Ilia Topuria is confident that Islam Makhachev will be unable to counter him in the octagon.
"For Islam, I represent a style that he knows will win him over. He understands that very well because I know where he comes from. When I was a kid, I competed in Greco-Roman wrestling, and I met many Dagestanians on the mat. I know how their thought process works. I know their technique level, I know their strength level. I know what bothers them and what doesn't. I've studied them very well. And even though this fight seems very difficult for me, I'm going to make Islam suffer a lot. I'm a guy with impeccable fitness. I'm the same in the fifth round as I was in the first round and I'm a threat in any second of the fight. I have a style that Islam has never faced and will never face unless he faces me. There's no one who can outshine me right now."
