Max Holloway’s coach breaks down UFC champ Ilia Topuria

Max Holloway’s coach believes Ilia Topuria’s fashion works of their favor.

Holloway (26-7 MMA, 22-7 UFC) captured the BMF title with a last-second knockout of Justin Gaethje of their light-weight bout at UFC 300. He has since gone back-and-forth with featherweight champion Topuria (15-0 MMA, 7-0 UFC), who might be his subsequent struggle.

Holloway’s coach, Ivan Flores, was requested about Topuria’s expertise. Flores praised the champion however pointed to the dimensions benefit Holloway would have. Topuria competed twice at 135 kilos, lacking weight in his second struggle. He was ineligible to win the Cage Warriors bantamweight title after coming in 4.4 kilos over the restrict.

“He’s a fairly good boxer, . I feel his hand pace stands out. It seems like he punches fairly exhausting,” Flores advised Luke Thomas. “He’s aggressive, . He’s received loads of confidence, however the greatest bodily takeaways can be that he positively has hand pace.

“I’d say, in a approach although, he virtually looks as if an outsized bantamweight. Simply because his body and his stature after which alongside together with his pace, it does seem to be he’s type of an outsized bantamweight a bit of bit that has the attributes and has the talent to struggle up at featherweight.”

Flores additionally sees Topuria’s head-hunting, pressure-forward method bringing out the very best in Holloway.

“We positively like a man that desires to come back ahead in opposition to Max,” Flores stated. “Max is admittedly good at combating backwards, in addition to, , taking a man that desires to remain there or be there to land on him with intention. Max is admittedly good with coping with that. We like what he brings.

“Normally guys which have that sort of offensive firepower, it type of often works in our favor as a result of they actually consider in it. They wish to land, they consider in it, in order that they’re going to are usually a bit of bit extra there in entrance of you. The fascinating factor to see is at what level, if that struggle does occur, at what level does Ilia flip right into a grappler as a result of I feel that has to occur.”