‘I can do with him no matter I need’

Ilia Topuria is assured he would have his approach with fellow UFC champion Sean O’Malley.

After dominating Marlon Vera at UFC 299, bantamweight champion O’Malley (18-1 MMA, 10-1 UFC) known as out featherweight champ Topuria, who shut him down. Topuria vouched for his buddy Merab Dvalishvili as an alternative.

Nevertheless, if Topuria (15-0 MMA, 7-0 UFC) was to combat O’Malley, “El Matador” predicts a straightforward evening.

“Nevertheless I need.” Topuria informed La Sueur on how he’d beat O’Malley. “To be sincere, nevertheless I need – I can do with him no matter I need. I can simply play with him. Like, the way you need me to complete him?

“It’s like the identical query I ask to all the fellows that I’m dealing with: Simply inform me the way you need me to complete you. I can try this. He’s a world champion, and I respect him. However he has nothing to do with me.”

For now, Topuria is targeted on making his first title protection towards ex-champ Max Holloway (26-7 MMA, 22-7 UFC), who knocked out Justin Gaethje to say the BMF title at UFC 300. Topuria initially made a stipulation that Holloway’s BMF title must be on the road, however seems to now not insist on that.

“I simply have a transparent message for him, which is I wish to combat him regardless of the belts, it doesn’t matter what,” Topuria mentioned. “He’s been speaking lots, so he must be the subsequent one. He must be. Hopefully he indicators the contract and he’ll be capable of present up regardless of the date is, however that’s the combat.”