GDT: UFC 298: Volkanovski vs. Topuria

[Neutrinos]

Would love to see Topuria vs Yair Rodriguez

 

[Avs_19]

Exactly like he said he would. Topuria is ridiculous.

Gotta feel for Volk.

 

[SoundwaveIsCharisma]

Father Time remains undefeated

 

[Bunk Moreland]

I want Topuria to go full heel

 

[Taytro]

Islam cracked Volks chin last time out and it looks like that will be an ongoing issue since he's not getting any younger.

Great performance from both guys but it didn't look like too big of a stage for Ilia. He was calm, collected, and composed. This opens up a ton of options for the division and makes it more exciting.

 

[Tobias Kahun]

Holloway might get another chance at the belt I guess

 

[pistolpete11]

Young eats old, the way of the fight game

Ain't it the truth.

 

[Avs_19]

Max should pull out of that Gaethje fight. I’m only half joking.

 

[Mickey Marner]

Conor is too big for that cut

 

[Taytro]

Wild to think Topiuria is 10 years younger than Volk and has been training for this longer. Ilia been training for 20 years, since he was 7 and Volks been training for 13 years, since he was 22.

Going to be hard pressed to find someone who has been at the game longer than him.

 

[pistolpete11]

Max should pull out of that Gaethje fight. I’m only half joking.

Topuria-Max the UFC 300 main event

Give Gaethje the Islam fight in June or whatever.

 

[Davimir Tarablad]

Does Volk get the rematch?

Connor callout is hilarious, dude's weight cut for 155 now is probably harder than his 145 cut was back in the day

 

[Chaels Arms]

Max should pull out of that Gaethje fight. I’m only half joking.

That fight hasn't made any sense to me anyway other than the UFC being desperate for a fun "title" fight for 300.

Holloway vs. Topuria would be fantastic too.

 

[Deadpool8812]

Why would he call out McGreggor? He can't cut to 145

 

[Avs_19]

Really feel for Volk. Hated hearing about the tough place he talked about being in with the drinking and such. Hopefully he handles this better.

 

[pistolpete11]

Does Volk get the rematch?

Connor callout is hilarious, dude's weight cut for 155 now is probably harder than his 145 cut was back in the day

That's a tough one. His record says 'of course' but he just had his lights shut out in pretty devastating fashion.

 

[Tobias Kahun]

That's a tough one. His record says 'of course' but he just had his lights shut out in pretty devastating fashion.

2 knockout losses in a row.

Volk should take lots of time off

 

[Davimir Tarablad]

That's a tough one. His record says 'of course' but he just had his lights shut out in pretty devastating fashion.

I think it depends on what sort of turnaround Topuria wants and how much time off Volk wants given he's now been finished twice in a row.

Holloway booked for April leaves him unavailable for a while, so likely the winner of Yair/Ortega makes sense if Volk wants time and Topuria wants to fight.

 

[pistolpete11]

2 knockout losses in a row.

Volk should take lots of time off

He should, but if the division moves on, he's probably not getting a rematch in his return fight. So then he'd have to win 1. He could be pushing 37 by the time he gets back to a title shot...if he gets back to a title shot.

 

[I am not exposed]

Anyone hear Rogan say this was the most hyped he's been for a fight (between Volk and Topuria) ever.

he will say the same thing at UFC299 for one of the fights I'm sure....

 

[I am not exposed]

I want Topuria to fight Paddy. Just so Paddy gets knocked out and then he can never say scousers don't get knocked out!

 

[MMC]

 

[I am not exposed]

Holloway goes to lightweight and fights for a stupid belt. He should actually fight Topuria instead. I think he might match up better against Topuria than Volk did.

 

[MMC]

Watching these fights in person I thought Costa and Neal both got robbed

 

[BGDDYKWL]

It's a tough sport. Volk found himself in an almost identical exchange earlier in the fight and clinched Ilia's head, this time he got sloppy and threw an off balance sort of counter hook and paid the ultimate price. Easy for me to say sitting on a couch but you gotta know the second you get in a phone booth exchange with Ilia you gotta either clinch, or cover up and circle out.

Volk is certainly deserving of an immediate rematch, and this probably isn't even fair, but I feel like the Islam loss hurts his case. It's just bad optics. He's the greatest FW of all-time, but he's coming off two short finishes.

I had a feeling Whittaker would get rocked but win a 29-28. Didn't think it would be that perfect and that flush of a kick though. Unbelievable he was able to survive that.

Merab really feels like Khabib at 135. I'm not a big O'Malley fan so I hope after he beats Chito we see him and Merab.

Obviously Ilia's Conor call-out won't come to fruition, but it popped into my head as well just because they both have power that 45ers just don't possess. I can't see Ilia losing to anyone outside of a Khabib/Merab type fighter.

This was the best card for me in quite some time.