Demetrious Johnson wants Ilia Topuria to face Magomed Zaynukov next.<\/p>\n
After a dominant win at the Dana White Contender Series, Magomed Zaynukov<\/a> delivered another dominant performance, this time on his UFC debut, where the 31-year-old won via decision against Damian Rzepecki. Since his win, fans have been praising him a lot and already putting \u2018Chanko\u2019 in the future title contender conversation.<\/p>\n Fans have also been buzzing about a future matchup between the \u2018Chanco\u2019 vs Ilia Topuria<\/a>. The matchup makes a lot of sense too, considering the 31-year-old trains under Team Khabib, and Topuria has had his share of problems with Islam Makhachev. Now MMA legend Demetrious Johnson<\/a> has thrown his name into the conversation as well.<\/p>\n Demetrious Johnson Wants To See Ilia Topuria Face Magomed Zaynukov<\/p>\n Despite the tough loss to Justin Gaethje, Demetrious Johnson thinks Ilia Topuria has no shortage of big fights waiting for him. Most people assume the Spanish fighter will go straight after a rematch with Gaethje, but Johnson has a different idea in mind for \u2018El Matador.\u2019<\/p>\n \u2018Mighty Mouse\u2019 thinks a fight between Zaynukov and the former lightweight champion would be something special and made it clear he wants to see it happen. He spoke about it in a recent YouTube video, where the former UFC flyweight champion said:<\/p>\n \u201cI love that fight between Ilia and Chanko. That\u2019s a beautiful matchup. I love that fight. That\u2019s a beautiful matchup. It\u2019s interesting because Topuria is coming off a loss to Justin Gaethje, and there are a lot of great fights for him at 155 and 145.\u201d<\/p>\n