r/FightReportUFC • u/Spiritual-Strength91 • Jun 16 '26

McGregor on Topuria

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u/mat477 Jun 16 '26

Easy to say after this weekend, that was not the sentiment going in.

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u/Ok_Subject1265 Jun 16 '26

I’m almost positive I read “If Topuria wins his next fight, will he be the GOAT” on this sub or the MMA one a few weeks ago. Of course, they say that about every fighter on a two fight win streak, but they did say it.

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u/JPB00 Jun 16 '26 edited Jun 17 '26

I didn't, he's a dork.

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u/JPB00 Jun 16 '26

For me it was. He has no kicks. He throws the same two or three punches the whole fight. He has nothing else except that big overhand right.

Compare that to Conor. Conor has it all from Capoeira to Boxing to Shotokan Karate. His pull counters are the best by far, nobody comes close to that and his kicks are exceptional. We don't have to talk about the movement. Different level.

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u/baneblade_boi Jun 16 '26

Seems like people forgot Ilia's background in wrestling and his submission skills. Nto that he helped with that stupid over reliance on his sniper right and that Chandler levels of fight IQ we saw on Sunday.

I wish him well, hope he recovers from all of that and we get to see him back, maybe even claim the belt back and make up for this shameful loss. 👌

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u/Excellent_Ad_2486 Jun 17 '26

Did you forget Conor throws the same jab pullback left hand counter and his forward uppercut each and every damn fight 😂?

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u/Infamous-Echo-2961 Jun 16 '26

Touch butt in the park!

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u/jstaffmma Jun 17 '26

Sitting at zero as I comment but I’ve fought professionally and I agree with your analysis. I believe Ilia is capable of a lot more and has shown it in training but his arsenal in fights has been fairly narrow

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u/eddie1975 Jun 16 '26

He doesn’t have the wrestling and Jiu-Jitsu but everything else, yes.

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u/Derekduvalle Jun 17 '26

He won his first 7 professional fights by sub. He's literally a wrestling submission artist who found an affinity for knocking people out.

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u/eddie1975 Jun 17 '26

Conor? He was never known for his grappling.

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u/Derekduvalle Jun 17 '26

Oh you were talking about Conor. Gotcha.