Despite taking a hiatus from the UFC, Ilia Topuria has sent another warning message to Islam Makhachev and his team.
Not long ago, it was announced by UFC boss Dana White that lightweight champion Ilia Topuria is taking some time out from the sport to deal with ongoing personal matters.
And although an interim title fight has been put together, ‘El Matador’ recently teased that his comeback fight may not even take place against the winner of Justin Gaethje vs Paddy Pimblett.
The Spaniard continues to call for a welterweight title fight against Islam Makhachev, hoping to settle their longstanding feud in the sport.
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Topuria threatens to ‘step on’ Khabib Nurmagomedov in latest message to team Makhachev
Throughout their feud, several members of both teams have also found themselves involved in it by association.
And in Topuria’s latest message to the Makhachev team, he has threatened to ‘step on’ Makhachev’s head coach, Khabib Nurmagomedov.
“I consider my strong point to be on the ground, but lately I’ve accepted that it is not what the public wants to see, although with Islam perhaps it is something that the public wants to see,” Topuria told Eldo Berdan MMA.
“To dominate him standing up, to give him three or four punches in the spot where I have to hit him, and then to submit him in front of Khabib and if he wants to pass, I’ll gladly step on his head too,” he continued.
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