of his faux cocky attitude-nobody was doubting he couldn't get it done

@@Chino56751plenty of people were but not a lot. Most knew the dangers of Ilia but there were a lot of doubters as well.

3 laughing emoji? It's not funny...

Lose*

​@@Ricky-yf1ruis funny brudah😂😂😂

​​​@@Ricky-yf1ruIt's funny 😂😂😂

Who's Joe?

I think its kinda gay you wanted Max to win. I actually couldn't figure this one out. So many thoughts on how this would go and thought maybe Max would have upset him. But you wanting Max to win makes me reaize you are a vote for Kamala. Its all good girl

I couldn’t agree more. I came into this fight wanting max to win and as a max fan. I left the fight still a max fan and also an ilia fan. I wanna see him put on exciting fights for years to come.

@@jakeharmon8767u good? Lmao

He is confident because he is very skilled and has more power than most. He is still very arrogant.

Straight truth. 👍

And Russian

He said after the win he didnt know what language to think in 😂

It's crazy🤯

Canelo is also a world champion. leave the short kings alone bruva. who hurt you?

He is not shorter than Volkanovski was He ?

“Quite” good 😂

@@XoXo475 probably conor wrote this hahaha. "good little fighter nothing special"

It is what it is brudda

You killing max haloway fans, have mercy

We found out Topuria hides behind sunglasses indoors.

@@SedriqMiers I think is due the lights and the flashes from the cameras.

I’m Mexican, so I wanted Topuria to win against max (whom I like very much), but now I want Diego to rep for Mexico and win against Ilia lmao

​@@meow_goated-d1w That will be hard for Lopez. I don't know if he can even pass Volk or Max

Haaa I hate to admit it but it’s true Diego is now the only hope

I thought it was a great next match up.

Or else, paddy fans... believe me 😂

turn doubters into believers🫵😂

We been saying this since he destroyed Bryce . Ilia has no competition except Islam

If you understand fighting, you would have known he was the real deal before the fight.

The REAL BMF

27 and still getting older

It’s insane this guy is only 4 years older than me and is on top the world. Ilia’s ceiling as a fighter seems endless

Facts

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Merab can do it

@@acebilagot6941😂

Muslim russian fan of Islam makhachev

​@thomascambrion4408 then they act like victims crying that everyone is biased against them.

How do you know he's Muslim? Don't be racist Thomas ​@@thomascambrion4408

@@michaelmaniloff9297 they're the most arrogant and entitled group of people but call themselves humble .

Cry​@@thomascambrion4408

😂 fr

🤣

He has the arc. So he's the main character fr.

Saludos hasta Argentina!

Yo veo en youtube a un argentino q se llama Dante Gebel buenisisisimo pero tela de bueno

Gracias hermanos españoles, saludos a toda España, los argentinos descendemos de ustedes (e italianos tb) y aquí estamos felices xq un campeón como este nos representa a nosotros también!!

​@@marcelaciuffo5728 a toda la gente que habla español jahahha ilia es grande su fortaleza nos inspira 🔥🔥🔥🔥

@@zero89-pc4eu claro q si...y más a los chicos y jóvenes q buscan un futuro en las mma...x eso Ilia es una inspiración y para los mayores como yo, amantes d las mma, es pura admiración y lo celebró, entre tantos brasileros, estadounidenses, rusos, etc., el nos representa a todos los hispanos!! Eso lo celebró y personalmente a él lo admiro como deportista y amante d las mma q soy!

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He also speaks with his fist 👊

I think he also speaks German

​@@alberr93 Which ones?

@@Alex-bd4ovGeorgian, Spanish, English, German, Russian

Way better than 155, the most overrated division. Max beats Gaethje at 155, Volk gives Islam his toughest fight. Ilia sleeps the guy that the 155ers couldn’t. I think Ilia gives Islam his toughest fight, but it’d be weird for Islam to fight so many featherweights. Ilia could just move to 155 permanently.

145 new best division I reckon max will move up to 155 tho and Volk will probably retire within 2 years

145 is an extremely shallow division Everyone outside of Ilia, Max, and Volk are extremely inconsistent or just vastly inferior fighters. Ilia has no real competition after beating the only two great fighters in the division. It’s all pushovers for him at this point.

They all just dead meat to El matador, whats the point, illia need to move up to face Islam or gaetjhe or olivera

​@@dogestranding5047 islam vs shavkhat before ilia

Yeah what was that about? Didn’t like the Georgian language being spoken so much 🇬🇪 ?

Do you know what he said?

@@zulpro9231 he said who bought this goober here, get him outta here

​​@@zulpro9231 Translators actually translated what he asked in the video but anyways - He asked Ilia why he was speaking about fighting in the streets while he didn't grew up in Caucasus(Region where Ilia, Merab, Islam etc. Are from) He said you was born in Germany and later you moved to spain why you bragging about fighting in the streets(kinda saying to Ilia that he knowns nothing about fighting in the streets)... he was kinda sarcastic about it, but little did he knew that Ilia was living in his country long enough to experience daily lifestyle of Caucasians at the time(Not now)..Ilia's home town named Rustavi, which at the time really was known for street accidents and fights and kinda stuff, as were most of the cities in Caucasus region... that's why interviewer spoke about Caucasus, he's Russian, which means he knows the tough mentality of Caucasians.. he prolly is Islam's fanboy while i think he may has been beaten by caucasians in the streets of moscow a lots of times...🤝 And the real sarcasm is that in Soviet Era, whole time, most feared in the streets always were Georgians and Chechnyans, so it's kind of a stupid to ask questions like that...

​​@@gegeshidzeYou are right, i will add that Ilia lived i'm Georgia 8 years before moving to Spain, in that time, they were in conflicts with Russia, Ilia said in a interview that he saw tons of friends diying. So, Ilia not only knows fights, he also knows war. That's why he had that violent encounter with Paddy Pimblet. (Paddy joked about the Georgians being invaded by Russians)

I think he will do it honestly . Islam isn't taking him down. Remember he has more submissions than knock outs

THATS SOMETHING I JUST DONT SEE.. AGAINST ALEX AND MAX I SAW THE KO EVENTUALLY COMING... THERES NOTHING ABOUT ILIA THAT SHOWS HE CAN DO ANYTHING TO ISLAM

@@PaulPyferthat’s a very casual take buddy

That could only happen by a miracle

@@PaulPyfercharles has more subs than literally anyone else in the ufc and islam didn’t care about going to the ground with him. he would takedown ilia 😂.

Ilia murdered him almost as badly as he murdered Jai Herbert and Bryce Mitchell lol.

9:44 -Ilo (affectionate Georgian version of ‘Ilia’), congratulations on your victory! All of Georgia is proud of you I want to confirm that. Since 2020, you used to send me messages predicting in which round you’d knock out your opponents, and this Tuesday, we already recorded an interview in person at the historic location of Abu Dhabi. What did you feel in those first moments after knocking out Max Holloway? -What did I feelt? Oh, I don’t know-it was a very emotional moment. To be honest,even though I had no doubts that this moment would arrive, that I’d be the first person to knock him out. But still, when you see it happening in reality, I don’t know… it’s incredibly exciting. You immediately realize: Volkanovski, Max Holloway-both knocked out in a single year. I don’t know, it’s such a greatest feeling. -In what moment did you realize that the knockout was coming? The first round passed, then the second round passed as well. -that the first round had gone by, but I had really hurt his leg with the calf kicks, and it was significant. Also, when I engaged in wrestling, I really turned things around He didn’t know if i was going to wrestle He didn’t know I would attack with kicks, which gave me more opportunities to land my punches better. I knew the moment would come when he would stop for a second, and then I would get the chance to execute my combinations. 11:16 -As a BMF title owner, Max Holloway, you offered in the first 10 seconds in Octagon to stand in the middle of the Octagon. We understand why he didn't stand in the middle of the Octagon with you. -We found that out in the third round lol

Thats for today i will do the rest in another time👍👍they talked A LOT lol

tysm bud ( from Indonesia )

Thank you so much!

From 1 to 10 how difficult is learning georgian compared to english and spanish? (I'm a native spanis speaker)

because Georgian journalists can't go to far wester countries that easily and yesterday's location was pretty close to Georgia so there were a lot of fans/journalists

Bigger Audience using Spanish & English. No disrespect intended.

​@@krs_ooneAbu Dhabi is not such a close location for Georgians.

@@Zurruza yeah its not comfortable driving distance😄 but I’m Georgian and trust me its easy to go to Abu dhabi vs say Mexico or Us because of visa requirements etc

Well deserved win but max was getting the better of most exchanges. that said Max still had a 2.5 rounds he would have had to slip ilias power

@@4IndieForevercaught? He literally built the entire momentum of Max ending up on the mat for a proper ref stoppage. His speed and timing was a “what the heck was that” moment for Max. There was zero luck in that.

​@@4IndieForeverslept him

​@@tylerhoneycutt4862 because max ran away but is ok, he still got ko

​@barnabyjones6793 holloway was landing

Actually he speaks 5 languages

@@gonzaloalcalde8561 that’s impressive 😳

In this press conference he spoke English, Spanish, and Georgian. He grew up in Germany so he surely speaks German. He says he speaks Russian but he seemed not to understand the question in Russian so idk Still 4 languages is hella impressive

​@@pantopia3518Probably he doesn't feel comfortable speaking russian.

@@pantopia3518oh i always thought they speak russian in georgia did not know it

Absolutely true, I think max is more of a threat to ilia than volk is

@@posintabook597 absolutely , max was piecing him up , you can tell by Ilias facial expressions , he started doubting himself for a minute there . Unfortunately its not the way to fight Ilia , if you keep moving away from him youre just gonna get clipped by that left hook. We need someone to bring the fight to Ilia . Unfortunately no good wrestlers in the division currently to give him a different kind of fight .

I'll hard disagree to that comment.

After 3 losses, 2 by ko? Come on

@@andrejdimitrovski5815 he was landing on ilia but its on record that ilia was up 2-0 in rounds on two scorecard and started landed more in the third leading to the ko... i dont get just cuz max also landed good shots and ilia shown damage on the face then its ohhhhhh max got it max got it. he rattled max a couple times and landed the harder shots

i knew before that just looking at max' style and how often max gets hit.

@@lowlowseeseeI don’t get how people didn’t see that

I didn't seem calm and Zen, accept in the sense your meaning 0% nerves or adrenaline. I saw total confidence and zero doubt, total presence and a look like there were the outcome was inevitable. But just relaxed, like he was going out for an open workout. It's an unmistakable look the very elite types have. Conor had it, and he was elite mentally, if not always in his game. And he always looked off before a loss, like before Nate, and before Khabib and Dustin.

Yes, you know everything

@@mvrcielxgoBecause Ilia also gets hit a lot people just overlook it because he wins fights His head was starting to snap back in the third round until he finally found the finish. His defense leaves a lot to be desired for a high level striker

Diego would gas out after rd 1 and get did worse 😭

Diego vs volk, winner gets the title shot 🤷‍♂️

my thinking.

​@@Dylan-xm8ey Diego is chaotic enough to roll the dice and have a chance. Volk will just run away till he gets KOd.

English is his 4th language after German, Georgian and Spanish 😂 His voice changes but I think it's same with Spanish.

Everyone is humble behind sunglasses indoors.

He speak humble to his country, speak confident to sell his persona in english, smart man

@0x how do you know he's humble in georgian?

Why would they be? Who do you mean haters? Mma fans expressing their opinions and your small minds viewing it as hate huh?

Yea

WELCOME TO THE MMA FANBASE

Very cocky...

​@@Technasmajust stop. We all saw how many haters Ilia had 😂

Алга

Facts,there was female journalist from Georgia who was asking Dana questions in English in post conference,her English is perfect,UFC should pay her to translate too

He speak in spanish there too

Even better!!!

of course.. mcgregor got one lucky shot on aldo and built his whole career on that..

Idk in terms of pure striking, but the fact hes also a great grappler definitely puts him ahead

I like both

If they strike. Mcgregor beats him he was so powerful and precise and ilia does get hit.

I loved him when I first heard him on the Ariel Hewani show for the Volk fight. I don't think he should move to 155-the size difference will neutralise him.

No, poatan

@@joseluisalvarez8648 lol 1 title defense beats Jon Jones, Islam, and Alex Pereira? 🤣

​@@chrisclark2583beats jones easily. Also beating the two goats of your weight class in a year is pretty cool

@@momo_f_awsome not just two in the weight class volk and max are top 15 all time. ilia is something different that we haven’t seen in years fr

@@eddybolanos-o3n I agree, although alot of people are still saying aldo is better all time

Nah average for us who were raised in europe with foreign parents

Why illia is on their team wrecking fake western christians. And speaking 4 languages is easy if you got an immigrant background in europe

I hate to agree with this comment because I love Volk but unfortunately it’s true…

Who deserves it more than Volk? Who in the division deserves it more?

​@@jellophantPerez is worth a shot

​@@jellophant move up and face Islam or gaetjhe or olivera

@@jellophant Movsar Evloev. 8 Fight Win Streak, undefeated, nearly same age.

i disagree. max is much stronger at 155. in there he weighs like 180 aat 155 weight. i want to see ALL the match ups but I respect the idea of not. there are only so many fights they have left

No he didn't. Kamaru Usman KO'ed Jorge Masvidal but didn't win the BMF belt. You can't win the BMF belt by knocking out the BMF champion.

Didn't bite the hook, well done.

Pin this comment and come back in 3 years

Topuria is not a Khabib, Makhachev, or Jones.

@@Image-X Yeah Khabib Makhachev ain't knocking out Max

Why do you think Islam had the chance to beat El matador?? It only need one 👊 to knock him down

Man, he's not beating Islam. It's not happening. Unless he ages him out-with his luck of activity

How much did you smoke?

Bro what

@@Amrgoateddd haha Khamzat broke robs jaw

@@Alejandrodorango huh

Cmon man..

He said mundane

Nah cause I howled 😅😭

“It feels like a Monday”

“usual, mundane” “yeah feels like monday” 😭😭 polyglot problems

it's an apt metaphor