{"id":373920,"date":"2025-12-28T22:22:08","date_gmt":"2025-12-28T22:22:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/373920\/"},"modified":"2025-12-28T22:22:08","modified_gmt":"2025-12-28T22:22:08","slug":"islam-makhachev-responds-to-ilia-topuria-threatening-khabib-nurmagomedov-hes-unhappy-about-something","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/373920\/","title":{"rendered":"Islam Makhachev responds to Ilia Topuria threatening Khabib Nurmagomedov: \u2018He\u2019s unhappy about something\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Islam Makhachev is aware Ilia Topuria\u2019s issues with him and his team may extend beyond the cage. Though he\u2019s not exactly sure why.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">During Makhachev and Topuria\u2019s respective reigns as lightweight and featherweight champions, talk inevitably swirled of a superfight between the two given the proximity of their divisions and their seeming invincibility. Makhachev has lost just once in his career, while Topuria has never been defeated.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">However, a bout is yet to materialize, with Makhachev moving up to 170 pounds and becoming champion of that division, and Topuria claiming the 155-pound title in Makhachev\u2019s absence. Still, Topuria has continued to call for a fight with Makhachev, recently telling eldoberdanMMA <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmafighting.com\/ufc\/463106\/ilia-topuria-still-seeks-islam-makhachev-fight-welcomes-khabib-nurmagomedov-confrontation-ill-gladly-step-on-his-head-too\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">he\u2019s happy to mix it up with Makhachev and his friends<\/a>, including the legendary Khabib Nurmagomedov.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">\u201cThey\u2019re so cocky and arrogant, I would really love to submit him in front of [Nurmagomedov], and if Khabib wants to step in afterward, I\u2019ll gladly step on his head, too,\u201d Topuria said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Makhachev shared his thoughts on Topuria\u2019s comments in an interview with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=KCQNqM2K_ZQ\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ushatayka<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">\u201cI don\u2019t know, we can feel it,\u201d Makhachev said (Russian translation via <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/ChampRDS\/status\/2004862569077768601\" rel=\"nofollow\">Championship Rounds<\/a>) when asked if he felt Topuria was disrespectful. \u201cHe has some kind of hatred towards us, but I think we\u2019ll sort it out. Either before the fight somehow or maybe in the future. Right now he\u2019s on some kind of break. Maybe in the future we\u2019ll settle it in the cage and see.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Until the day comes where Makhachev and Topuria cross paths\u2014whether in an official capacity or not\u2014the welterweight champ can only guess what the extent of Topuria\u2019s beef is with him.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">\u201cHe\u2019s unhappy about something,\u201d Makhachev said. \u201cWe need to figure out what it is.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Islam Makhachev is aware Ilia Topuria\u2019s issues with him and his team may extend beyond the cage. 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