Ilia Topuria added another legend to his incredible series Knockouts on UFC 317.
Topuria climbed to the top of the pound-for-pound list after winning three consecutive title fights against some of the biggest names of the sport.
'El Matador' treated his empty lightweight title fight as a formality before he entered the octhoek and did exactly what he said he would do by putting Charles Oliveira in the first round.
With a 17-0 record, nobody was able to solve the puzzle who presents the undefeated champion, but a former opponent of him believes that he saw a potential weakness in Las Vegas last weekend.
Alexander Volkanovski has no intentions to walk back at this stage with Topuria, but if the fight happened, he would approach it differently.
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Alexander Volkanovski believes that Charles Oliveira's grab attempts had an effect on Ilia Topuria
On UFC 298, Ilia Topuria became the featherweight champion by putting Alexander Volkanovski in the second round to put an end to the incredible title line of his opponent.
Volkanovski has since recovered the title and although at a certain stage there was a second time opposite him to 'El Matador', this was once his former enemy dropped the rip of 145 pounds to move a division.
During a recent performance on the flagrant podcast, 'The Great' was asked how he would change his approach for a rematch.
Volkanovski immediately joked, after he had been eliminated for the first time that he would struggle more if he got another chance.
Volkanovski also believes that because of a moment in the fight of Topuria with Charles Oliveira, this can be a potential error in the lightweight champion that has not yet been exposed.
“You want to see what is going to happen to his gas tank … We want to see the gas tank. See what happens there because I thought Charles when he pulled him down and forced the wrestling and wrestling, I felt that it started to wear a bit on the top and when he kept him at the top.” I am going to wait 30 seconds, take my breath back. ” '
At the same time, Volkanovski admitted that this is much easier said than done because of the power that Topuria possesses as soon as you get close to him.
“You want to catch him because he also wants to bind himself, but there is a danger that he lands too.”
Ilia Topuria laughed at the idea to fight for a second time against Alexander Volkanovski after UFC 317
After winning the lightweight title, Ilia Topuria focuses on various opponents with whom he has never had to deal with.
There are some huge fights with 155 pounds for the new champion who also wants to test himself at a certain stage of his career at Welterweight.
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'El Matador' clearly has no plans to return to featherweight, but at the press conference after the fight after UFC 317 he was asked if he would be open to a rematch with Alexander Volkanovski in lightweight.
Topuria rejected the idea with the kind of cold -blooded line to which fans were used to the unbeaten star.
“No, no, no, no. We don't want to do that.”