Ilia Topuria will appear at UFC 317 to compete for a light championship with Charles Oliveira. Earlier, the audience was looking forward to a super battle between Topuria and Islam Makhachev – the king of light -ranked light that gave up the title to sell Chinese. This is also the reason why Makhachev continued to target the public opinion in the direction of the direction “Hear, afraid of Ilia Topuria”.
However, Umar Nurmagomedov – Makhachev's teammate offered another information. It all stems from the business trip of Hunter Campbell – Vice President of UFC to Dagestan in May. According to Umar, the Islam Makhachev's ranking is absolutely not the will of the Russian boxer or fear of Topuria, but the UFC intention.
“He (Hunter Campbell) came to meet Islam. He was a very focused person, who organized Khabib – Conor. I don't know if I can talk about this, they want to be Islam. The match. “
“The plan is that if Belal won, Islam will protect the light belt, before Topuria, in a light level. But now Belal no longer holds the belt, Islam wants to go to sell Chinese, to become a double-champ. Islam did not want to leave the belt – he still wanted to fight in a light level. Islam can take the semi -semi -class belt (170LBS) and then return to lightly and hold both titles. “
The problem lies, the above statements of Umar Nurmagomedov will not be verified by UFC, Hunter Campbell or Dana White, and from there argue will continue.
Ilia Topuria was light and continued to put pressure on the controversy, with a title match against Charles Oliveira at UFC 317. Previously, the Georgia puncher announced the Islam Makhachev “fake” because he ranked opportunities, like the way he was doing.
“Islam is the most fake moral I have ever met. He said he didn't want me to give me a chance because I was a small guy. And now that kid wants to find a similar opportunity with Jack Della Maddalena, as I am working in a light level.”
“I bet everything on the negotiating table, and they fled. Why do you have to chase him? If someone runs away from you, you don't need to bully them anymore. I don't want to fight those who don't want to fight me.”