It is no secret that Ilia Topuria is incredibly confident, which occasionally led to some recoil from fans.
From Topuria who celebrated his UFC 317 victory before he had stepped to him, his social media bios changed in advance, 'El Matador' likes to make early predictions.
Last weekend he delivered exactly what he told fans that he would do, because Topuria Charles Oliveira put in the first round.
Claiming the empty lightweight title has now increased Topuria to pound-for-pound number one status, which have only been to the UFC for five years.
A few years before he would win the featherweight belt, the unbeaten star called his shot after one of the most impressive UFC title fighting in recent years.
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Ilia Topuria predicted that he would become UFC Vederweight champion after Alexander Volkanovski Max Holloway dominated
On July 3, 2022, Ilia Topuria shared his thoughts about what was going on UFC 276, which took place the day before to headline the International Vechtweek.
In the Co-Main event, Alexander Volkanovski saw his rivalry with Max Holloway closing in style by making a statement in their trilogy fight.
After Fans claimed that Holloway deserved to win their UFC 251 Rematch, the defending champion did not leave a room for debate on UFC 276, whereby a shutout victory was recorded on 'Blessed', many of which believe it is his best version in the octhoek so far.
At the time, Topuria was still on the ranks of the featherweight and he still had to stand opposite a ranked opponent, with 4-0 in the UFC with three consecutive knockout profits.
'El Matador' wrote on X that after looking at the near-floating performance of Volkanovski, it only confirmed that he would keep the gold of 145 pounds in the future, but fans were not so sure at this stage.
“People flatten your flat little freak.”
“Yes, win a top 10 first.”
'Better to prepare harder for your next fight … .. JAI [Herbert] Did you have on the ropes and you looked gassed … There are better hunters than Jai waiting for you, my husband … … '
'No fun. People bake you up. '
“Yes, maybe in 10 years when people retire.”
“Is the man now a stand -up comedian?”
“I like you Bro but Idk how you look at it and make that conclusion.”
My thoughts after UFC 276 … I will be a world champion at 145
– Ilia Topuria (@topuriailia) 3 July 2022
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Ilia Topuria would prove that his prediction is correct in the dentia of Alexander Volkanovski on UFC 298
It is remarkable that when Ilia Topuria began to seriously start to originate as one of the best featherweights in the world, Alexander Volkanovski remained at the top of the division.
Their paths would eventually cross on UFC 298 in February 2024, where again, 'El Matador' some fans on the wrong side Wreef with his daring predictions for the fight.
After he predicted in 2022 that he would become the featherweight champion, Topuria achieved this performance in Anaheim, California by stopping Volkanovski in the second round.
He would defeat the man that Volkanovski dominated on UFC 276, Max Holloway, in his first and only title defense before leaving the belt to go up.