UFC lightweight champion Islam Makhachev spoke out about the holder of the belt in the promotion's welterweight division, Ilia Topuria.
Earlier, the Georgian-born Spaniard published in his Instgaram a snippet of the Dagestani's only defeat in his career - in 2015 Islam was knocked out by Adriano Martins in the first round.
"Topuria's challenge? I congratulated him after the fight. And then I saw fake news that Islam supposedly said something about Topuria, but I don't remember saying anything. He then published a fragment of my fight when I lost. I don't understand this.
Elijah is a good fighter, he has good boxing, but he has a difficult opponent in his division. Movsar can beat him, that's a bad fight for Topuria. And there is Max Holloway, so Ilia has something to do," MMA Junkie quoted Makhachev as saying.
