Former two-weight divisional champion and newly minted UFC Hall of Famer Daniel Cormier has spoken highly of featherweight contender Ilia Topuria. The Spanish Georgian continues to make waves in the 145 lbs division. Most recently beating #5 Josh Emmett in a five-round dismantling. Topuria now looks forward to the title picture.
Edging closer and closer to the ultimate goal. Many in the MMA world are beginning to take note of the talents of Topuria. With his previous beef with Paddy Pimblett seemingly now out of the question. His in-cage skills are drawing favourable attention as opposed to his out-of-cage antics.
Daniel Cormier Talks Ilia Topuria
The latest to heap heavy praise on the now fifth-ranked Featherweight is Daniel Cormier. Speaking with Megan Olivi on the ESPN YouTube channel. DC gives his immediate reaction to UFC Jacksonville, having the following to say.
“He’s young. He’s like 25 years old or 26 years old. He hasn’t fought much,” continuing “The only thing that you could even take as a negative was he didn’t do the fighter meetings because he was cutting weight. That’s literally the only misstep. He had to get his weight down, and that’s not really a misstep.”
On his fighting style, the Olympian had the following to say:
“You can’t judge him harshly in anything that he did over the course of the first main event week that he’s ever had. He’s calm. He’s collected. His demeanour outside of the octagon translates so well inside the octagon. He’s at the high guard, he’s in there, he sets everything up – he wastes nothing. This dude is just – he really is next-level and he is the evolution of mixed martial arts.”
Quotes via MMA Junkie
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