Elijah Topuria, the UFC featherweight champion, scandalized a Russian journalist at a press conference following the promotion's 308th event.
The journalist asked Ilia what he could know about street life if he had lived in Germany and Spain. The question was a reference to Topuria's recent words that if he had fought with Makhachev on the street, he would have had to pay for Islam's medical treatment afterwards.
Iliya: "Who brought this man to this hall?"
Journalist: "I came myself."
Iliya: "Then get up and leave.