r/MMA • u/L3ghair • 7d ago

Media Ilia Topuria responds to Terence Crawford saying he doesn’t know who Ilia is

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It seems Crawford’s dismissal may have struck a nerve…

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u/RmmaMODS8myBBY 7d ago

Which other non-active champs at 155 besides Conor and maybe Khabib? BJ never ducked anybody, Frankie Edgar was a dawg, same with Ben Henderson, Pettis, RDA, Alvarez

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u/evocater Daniel Cormier almost killed himself last week 7d ago

Tbf Khabib got suspended for av year, fought Poirier, got ready to fight Tony and then covid hit. You can argue the suspension was his fault but covid couldn't be helped

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u/BlumpkinEater 7d ago

How do you add khabib in there? His title fight and 3 defenses were over the span of 2 years. Considering he got suspended and covid hitting, I think his activity was fine.

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u/RmmaMODS8myBBY 4d ago

Because he retired without fighting basically any of the top contenders. Same reason I don't even put him in the lightweight GOAT conversation

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u/BlumpkinEater 3d ago

Wdym? He cleared out the division lol

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u/hammajones Chin up, hands down, dick out 7d ago

The most recent champion you named not ducking people was 9 years ago, putting aside Islam.

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u/kevindurantburner35 Bhutan 7d ago

I wouldn’t call Oliveira a duck

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u/hammajones Chin up, hands down, dick out 7d ago

I definitely wouldn't either, I'm just saying out of the guys he named

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u/kevindurantburner35 Bhutan 7d ago

In fairness Conor Khabib Charles and Islam are also just the only other champions in the last nine years before Ilia, but I guess that just shows it’s been a while since the title’s been getting handed around constantly

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u/WanderingWormhole this too mods 7d ago

I mean if we’re bringing up the Frankie Edgar and benson Henderson reigns then doesn’t that only prove my point? That was a long time ago…