Ilia Topuria: “I am focused on Makhachev and Oliveira, but neither seems to dare”

The next challenge of Ilyia Topuria, just baptized as ‘La Leyenda’, seems not to be confirmed. While everything seemed aimed after vacantly leaving the pen weight belt (145 pounds or 65.8 kilos), negotiations seem to be delaying more than due. Everyone has a clear duel in the head, Islam Makhachev. This is the logical option, since Topuria seeks its Second belt. Even so, the Russian team is not facilitating negotiations, claiming that the Hispanic-Georgian must first have a contender fight.

Therefore, another option that Ilyia Topuria and her team Barajan is that of the Brazilian Charles Oliveira. However, this does not seem to want to beat with the legend, because he considers that he is the legitimate contender and only the Belt fight. Given all these doubts, the Hispanic-Georgian fighter, has talked about his future at the press conference of the Wow 17an event that will be held this Saturday in Madrid by hand of the Spanish company, of which Topuria is part of the shareholders and is its visible face.

«I prepare for Makhachev. All my training are focused for Islam or Charles, because I don’t see any other opponent. Neither seems to dare», Said the athlete for ABC MMA. In addition, he criticized his two possible rivals commenting that “then they have as phrases like a champion fight with the one they tell him and after ‘I do not want to fight with him because he is small …'”. Given this, he replied that he has already changed category but still without accepting it, achancing it to what they are «Symptoms of fear».

Although everything is still in the air, Topuria’s intentions are clear: he will fight or with Islam Makhachev or Charles Oliveira. In the hands of the UFC, the responsibility of organizing the complicated situation of the 155 pounds, before June 28. This is because on that date the UFC 317 will be held, an evening to which the Hispanic-Georgian, Makhachev and Oliveira point. There are many in the tail of the belt, but only one can fight for him. Time will end up dictating sentence, but at the moment the ex -champion of the weight weight You already have your eye on two goals.