Ilia Topuria Makes Bold Claims About Jon Jones' Superiority Over Khabib Nurmagomedov And Islam Makhachev
The GOAT debate has kicked off once again, and this time, it dethroned Khabib Nurmagomedov from the discussions. Well, it might have been because of Ilia Topuria’s beef with Islam Makhachev
The featherweight champion has been asking for a superfight against the lightweight king for ages. But when it came to talking about his top 3 fighters in the realm of MMA,
We all know who it was. After all, Topuria wasn’t going to put a Dagestani on the top while beefing up with Makhachev.
Ilia Topuria names Jon Jones his 1, sparking controversy by excluding undefeated Khabib from his top 3, drawing heavy criticism from Khabib's fans and igniting debate in the MMA community.
‘El Matador’ said, “The first one has to be Jon Jones. You have to give credit to that man, because, to me too fun when I see people comparing him with the Dagestani guys, even with Khabib, or Islam, or that.
All the respect to all the champions. But for example, Khabib, he has how many, 14-15 fights in the UFC? Jon Jones have 15 title defenses.” Forgeard pointed out that ‘Bones’ has been reigning the Octagon for ages.
He was active since the time of Georges St-Pierre and is still active at the age of 37. On the other hand, most of the fighters who fought during GSP’s prime had already retired, except Jones. And that’s what cemented Topuria’s take on Jones as the #1 fighter of all time.
Things became even more troublesome for the Dagestani team as ‘El Matador’ talked about his hypothetical superfight against Islam Makhachev. Well, for now, the featherweight champ doesn’t have any fight announced.
But the fighting community likes to think that he would go up against Alexander Volkanovski for a rematch. Maybe after that, we might get to see the battle between the Dagestani and the Spaniard. However, there was one thing that concerned the fighting realm.