Ilia Topuria, the current UFC featherweight champion, made a bold statement while speaking to the Spanish press. Elijah said that none of the UFC fighters could beat him.
āI know that in the UFC no one can beat me. I haveĀ achieved everything through hard work. AndĀ God has blessed me. I believe in this 100%,ā Marca quotes Topuria as saying.
In his last fight, Topuria won by knockout in the second round against Alex Volkanovski and became the new UFC featherweight champion. TheirĀ confrontation headlined the promotion's 298th event. After this, Ilia announced his desire to move up to lightweight and fight with the champion of this division, Islam Makhachev.