Ilia Topuria responded to the latest provocation of Conor McGregor. The Irishman said that the current UFC champion “it’s not Spanish” and that Spain “is not his country”. Everything to maintain the controversy between the two, which hides a possible fight. Far from remaining silent, the Hispanic-Georgian responded and closed any possibility of confronting him in the future. “Keep drinking whiskey. He’s done for, his career is over», Reflects the fighter.
After the last attack of McGregor, Topuria did not bite his tongue. The Spaniard is in Abu Dhabi, preparing for the fight in which he will defend his title against Holloway, which will be played on October 26. However, he did not hesitate to respond to the Irishman for the last words he said to him.
Beyond praising the qualities that the fighter possessed before the injury that has kept him out of the octagons since 2021, Topuria highlighted where he thinks McGregor is currently: “Conor was good at standing fighting, but on the ground… there his fights were always terrible. I would beat him at his peak; anytime and anywhere.”
Finally, he criticized the current state of the Irishman: “There is no comparison possible. Keep drinking whiskey. He’s done for, his career is over. There is no way there will be an official fight between us. For my next camp I invite you to some sparring sessions.
In this way, Topuria responded to McGregor, who had declared in the last hours that ““It’s not Spanish, it’s Georgian.” and that he “is more Spanish”. The latter is due to the fact that thanks to the Spanish athletes he had “a fantastic summer”.
McGregor attacked Topuria
McGregor he said that he won a lot of moneysince he is passionate about sports betting. “I bet Spain would win the European Football Championship and we won, so let’s go to Spain,” said the Irish fighter, a two-time UFC champion. Furthermore, he also assured that he had opted “for Carlos Alcaraz win tennis and he won too, so I won two big bets thanks to the Spanish athletes”, since the Murcian won Wimbledon on the same day.
Topuria is in Abu Dhabi to prepare for his next fight, against Holloway. The Spanish fighter had also met his next rival in recent days, who mocked him as they spoke in English. “I speak in your language, let’s speak in Spanish! Let’s speak in Georgian! Let’s speak in Russian! Let’s speak in German!…what are you talking about, man!“, Topuria then said.
Topuria, when in doubt, finished Holloway with a clear and concise statement: “If you want, we’ll speak in Spanish and I’ll put you in your place.” The two will face each other on October 26 in a fight that will take place in the Emirates and which will paralyze the world despite the coincidence with the Classic.
