Ilia Topuria tells all regarding a potential fight with Conor McGregor.
Between politics, parties and injuries, it’s still uncertain whether we’ll get to see Conor McGregor compete again. The former two-division champion hasn’t fought since breaking his leg against Dustin Poirier at UFC 264 in 2021 and he withdrew from a fight with Michael Chandler last summer due to injury.
If McGregor doesn’t stick to his retirement admission and decides to fight again, there’s only a handful of opponents that would make sense for the Irishman at this stage of his career.
One of them being former UFC Featherweight Champion Ilia Topuria.
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Ilia Topuria has been in talks to fight Conor McGregor before
During a recent appearance on The Joe Rogan Experience, Topuria mentioned he and the UFC have previously talked about fighting Conor McGregor, the biggest star the sport has ever seen.
“Actually, we had that talks a little bit,” Topuria revealed.
Topuria didn’t elaborate on when these discussions took place, out of fear he might get in trouble with the UFC.
“You know how the UFC is, very specific… ‘don’t say anything to no one’…
“If they offered me a fight with Conor right now, why not?” Topuria said.
“I wouldn’t say no…”
Ilia Topuria says Conor McGregor needs to ‘die and be born again’
The Conor McGregor of today is much different than the McGregor we saw go 7-0 in the UFC featherweight division a decade ago.
McGregor is 1-3 in his last 4 fights with his last win a TKO stoppage of Donald Cerrone in 2020. The 36-year-old hasn’t put in a full training camp in nearly four years.
Undefeated and formerly undisputed, Ilia Topuria sent ‘The Notorious’ a stern warning if they were to ever fight.
“It depends who he’s gonna face,” Topuria said of McGregor’s preparations.
“Because if you put him against me, he needs to die and be born again,” Topuria said.
“His toe is f*****. His chin is f*****. His body’s f*****. With with that that much parties and drugs and all that, you’re gonna have to pay that price at some point.
“You are paying the price with your health. Which is the dumbest thing you can do in in your entire life.
he also suffered a lot with the weight cuts. That’s a a big damage for your body.”
Topuria continued.
“You can have everything in in this life, but if you are not healthy, you don’t have anything.”
