Ilia Topuria Claps Back at Alexander Volkanovski’s Thoughts on Levels

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4 ай бұрын

The Schmo interviews #3 UFC Featherweight Ilia Topuria as he puts his final touches on fight camp for UFC 298. Topics include:
- What’s made Alexander Volkanovski a Dominant Champion?
- How he becomes Champion at UFC 298
- Routine of wine drinking and singing on the eve of the weigh ins
- Where his confidence comes from?
- Fighters beefing with him outside of weight class
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@Namesi 4 ай бұрын

This is going to be an amazing fight - absolutely love both Volk and Topuria so may the best man win!

@kevivtawar7716 4 ай бұрын

his barber and tattoo guy are undefeated as well

@leneleewest723 17 күн бұрын

True !! I live part Spain, part Denmark, nails, hair etc I allways do in Spain 🇪🇸 They work hard for their clients best 🏁

@ANDERSON-ug7kc 4 ай бұрын

You can't deny the fact that this man (Ilia) knows how to sell a fight. I was excited about this one before his interviews, but now i'm pumped up.

@dhungryarchitect 4 ай бұрын

yeh just stay away from the juice u feeling too pumped up

@rajatrai5532 4 ай бұрын

He is Conor McGregor fan afterall

@brendanmaher2002 4 ай бұрын

Haven't seen a fighter come out. Just stacking bodies like this, for a while .excited for this . Im taking Ilia

@Evilevilmonkeyy 4 ай бұрын

Shavkat, khamzat, many other undefeated fighters until they fight top 10, top 5

@flock30 4 ай бұрын

Shmo turned into Aspinall for a second with that going down question 😭😭😭 5:17

@ooolol 4 ай бұрын

Aspinall 🤔 I don't get the reference 😕 Tyron Woodley would have been perfect for that question though 😂😂

@atheist6997 4 ай бұрын

Naw that was a sus question

@yhyhyh47 4 ай бұрын

ilia didnt get it

@rcnyoplait 4 ай бұрын

Not even if there's a female involved...? ...Of course not. 😮😂

@topgmedia4702 4 ай бұрын

@@ooololaspinal asked nina if he could finger her, in the middle of an interview & he was dead serious about it lol It was super cringe

@duncanstrik8764 4 ай бұрын

For every like i will do 1 pushup

@b.bsharma2404 4 ай бұрын

For every like he gets I will do 1 squat.

@dyyylllaannn 4 ай бұрын

For every like they both get I will view Drake's meat 1 time

@mak_777 4 ай бұрын

that's 58 pushups and counting.

@anacronix4193 4 ай бұрын

Ten push ups Duncan ! Flubby but

@marcosibiza 4 ай бұрын

@iJuce 4 ай бұрын

His English has definitely improved. Glad the UFC finally has someone with almost McGregor-like confidence. Wish him the best in his upcoming fight. Let's go Ilia 💪

@Hispania_MMA 4 ай бұрын

He has a ver y good english level. But the most of his fans are Spanish. Thais the thing and why he talks spanish in some interviews.

@gregoryguzman4087 4 ай бұрын

I'm pretty sure he didn't get the "going down on a women" joke haha

@Zachydoodoo28363 4 ай бұрын

The “never go down” bit was very funny

@swifty123 4 ай бұрын

I like the way that he’s taking. It’s very possible for him to beat Volk, but it’s also a lot of meme material if he loses

@tydupont8084 4 ай бұрын

That’s usually how it goes. You gotta be confident in the ufc.. but it can really make you look bad

@OoLiiMiiT3D 4 ай бұрын

I dont think its ever meme material. The guys just believe 100% they are going to win, but also know everything can happen. I really feel like there is not much to meme about when a fighter is confident.

@rearnakedsmoke1939 4 ай бұрын

@@tydupont8084to be fair he should be confident, he’s 27 years old (His absolute prime) fighting a 35 year old Coming off a Ko and coming back down in weight . Not to mention from his point of view he’s probably thinking “I’ve won 15 straight fights , volk hasn’t won 1 straight fight” . And on top of that Tuporia is Bigger then volk , has more power then volk, a better chin then volk and is a better grappler then volk

@finaothak5140 4 ай бұрын

@@tydupont8084 tbh I don't think so. Look at previous challengers who were cocky, they get clowned on like a few days after the fight then next week no one remembers or cares. But if he wins then thats a different story and he's the champ and people go crazy.

@Bryan48950 4 ай бұрын

Volk was the same exact way

@joakimnzuma5223 4 ай бұрын

Ilia 'phenomenal' Tuporia ,,what a confident bloke.

@JordY11222 4 ай бұрын

ilia's energy is just different.

@mevolveme 4 ай бұрын

Delusional until proven otherwise

@YakubTheScientist8841 4 ай бұрын

@@mevolvemehe's either delusional or not, if you think he's delusional you can cry when he destroys volk

@mevolveme 4 ай бұрын

@@YakubTheScientist8841what if he doesnt? Come back to comments after the fight?

@Th3MasculineJourney 4 ай бұрын

@@mevolveme

@AppreciateLife. 3 ай бұрын

@@mevolvemewhat?

@MaybeHazy 4 ай бұрын

🎵Ilia, my good friend, in this fight, we'll be with you again 🎵

@GalvezKillaworkouts 4 ай бұрын

Gilbert burns and Vicente Luque both picked Topuria to win after doing trainning with him, i wonder what did they notice that makes them pick Topuria to Win so confident

@subutai999 4 ай бұрын

Georgian resilence. They dont quit.

@D4lD0 4 ай бұрын

Apparently high lvl bjj and his boxing is crisp. Plus power and chin. Dudes a monster. Plus Volk just got folded by Islam, bad timing.

@Noweebsallowed 4 ай бұрын

@@subutai999Lol did you watch Dolidze’s fight clown?

@chicx423 4 ай бұрын

@@subutai999 guram did tho

@suchitkaul2505 4 ай бұрын

Still he didn't quit , he was outclassed by the French guy@@Noweebsallowed

@FishingPerro916 4 ай бұрын

Thanks for the interview Schmo !

@Hispania_MMA 4 ай бұрын

With any doubt, he will show levels. AND NEW!!!!!🇪🇸♥️🌹💣💣

@Chuck26814 4 ай бұрын

This dude is a finisher. 14-0 and stopped 12 of em. I’m thinking “AAAANNNDD NEW!”

@phantom.wreath Ай бұрын

"there are levels and there is me" goes hard 😂

@onceupongeorgia 4 ай бұрын

Hard and smart work! Look at him, he speaks Spanish, English, Georgia, understand German and Russian, also Megrelian! Volk’s english vocabulary circle around “obviously “.

@jorgeprieto4262 4 ай бұрын

And "and stuff like that"

@strawhats4858 4 ай бұрын

We are Australian. We barely can speak English let alone other languages 😂

@marsbrown4834 4 ай бұрын

And 'youse'. He is a master wordsmith. We are not worthy.

@jmz2144 4 ай бұрын

"And still baby, lets go!"

@newway9857 4 ай бұрын

No words needed 👊

@nikamachitidze1002 4 ай бұрын

წარმატებები, ილია !

@worldview6218 4 ай бұрын

I like his attitude. He talks his shit sure but never seems delusional or like he has to pretend his opponents worse then they actually are, and he seems just genuinely confident. I like the way he says that the respect he has for his opponents shows in how hard he trains and prepares as well and to me in a pre fight build up its that which is more important then guys exchanging all these pleasantries and whispering sweet nothings in each others ears about how much they respect each other that should matter

@thelurker1330 4 ай бұрын

He's delusional lmao saying he'll dominate Islam makachev on the ground and feet

@worldview6218 4 ай бұрын

@@thelurker1330 no you misinterpreted I think. The question wasn’t about Islam, schmo asked if he could essentially outdo what Islam did to volk and topuria said he would dominate volk everywhere, which isn’t delusional, it’s the literal onvuous answer. What’s a guy supposed to say to that question? No, there’s zero way I could ever outdo what islam did to my opponent, hell I think volk has me beat in all facets of mma. Yeah no, it doesn’t work like that, and whether it proves to Be true or not when they fight it’s not delusional for a 26 undefeated fighter like topuria with high lvl bjj and wrestling and phenomenal boxing to believe in himself and that he’s the best given outside of literally just one fight against a guy he still brutally finished he’s dominated just about every exchange in every fight he’s been in. Delusional and confidence are different things, and answering questions that it’s impossible in this sport to actually answer but one way also isn’t delusional lol.

@IamTrbl 4 ай бұрын

Always love you interviews !!

@dogestranding5047 3 ай бұрын

4:45 He’s gonna make for such an awesome champ. So many years to defend that belt.

@MyLeeoon 4 ай бұрын

Ilia is an admirable man.

@eddiediesel9035 4 ай бұрын

New champ. I'm backing you bro from New Zealand.

@calvincalvin3132 4 ай бұрын

they are both so skilled with little to no holes

@jordancavaliere4314 4 ай бұрын

everyone has 7 holes

@Pandemomium4Life 4 ай бұрын

@@jordancavaliere4314 Your gonna have 8 if you keep talking like that lil bro

@jordancavaliere4314 4 ай бұрын

you're*@@Pandemomium4Life

@Umbo-ln6ne 4 ай бұрын

you a bum and a coward@@Pandemomium4Life

@draco2xx 4 ай бұрын

volk got more holes, overrated actually

@danielgolfin4477 4 ай бұрын

Humble pie coming your way and boy we can’t wait to see walk off without the belt!!!!!

@marcosibiza 4 ай бұрын

I wouldn't be so sure

@JustinMacMMA 4 ай бұрын

Dude has a good chance to be honest

@danielgolfin4477 4 ай бұрын

@@marcosibiza that’s just my opinion we all got them and I honestly think volk gonna put him away

@marcosibiza 4 ай бұрын

@@danielgolfin4477 Volk is a monster, superb fighter, but people that watch Ilia train here in Spain, say he's much better than people think, he hasn't shown yet....will see anyway, it will be an amazing fight.....by the way, a spanish journalist in a podcast said he beat Chimaev in wrestling training one day....i know its hard to belive, but i saw the podcast a few days ago, and there was 2 more journalist there

@carltonpenaloza1395 4 ай бұрын

It’s so tough to predict this fight for so many reasons especially when you add the recent KO but Volk has been utterly dominant and imo the featherweight goat but I’m picking Topuria in this. Some fighter’s confidence are 9/10, others 10/10 and Topuria’s 11/10. His confidence has sold me!

@officaltop5276 4 ай бұрын

I like this guy calm and confident.

@mortezes 3 ай бұрын

Great performance bro ! God bless you !

@Sunoco77 4 ай бұрын

The NEW champion of the world ilia the killer TOPUUUURIAA

@mmacult5336 4 ай бұрын

the Schmo goes down for sure

@ribal_aguilar 4 ай бұрын

even if there's a male involved

@mouhkm1199 4 ай бұрын

He gonna be humbled in few days

@ralphdejesus9732 4 ай бұрын

Seeing is believing🥊

@eXyliad 4 ай бұрын

everything he said was the truth!

@chayharding326 4 ай бұрын

Looking forward to a good fight, not a fan of the guy personally but hes got a lot of confidence, good luck to both fighters

@ExploringtheKawithRa 4 ай бұрын

Likes for pushups im in ! Lets do it

@axlprz11 4 ай бұрын

better post a video doing the push-ups

@whydee7447 3 ай бұрын

Did everything he said he would do 😎

@dogestranding5047 3 ай бұрын

Fr, I put $100 on him bc it seemed so obvious that his boxing is way better than Volk’s.

@ramoncrocodiliansproductio3865 4 ай бұрын

As a New fan, Good luck Topuria!!! ✊🏾😎✨️🥊👑

@jtlhc1 4 ай бұрын

The last time we saw this level of confidence was when Volk was talking about how he was gonna beat Max for the belt. Same vibes I'm feeling here.

@claytonbigbsy3880 4 ай бұрын

Great fight! Looking forward to seeing it play out! Volk is the featherweight goat and is the favourite but I feel his back is against the wall in this one. I believe llia is a bigger version of Volk. Very interesting fight!

@oscargn14 4 ай бұрын

Lot of credit to Schmo

@TheMMATicket 4 ай бұрын

Lmfao that's joke you said about "going down" flew way over Ilias head 🤣

@theguytakingnames123 4 ай бұрын

he’s Spanish c’mon

@user-dc9yv4rf1f 4 ай бұрын

Topuria is about to be the new champion

@LeadLeft 4 ай бұрын

Let’s go! Rooting for both men! I hope both men gain stock from this war!

@oscarcm7258 4 ай бұрын

and the new!!🌹

@humbleoak85 4 ай бұрын

First time seeing The Shmo with the innuendos lol

@nashussain8930 4 ай бұрын

I am rooting for Volk!

@abdelkaderaazzam1479 4 ай бұрын

discipline and dedication, that does not include alcohol, a real sportsman does not drink a drop of alcohol, a real sportsman is humble to the world

@ChuchsKaoz 4 ай бұрын

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 da going down part was hilarious

@konnyknees 4 ай бұрын

yes yes yes!!!!!

@drew586 4 ай бұрын

Great interview as always

@frankfonseca6311 4 ай бұрын

Very excited for this one. I believe Ilia will give Alex some problems in the beginning rounds but I think Alex will pull away with the decision win

@kylenishida3469 4 ай бұрын

there are levels has never meant so much i love this guys confidence in the poket hes a scary man i literrally went back and watched any footage i could find on him just to learn about who this savare is i luv volk but i got the homie illia sub 3rd round cant wit to see him prove me right

@maximalsakerhet7930 4 ай бұрын

Damn that T-shirt is actually clean as hell

@charlespatoshik5305 4 ай бұрын

Lets gooo🇬🇪🇬🇪🇬🇪🇬🇪🇬🇪

@Dshizzle78 4 ай бұрын

Let's go VOLK!!!

@doctorb4 4 ай бұрын

Omg. Just win that fight ok! This confidence might make him humble

@bangtaomuaythaimma 4 ай бұрын

Coming for that 0 Schmo! #AndStill

@insanedrak 4 ай бұрын

Ngl ilia seems like a cool guy

@mehmetkaya1.0 4 ай бұрын

And new🔥🔥🔥

@giorgijakobia4929 4 ай бұрын

funny af, new era of el matador inc!

@niallwatts789 4 ай бұрын

Even though Volk is one of the very best on the entire roster, I just have a feeling that Topuira is going to win this one.

@subutai999 4 ай бұрын

The first Georgian champ 🇬🇪🇬🇪🇬🇪🇬🇪 Merab next

@Kortyzoll 4 ай бұрын

This is gonna be volk hardest defend

@joshedge73 4 ай бұрын

Same story with Yair! We all remember what happened to him.

@cuentaparaestudiaryserprod5206 4 ай бұрын

@@joshedge73 Yair, with a lot of respect for him, its nothing compare topuria

@jmz2144 4 ай бұрын

Tbf, Yair had already been ragdolled by short jacked Frankie Edgar

@Islandguy88 4 ай бұрын

There's a reason the UFC let Ilia skip Max, he would have gotten 100 pieced..lol

@Islandguy88 4 ай бұрын

@@cuentaparaestudiaryserprod5206Yair would finish Ilia with range and kicks.

@jessemeyer3121 4 ай бұрын

Ilia can talk as much as he wants to. When the cage door closes behind him on February 17th, he should urgently follow his words with actions. You better win this fight or you'll become the biggest meme in UFC history.

@akagym2239 4 ай бұрын

Para nada...

@doublejacketjimmy391 4 ай бұрын

Well what makes you think he wouldn’t follow his words? It worked out for him this far.

@jessemeyer3121 4 ай бұрын

@@doublejacketjimmy391 Because the best guys Topuria has fought are Bryce Mitchell and Josh Emmet. Now he fights Alexander Volkanovski, a fighter of a completely different caliber and by far the toughest test Topuria has ever faced.

@mayito714 4 ай бұрын

Great match up. Top two featherweights in the world will settle it Saturday. I have Volk if it goes 5 rounds and Ilia if it does not go 5 rounds.

@ChasinRainbows 4 ай бұрын

VOLK REIGNS

@lionpinkman3815 4 ай бұрын

Next Champ

@golden_smaug 4 ай бұрын

Ilia es remajo

@ConnorBlondin- 4 ай бұрын

This guy went the distance with a near 40 yr old Emmett btw

@damian7509 4 ай бұрын

completely dominated and let his foot off the gas

@oliverearnshaw6189 4 ай бұрын

Emmett is the hardest puncher in the division and his shots just bounced off, volk was knocked out in round 1 by a grappler with a head kick

@Mr.1inamillion 4 ай бұрын

Who hits like a truck and kept a pace and him fighting every second of the fight lol you guys need a manual lol

@Shroomieszz 4 ай бұрын

@@oliverearnshaw6189you would get knocked out by a 14 year old with minimal training with a head kick

@oliverearnshaw6189 4 ай бұрын

@@Shroomieszz if that kick could be landed

@cristianacuna7116 4 ай бұрын

0:13 bro that was a crack

@diegochavez3001 4 ай бұрын

The Schmo almost got paralyzed D: giving his all for his job.

@user-ut1wi6yh6u 4 ай бұрын

🔥🔥🔥🔥

@dhungryarchitect 4 ай бұрын

same here. im also the first one in the gym and the last one out. coz im the janitor.

@konstantinkalashnikov8123 4 ай бұрын

*ADNT THE NEW!* *EZ MONEY CHAMP!*

@christianbr7 4 ай бұрын

Lfg ilia🥇🌹🇪🇦🇬🇪

@nme_mma 4 ай бұрын

Wow his English 🔥

@bonganishaka6465 4 ай бұрын

Humble pie loading....

@eXyliad 4 ай бұрын

Humble pie delivered! Just not to the one you thought...

@gruffski 4 ай бұрын

both fighters are AMAZING! but i still think Volk is going to win.

@erikcedillo2905 4 ай бұрын

Damn idk I might be leaning towards Topuria in this fight. His confidence is oozing and the Volk aura seems to have left after the KO

@jordanbrown8278 4 ай бұрын

I'm pushing for Topuria

@zs8796 4 ай бұрын

llia is such a chad.

@rejachemno 4 ай бұрын

Seeing Topuria with Merab makes me interested in Volk fighting them both

@sage1d590 4 ай бұрын

Top fight. If he manages to dominate volks anywhere I’ll be very surprised. Volks takedown defence is awesome and keeping him down is near impossible at this weight

@triocha233 4 ай бұрын

How are people comparing him to prime Conor💀 I have not laughed once with any Topuria line

@thelurker1330 4 ай бұрын

He;s very unfunny in comparison

@jeanarismendi5210 4 ай бұрын

I agree. Ilia is a more serious guy. I've heard him before, he wouldn't like to be known for having McGregor's personality. He's definitely aiming to have that McGregor's level of fame though

@KL87X 4 ай бұрын

Schmooooo!!

@inflamesfan03091993 4 ай бұрын

Lmao the language barrier with the going down part was gold.

@IsenathiDyantyi 4 ай бұрын

His The Pro You the Smo😂😭

@orlandoandfamilytv8950 4 ай бұрын

Ilia didn’t get the joke about going down on the female 😂

@MrRaErickson 4 ай бұрын

The division needs a shake up. I'm rooting got Ilia

@charlieolives8779 4 ай бұрын

What happened to the rest of the clip where he chokes you out?

@gblanco2073 4 ай бұрын

Schmo is funny asf

@toomuchisaid928 4 ай бұрын

Volk coming to serve that humble pie

@dustinkilburn 4 ай бұрын

Dude has all the confidence, as he should. Its either going to be a fantastic or miserable few months for him after this scrap Heart says volk tho We gotta good few months of scraps either way 🔥