Did you guys check recent photos of Ilia Topuria? As it seems, he has completely healed from the damage, his face looks very normal now. I'm not 100% sure whether the image is real or not but I think that 90% it's real. I've seen his other photos on TikTok and he seems really healed. Is he a wolverine or what? Here is the photo I'm gonna share anyway:
Good for him. It’s been like what?, 5 weeks since his fight with Gaethje, i think that’s pretty much enough time for him to have healed up significantly considering the fact that he didn’t need to do any facial surgeries.
His trainer said his orbital and nasal bone fractures were non displaced meaning that the bones in his eye sockets and around his nose area did not bend, they stayed in place and that was why his recovery process was quick.
Maybe he’s not quite Wolverine but he’s close enough i guess
There was a very funny fake story floating on the internet. Paddy Pimblett trolled Ilia Topuria that he bought a stool used by Ilia Topuria at UFC Freedom 250. It was a fake news actually but before I got to know it was a fake news, I really laughed a lot. Anyways, now I really think that it's time for these two to meet inside the Octagon.
I never really took the jabs that they made at each other seriously lol, at some point i began to feel like they were content farming cos their thrash talking never really escalated into anything serious.
The whole stool buying thing was peak paddy being paddy; funny for a day and then forgotten lmao.
I believe it would be a good fight though that’s if the UFC eventually makes it happen but yeah, their whole verbal feud and thrash talk never really felt that deep to me.
Anakalev will play his usual boring game. He'll want to knock people down, score points, and hold on as long as possible. But his game plan is already predictable, so it's easier for Guskov. So I believe he'll struggle at the beginning but then manage to impose his game against Ankalaev.
Someone chooses to be calculative by controlling their range, picking their moments carefully and not taking unnecessary damages to themselves but he’s being labeled as a boring fighter lmao; c’mon give the guy a break.
You all need to understand that not every fighter is built to stand and bang for 25 minutes, some guys are more calculated by nature and Ankalaev seems to fall into that category but that doesn’t make him any less of a skilled fighter.
He may be less entertaining to some fans like you @Pumared that want constant fireworks in the octagon, but for fans like me who appreciate the technical aspect of the sport, the timing, keeping distance, defense and fight IQ, we tend to respect what Ankalaev does.
Don’t get me wrong, stand and bang is exciting as hell but i’ve come to accept that not every matchup or fighter is built for it. And that acceptance has made me to realize that different styles exist in the sport to make it more better overall and variety they say is the spice of life.
That being said, I’m with Ankalaev on this one. He’s winning by decision or even a late TKO if Guskov overcommits.
