Ilia Topuria vs Josh Emmett | FREE FIGHT | UFC 298

Summary

The transcript details a UFC fight between Josh Emmett and Ilia Topuria. It begins by introducing the fighters and setting the stage. Once the fight starts, Topuria takes control behind his jab and footwork, outboxing Emmett who swells up quickly. Topuria continues landing hard shots but Emmett shows incredible toughness, continuing to battle despite the damage. Late in the fight Topuria hurts Emmett badly with big strikes but can't finish him. Both fighters earn respect from the crowd for their performances. Ultimately Topuria wins a dominant decision, announcing himself as a rising contender in the featherweight division.

Takeaways

• 👊 The video describes an MMA fight between Josh Emitt and Ilia Topuria
• 😤 Emitt has a reputation for being extremely tough and never giving up
• 👌 Topuria excels at technical boxing behind an effective jab
• 🥊 Topuria lands heavy strikes and damages Emitt early on
• 🩹 Emitt's left ear severely swells up during the fight
• ⚖️ The fight remains competitive as Emitt continues swinging despite damage
• 💪 Topuria dominates most rounds but Emitt makes late charges
• 🩸 Emitt begins bleeding from cuts under his left eye
• 😱 Topuria badly rocks Emitt at the end of round 4 but can't finish
• 🏆 Topuria wins a clear decision victory after 5 hard fought rounds

Q & A

What strategies did Toria's corner suggest to deal with Emt's boxing style?

Toria's corner suggested he use kicks and takedown attempts to get Emt out of his comfortable boxing range.

How did Emt's stance and movement affect his ability to kick effectively?

Emt's wide stance and tendency to lean over his front knee made it difficult for him to kick well.

What aspect of Toria's defense was giving him an advantage?

Toria was doing a good job of rolling his shoulders to deflect Emt's big overhand rights and taking small back steps just out of range.

How did Toria set up the damaging uppercut in round 4?

Toria set up the uppercut by consistently landing an effective jab throughout the fight that allowed him to gauge the distance and timing.

Why did Emt's corner not want to stop the fight?

As an experienced fighter who has contended for the belt, Emt's corner gave him the chance to see the fight through as an indication of his veteran status.

What adjustments did Toria make in round 5?

Knowing Emt still had fight left in him, Toria switched to grappling instead of striking to minimize risk and run the clock.

How did Toria show patience in his performance?

Toria stayed disciplined in executing his game plan instead of forcing the action. He took openings as Emt gave them instead of overextending.

What statement did Toria make against a proven veteran like Emt?

By dominating a respected, durable opponent like Emt, Toria showed that he has arrived as an elite featherweight ready for top competition.

How did Emt embody the fighter spirit?

Despite facing a tough style matchup and taking lots of damage, Emt never quit trying to win and continued throwing power shots until the final bell.

Why do the commentators believe Toria could challenge Alexander Volkanovski?

They were so impressed by Toria's versatile skills and dominance of Emt that they think his ceiling is championship-level potential.

Outlines

00:00

👊 Round 1 Recap - Toria Lands Early, EMT Starts Kicking Late 🦵

Paragraph 1 recaps round 1 of the fight. Ilia Topuria presses forward aggressively at the start, landing heavy shots as Josh Emmett shells up defensively. Emmett starts having more success late in the round when he incorporates more kicks, disrupting Topuria's boxing rhythm.

05:02

😤 EMT's Toughness Displayed Despite Face Swelling 🤜

Paragraph 2 acknowledges Josh Emmett's physical and mental toughness, as evidenced by his willingness to fight through injuries and damage. It notes that Emmett wanted a more active schedule coming off his previous loss to continue improving.

10:05

👃 Topuria's Jab & Defense Difference Early 🥊

Paragraph 3 examines how Ilia Topuria's effective jab and defensive skills have neutralized Josh Emmett's offense in rounds 1 & 2. Topuria counters Emmett well after Emmett drops his hands following combinations.

15:05

😵 Late Surge From Bloody EMT Not Enough vs. Elite Topuria 🩸

Paragraph 4 documents Josh Emmett's late round 3 surge against Ilia Topuria, as Emmett starts landing more despite bleeding over his left eye. However, Topuria remains composed and continues outstriking Emmett overall with superior boxing.

20:08

⏩ Topuria Cruising With Jab, EMT Survives Onslaught 💢

Paragraph 5 covers Topuria controlling round 4 comfortably behind his jab, though Emmett survives a heavy onslaught after getting rocked by Topuria's shovel left hook. Topuria seeks calculated openings unlike Emmett's risky desperation.

25:08

🏆 Clear Win for Topuria; EMT Cemented as Game Warrior 💪

Paragraph 6 concludes that Topuria earns a unanimous decision win by outstriking Emmett. It commends both fighters - Topuria for his high fight IQ and Emmett for his unmatched durability. The win proves Topuria belongs among the elite at featherweight.

Keywords

💡Boxing

Boxing refers to the combat sport where two opponents use only their fists to fight each other. It is a major theme in the video as the commentators frequently discuss the boxing skills and strategies used by the fighters Ilia Topuria and Josh Emmett. They point out Topuria's effective use of the jab and counter-punching to outbox Emmett.

💡Takedown

A takedown is a martial arts and wrestling technique where one fighter takes down and pins their opponent to the ground. Takedowns are an important part of MMA but are rarely attempted by either fighter in this match, which focuses more on boxing and striking.

💡Uppercut

An uppercut is a punch thrown upwards with the fist vertical, intended to strike the chin or solar plexus. Topuria lands some powerful uppercuts on Emmett that hurt and knock him down at times.

💡Counterpunching

Counterpunching refers to avoiding an opponent's attack and immediately responding with your own punch. The commentators praise Topuria's effective counterpunching skills against Emmett's aggressive striking.

💡Striking

Striking means attacking with punches, kicks, knees, elbows etc. The video focuses heavily on the striking battle between Emmett and Topuria, who trade blows but Topuria lands more effectively.

💡Defense

Defense refers to the techniques and strategies used by a fighter to avoid being hit by their opponent's strikes. The commentators frequently note Topuria's superior defense compared to Emmett.

💡Combat

Combat means fighting or doing battle, especially in close contact. MMA fights like this one between Topuria and Emmett are combat sports involving continuous fighting and striking between opponents.

💡Knockout

A knockout refers to defeating an opponent by striking them in a way that renders them unconscious. Topuria aims for a knockout against the tough Emmett but is unable to get it.

💡Damage

Damage in MMA means the injuries inflicted on a fighter from their opponent's strikes. Emmett sustains far more damage from Topuria's strikes than vice versa.

💡Toughness

Toughness refers to the ability to withstand punishment and keep fighting through pain or injury. The commentators frequently praise Emmett's otherworldly toughness as he absorbs tremendous damage from Topuria but keeps battling.

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Transcripts

okay been over the rules you know

exactly what I expect listen to me all

times keep yourself protected when I say

stop you stop if you want to touch to it

now God

bless the most intense thing ever when

you get to the center they're like do

you want to touch you don't really know

what you want to do because you don't

want to like piss the guy off by not

touching so he kind of got to it's crazy

isn't

it super awkward in that moment let's

just put it that way it really is you

just want to fight already why are we

standing here in front of each other can

we do this

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now Josh shamid in Black pressing

forward ilot Topia shelled up in

red em it started really

quick a lot of times when you get these

young guys you got to show them right

away they don't belong seems like emt's

trying to do that with

Toria well also by doing that coming

first it gives Tor a feel of the the

speed the timing the power and tooro is

also making reads by eating those shots

on his arms you want to make him feel

like hey I will not take a back step to

you this is where I live and where I

operate you're trying to make your way

here right I think the weapons for toori

are going to be that left uppercut that

left jab and his left hook that lead

hand is so good for him obviously he's

got a great right hand as well but that

left hand I think is going to get

problems for EMT if he uses it a

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lot emit needs to be very careful with

lunging and on his blitzes he's got to

keep everything real tight because of

shots like

that

see and you saw already that tore has

made the read on emt's jab he came over

the top with the right hand over the top

of emt's jab when you see that land you

know he's got the timing of emt's lead

hand

now toodia rips the body and then

Retreats EMT repeatedly acknowledg

respectfully that Topia has excelled

being the hammer yep he's trying to make

him the nail tonight Josh trying to show

him that right away with the power shots

beautiful left hook there landed for

Emit he's got to be very careful dipping

his head though toia has a nasty

uppercut it's a big right hand for to

Poria perhaps the most significant

strike on either side thus

far yeah the difference in the punching

here is the hand speed and the

combinations when you see uh emit throw

it's hands speed and one big punch

whereas torya is able to get leverage on

two three

punches in the pocket good little shovel

uppercut there to the body by top Poria

emit just out of range with that

combination

Capia does a really good job of keeping

his hands in the right place always

uptight he's Landing that jab on Josh

already starting to see some swelling on

the left eye of

himit yeah that jab is going to get

everything going for

Toria and that is some pretty

significant swelling under that left eye

of Josh EMT he's been slipping a few

times tonight yeah he has he's just

throwing everything has little off

balance and look at the difference in

Striking with the balance from the way

the punches are being thrown all right

let's check in with the coach Dean

Thomas here at the two-minute Mark round

one you guys are absolutely correct

Toria is doing a great job of turning

this into a straight boxing match his

hands are in position and he's starting

to really look like a boxer out here if

I'm EMT I'm trying to get him out of

that position so I'm going to start

throwing kicks and shooting some

takedowns to get him out of that

position where he is comfortable so EMT

needs to do change some things up

and even if the takedowns aren't

successful Dean just give him something

to think just get him out of position

because he's in such a great position he

can't get his punches

off you know in the last fight Josh imit

got beat on kicks this time he's a

little behind on the

boxing y Rodriguez really took it to him

with all the body kicks early rightor is

doing that same thing with the hands the

toodia corner is preaching patience and

a high guard

he has really excelled early working off

that jab now the leg kick for

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Topia good for EMT to start letting

those kicks go just takes a lot of

energy and see how wide his stance is

and he's leaned over his L his front

knee and that's why it's so hard for EMT

to kick well Dean was right get the 40

out of thinking it's the boxing

match like that got to be throwing those

kicks That's

Heavy toia fast with the counter just

out of of range EMT swelled up pretty

quickly tonight we've documented all of

his trials and tribulations back in 2018

after the Jeremy stev fight had that

internal fracture of his orbital floor

multiple facial

fractures but this man is nothing if not

tough physically mentally and otherwise

one of the areas where Josh struggled a

little bit was not being able to be

consistent and active that's why he

wanted to get back in the Octagon quick

and keep a more busy schedule going

forward much better when he started

mixing in those kicks it made a huge

difference oh

yeah huge

difference all right both guys had their

moments in round

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one right here look at this calf kick I

mean you take out the base of EMT and

that's how you take away the power in

his hands and that just brushes the nose

so heavy those are the ones that hurt

picked up some of the swelling on emt's

face these Jabs and those got right

hands to the nose

Joey Rodriguez longtime boxing coach of

Josh

EMT imparting some advice there they

believe they can take advantage of a

lazy Topia

jab they feel like the jab is being

thrown just to set up the right uppercut

EMT had much more success to end round

one because he started to kick a little

bit cuz Toria does have a really boxing

heavy

stance

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there you him

reach and they feel like every time imit

steps right it makes theor a reset they

like

that they want him circling away from

the power of

ilot and EMT said in this fight he

wanted to utilize his footwork and

actually you're seeing him do that he's

C cing side to side he's not staying

just in the center it's actually Toria

holding the center and EMT circling side

to side lateral

movements both Fighters Landing there

numbers fairly cross more output from

emit thus

far slightly more accuracy and

efficiency out of

top great to have you with us for this

special UFC Fight Night on ABC John anic

Mike side Dominick Cruz and Daniel

Cormier we got three and a half to go

here in round two of a possible five

that would be new territory for ilot

toia hey what ilot toia does really well

is he just kind of cut you off as you

try to

Circle slight step to the left as emit

tries to go right slight step to the

left and now what he's doing he's

waiting for EMT to throw a combination

and he's just countering it with one

sharp on right away right after because

EMT tends to drop his hands after his

combinations and he sits there so Tor is

just countering when EMT touches him

that jab is

nasty jab in the cap kick sets up the

uppercut in the left hook coach did not

want emit to allow Toria to get away

with the leg

kicks he is fast old man I'm telling you

does appear to be a pretty significant

speed

discrepancy and what I sorry an it what

I'm seeing the biggest difference is the

in defense the defense is really what's

making the difference I mean torya is

just not eating the same shots that

we're seeing Emma eat so far he's

rolling his shoulders on those big

overhand rights he's kind of rolling his

shoulders and he's kind of rolling with

Josh's punch so when Josh hits him W he

hits him he's not taking the brunt of

the strike also that back step look how

he takes those double hop steps back

just out of range for EMT when EMT sits

down to fire he just takes one little

step back and makes EMT have to reach I

think what Josh just did on that last

combination the one prior to this one

when he went to the body is going to

really serve him well because right now

he's having difficult getting to the

head of theoria but just keep going to

the body the body doesn't move as easily

as a person moves their

head I would love to see EMT use his leg

kicks to set up his

hands throw the kick follow with the

hands because right now he's having a

hard time reaching Toria as Toria takes

that

back jab man that jab is nasty

toodia back to work on that lead leg of

em at 90 seconds to go in the round good

combination there Josh is slipping

because that front leg is beat

up oh oh heavy huge combination for the

Spaniards heavy shots landed nasty jab

man body shot coming oh nice trip and

that's the thing about em you put him up

against the wall and he will knock you

out if you're not careful we've seen it

before Michael Johnson can attest

Sly good connection there by EMT under a

minute now to go round two and the

reason Capo is less active is because he

doesn't waste anything everything he

wants to set it up before he goes he

won't just throw strikes to throw

strikes also he's fainting and we're not

seeing EMT faint yeah so The Fakes are

starting to get to EMT and you're seeing

that the f F the fake the fake and it's

getting him to bring his guard up see

like that and that adds up to open up

for the offense for Toria and you see

EMT with that mouth

open maybe tried to check a kick there

from

Toria that's what's missing for Emit

right now he's not faking before he lets

the hands go and that's allowing Toro to

just slide step

back that one see that slide step

beautiful back step right hand beautiful

technique that was nasty he hurt Josh

yeah Josh is hurt EMT forced to retreat

yet still throwing a bomb to try to turn

the tide oh my goodness he's hurt 10

minutes down potentially 15 to

go right here you see Josh lunging with

a combination ilot takes a short slight

step right lands a beautiful right hand

second right hand drop drops Josh then

the right hand here hurts IM it

again it's always in combination also he

doesn't throw one at a time he's doing a

fantastic job I mean he is making this

look easy this kid is very

good and he does not have the five round

experience of Josh EMT but man barely

sweating barely breathing heavy through

10 largely dominant minutes

yeah he is showing a level man that oh

Josh almost landed that big left hook

there

him oh that leg is damag EMT returns

fire some visible damage on that lead

leg of Topia as well

yep and the one thing you'll never

question is Josh emt's fighter Spirit y

he's going to keep giving himself a

chance so Toria is going to have to

continue to put it on him if he wants to

try to get him out of there oh yeah

emt's not going to give this away easy

at all this is going to be as hard as it

can be to get it he's going to have to

really take him out and shut his lights

off it is crazy though the inside of

Josh emt's left ear is like turning

black right now good old cauliflower ear

for those of you at home it's swelling

of the year to try to protect our brains

that's why that happens is that why that

happen cauliflower a yes Callis callus

of the head wow man I got to make sure

my cauliflower never gets worse no one

punches you DC pick them up and throw

them stop it I've been punched a lot of

times my

guy the corner of emit is telling him

he's got to move and he's definitely

moving oh emit almost in range for that

counter from Toria Em's got to be a

little tighter man he's overthrowing on

a lot and Toria is really just throwing

everything straight into the target the

difference of The Fakes you see how

Toria can slide in and slide out into

space nice hook good left hook from EMT

yep that's the thing that's the thing is

he does possess the power that at any

moment he can put you out so to respect

EMT at all times oh my goodness I I see

his ear D yeah it's gnarly that's bad

John yeah I can't recall seeing a visual

quite like that it looks like he's got a

a headphone in there yeah it's like he's

wearing one of those things that we use

to hear our people talking to us in the

truck right an ifb ifb

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yeah body shot look at that fakes how

he's moves his shoulder side to side and

nice jot by Topia to raise That Right

Guard yet again oh cut Josh oh nice J by

back and forth we

go it looks like Josh is bleeding now

cut over the right the left

eye his eyes

shut and like you said John is not even

breathing heavy

yeah oh that's a big right hand

Connection by EMT heavy you keep getting

hit like that by Josh IM though he's

going to put you down yeah it's getting

emt's hit connecting more and more as

the fight moves on and you cannot let

EMT connect no you just can't and early

on Toria was not allowing that to

happen but he also is stepping into the

fire trying to finish that's the other

thing he's taking risks taking damage in

order to get EMT out of there and that's

what EMT forces you to do if you're

going to get him out you got to take

risks yep numbers fairly close but much

more damage sustained by EMT

and also you got to get credit to TOA

he's not stepping off the gas at all

he's trying to get this finish and he's

making it a very fun that look at he's

staying in the pocket oh my goodness

nasty

hook and EMT staying offensive every

step of the

way

oh another nasty low cap

kick head strikes have really been the

story for ilot toia

tonight these boys are swinging yeah

yeah the jab is a huge difference too in

this I mean the jab of Tor has landed at

least double the jab of it and that's

how boxing offense gets started that's

how you find the calf kick everything is

found with range with that jab and

that's why toria's range is just a

little bit sharper than EMT so

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far I I feel like the jab is the story

oh it's been the story all night

yeah jab has been the opener for

everybody who's landed the heavy shots

well that's what started the swelling

right he landed a beautiful right hand

that kind of skirted across the eye and

then the jab just kept getting to the

Target other worldly toughness from Josh

EMT as you would expect right John when

he speaks about his childhood speaks

about the way that he grew up all the

struggles you wouldn't expect him to

ever give up on himself but right now

ilot torya is showing the next level

and emt's calling him on saying let's

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fight yeah I love how emt's looking for

it he really is looking for it he is not

out of this at all good body shot from

EMT late in round

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three and you heard the corners of EMT

there and that's from look at these

shots these guys are trading in the

pocket I mean they're both putting on a

show for you sitting there taking the

damage and trading back and forth not

moving back not dodging but sitting

there and trading in the pocket right

here bam right hand to the nose to a

left hook to

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Poria

round four of a possible five I thought

Danny Castillo was on to something that

was the first round where ilas slowed

down a little bit as the round went on

and as it got towards the end of the

round Josh himt was still in there

fighting and he was Landing much more

successfully than he did in the first

parts of round one and two and the

beginning of

three yeah emit was visibly excited

after the way that third round ended

we'll see if he can pick it up here

early round four

Topia Jabs in the

Bates now toia has to be smart here

right he's got to keep fighting behind

that jab and as he starts to fatigue a

little bit he's got to just manage him

it seems like he can manage him with

that jab honestly all night that he just

fires that all night and then back step

anytime M throws something that's what's

been working for him he can control the

last 10 minutes behind the

jab we see that a lot in boxing as the

fight goes along the guy just starts to

jab and move jab and pivot Toria has

that ability with all the damage he has

put on emit to this

point that jab appeared to get

through emt's vision still appears to be

okay it's popping his head back how you

know an effective jab when the head pops

back

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oh

toodia has landed 13 leg kicks now 14

many of them

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flush onew from

Topia and nice body shot he's picking

the spots round four though yeah you got

to respect the patience of Toria how far

ahead he got in the earlier rounds he's

not forcing things right now that hurt

and EM very dangerous yeah that one was

one of the more painful cap kicks you

could eat when you're down

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yeah yeah you can see the purple from

that one right

away emt's pain threshold would appear

to be absurd yeah crazy John to still

being there and still fighting after

taking all this

damage cuz it was very apparent very

early that Ilia was going to be able to

touch him up and he has never given up

on himself and he has not lost that will

to

fight he's still in this fight he still

he could still knock somebody out right

now a lot of times when a guy starts

receiving a lot of damage we start to

call for the corner to say ah stop the

fight but you can see their desire to be

in their way Josh IM has not shown that

he's shown that he still believ that he

can go and in this fight oh huge huge

jab for toodia and we talk about him

seeking perfection in training Topia

kind of seeks that in the Octagon at

times as well right very measur not

forcing anything yeah oh this is an

outclassing Tor if we're going to be

honest on the feet a boxing master class

this is what you do you keep the jab

going and anytime the big puncher comes

you take a back step and you counter and

then you get back on the jab and you

move your feet I mean Tor is putting a

master class of boxing 101 all the guys

we have this group message right for our

show and all the people were texting

like wow Tor looks good and you just

respond he's outclassing because that

right now is showing the next level he's

showing the next level to Josh EMT

and look at that uppercut oh and a big

right

hand I thought the uppercut might land

and there it was that's how he sets

everything

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up EMT in desperation mode now gives up

the

back man it's hard to get EMT out if he

can get him out of here yeah what a

statement

body shots from topor EMT is still thr

topor is just going to find his shot

though oh emt's not done yet oh the K

boot from the spard oh my

goodness that uppercut was heavy and EMT

still throwing back to the canvas now

the otherworldly heart of Josh EMT but

look at the POR you just set everything

up the EMT Corner said early in the

fight he's setting up the uppercut they

knew it he took his time and finally got

to

it he's going to ground and pound

instead of the

submission when the man is

rocked

wow 12 seconds to get him out of here

can he do it or will EMT survive the

onslaught oh my goodness El Matador

ferociously chasing a finish late round

four the toughness of EMT em survives

wow

right here you see ilot Toria coming

through the right hand little short left

hook right there I mean just perfect man

it's like a shovel left hook it's not a

left hook that goes around the guard he

throws it right and then here he steps

back EMT goes down because EMT is hurt

he's so tough that he won't quit on

himself but the referee's taking a look

at him now yeah Mark Goddard has called

in the doctor to take a look at Josh EMT

how many fingers I have off how

now all right want to fight all right

let him go Danny Castillo and Joey

Rodriguez certainly know their athlete

crowd voicing its appreciation but DC

any thought if you're a corner man to

stepping in or at least having more of a

conversation to that end after round

four yes I would have more of a

conversation but D made a great point

right Josh shim is a guy that has been

to the top for for the belt you let him

make that decision right as he's getting

older in the game and he's going to keep

trying he can still knock you out I'm

telling you right now you cannot sleep

on EMT you have to give him the fifth

round to let everything hang out and

he's doing it that's what happens with

this older guys you got to let us fight

his coaches told him fight down on your

mouthpiece and swing and that's exactly

what he's doing tooy appeared to be more

affected by that strike a moment ago

than any that has landed prior EMT

didn't seem to want anything to do with

the doctor after round four and he has

started round five strongly they asked

him if you want to fight and he said

yeah

man he goes of course I want to

fight a jab it toore is getting firing

again and that's what he's got to get

using that that cab and that calf kick

that calf is

done emit trying to play with some

stance switches here got to believe that

the vision now and that left eye

is not

ideal to is probably thinking to himself

like what in the world if this is the

top five there are some tough dudes up

there cuz we saw Josh Emit and Calvin

Kar so you know Calvin ker is just as

tough there are some hammers in the top

five of his division man we have had

Nara takeown attempt on either side in

this fight appears as though the toodia

corner is now calling for that level

change Trying to minimize risk here late

in the

fight nice leg kick from

EMT and again that educated guard of

topura always high his skill level is so

high I mean I I thought when watching

him fight in preparation while this

kid's really good when you watch him

like this at this level with this level

of competition

you really G an appreciation who ilot

theoria is and what he could be in this

weight class I saw him against J Herbert

and I got all I became an instant fan

because he was losing two rounds and

came back and knocked him out and now

we're seeing him Master Class Emit and

still stay in the fight taking patience

look how patient he is look at the

timing of the Tak down at the end of the

round everything he does is patient and

he doesn't Force things and that's

what's creating all the damage well you

watch him beat up Bryce Mitchell throw

him around like he didn't belong in

there you watch what he did to uh the

Jiu-Jitsu Ryan Hall you knew how good

this kid was but we never seen him do

that against a a Josh imit and not a

Josh imit that's looking for the door

this is a josh imit that's motivated

that wanted to be here to try to stop

this young man on his way up the ring if

you're not a Josh henet fan you got to

be after fights like this and then Toria

is on is you're learning about to Toria

through a fight like this learning that

torya is here he's probably not going

anywhere for a long time was good

he's so young to be performing at this

level still two minutes with which to

work for toodia already working on a

career best offensive performance

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tonight has realized a lot of success in

his own right but just hasn't doled out

nearly the damage now even to be smart

enough to say okay let's grapple this

guy because he's so dangerous in this

fifth round still it's like putting

somebody in a corner and they could hit

you with that shot shot and drop you so

his corner so you know what just grapple

him he's hard to get out of there he's

not going to quit let's let's I the

damage and just get this guy on his

knees and beat him up there absolutely

haven't seen much resembling a weakness

on film from ilot

toia great scramble from from EMT double

gry can't use it to create the space he

needs though Toria follows perfectly

takes the back keeps the back beautiful

transition when you hit that gramy that

arm up the middle he's got to elevate

the elbow throw the flag yep stop it

yeah a little fence grab Emma got away

with there but Toria nonetheless takes

him down for the third time this round I

mean what a performance what a

performance I mean honestly by both guys

Josh shit's toughness was as evident as

anybody I've ever seen he's so tough uh

Ilia is good and of course Alexander

volkanovski puts his Undisputed belt on

the line against the interim champ y

Rodriguez in two weeks but the bulkman

wants new Challengers ilot toodia has

arrived I would not have a problem with

it right now no honestly after seeing

this I would not have a problem with

ilot theoria moving his way into the top

five and getting the championship

opportunity against the winner of Yer

versus Alex unless Yer wins Alex hav

deserve a rematch but if he wins I

wouldn't mind seeing him fight Alex all

right that'll do it lot of mutual

respect you can be sure between between

these two combatants who get a standing

ovation here in Jacksonville but come

next week it will be El Matador ilot

toia in the top five in this UFC

featherweight

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division absolute war in the main event

now for the scorecards here's Bruce

Buffer ladies and gentlemen after five

rounds we go to the judges scorecards

for a decision the judges score the

contest

5044 5042 and

4945 for the winner by unanimous

decision

Ilia

Meador

capore