Ilia Topuria to RETIRE in 5 Years (Fighters are Changing) 

It would be one thing if they were trying to preserve their bodies and brains, but I think it has more to do with not wanting to lose. A bad loss on your resume hurts worse than just not having enough defenses. That's I think why everyone wants to be a double champ. Hit double champ status, then spend the rest of your middle age talking big and not having to really back it up. Now, is that mindset indicative of a younger generation raised to put a premium on appearance? I don't know. I'm not a psychologist.

Colby bootlickington 😂 he should retire . Most overrated

Hopefully. It's not fun watching guys like BJ and Tony and Bigfoot ruin their future health by being so stubborn and not objective at all about their abilities post-prime. I think promoters need to take some responsibility too and not let these guys who clearly don't have it anymore still fight. No one wins in those scenarios: the fighter in question gets pummeled, the fighter who wins gets no credit for beating up someone whose washed and the fans have to witness a legend get dismantled for no reason. Take the GSP route fighters. It's better that way

So maybe we will see more 18 years old getting into UFC. Get the belt around 23, retire 28.

@@OmnipotentSpud You pretend your mind isn't made up but it obviously is. I find your discourse extremely disingenuous and extremely easy to hold from the sidelines. You mean to tell me they value their records more than their health? Even after all we have learned about CTE? Dubious.

No one knows if he's ageing at all. Lab experiment gone right 😂

@@sallgoodman2323damn right the rubik Cuban aging process is still a complex mystery to man

Barking or should I say Mocking many of us watching him from Our Couch being the laziest beings. Lol

But Romero is built different though.

he said he go in boxing!!!

Chuck Liddell looks great but you know he's medicating with booze

Naaa just ask Floyd how to be the goat at a combat sport.

@@c.anderson3444 Not everyone's Floyd, plus boxing pays way more than MMA.

Not every fighter has such a defensiva style and is running allí the time

​@@c.anderson3444Floyd never pushed himself past his limit. Nothing wrong with that

Hes only human after all

Only and handful of fighters are capable of being dominant at that age. The most impressive performance I’ve seen was from glover texeira against Jiri, and that was a fight he lost.

@@emanuel81111😂 I understand that reference

You know unified champion boxing light-heavyweight division, artur beterbiev? having held the IBF title since 2017, the WBC title since 2019, and the WBO title since 2022. And he is 40 next year.

@ryantiarno4294 and? The post says into their 40s which is not 39. Its not even 40. There are these things called colloquialisms, "into x decade of age" is a colloquialism. So everything you said is.irr.el.e.vant

Jones hasn’t? He came back and won the heavyweight championship

@@CT-mw7fn I mean he hasn't retired yet.

​@@CT-mw7fnGSP became champ in MW after 4 years layoff he beat Bisping who was the champion to become champion not like Jones who beat the no.1 contender to become champ

And let me make it more clear that both Khabib and GSP are popular and they are superstars there is a reason why Henry cameback

@goat7728 So what? Nothing you said has EVEN 1% relevance to this comment. IT IS ABOUT BEING RETIRED. Also you are OBJECTIVE wrong. The belt was vacated. Therefore both people fighting are valid champions for winning. There is, again, objectively nothing substantial about your (wrong) opinion (lemme guess you are unaware that it is not up for debate that opinions can actually be quite literally wrong). There is zero difference between Gane getting the belt after Francis vacating and then losing to Jones, or Jones and Gane fighting for a vacated title. So because you literally (wrongly) espoused that it is less substantial to win the title this way, then you are (objectively) saying that the first ever champions and subsequently the second logically, are not as legitimate then. For example, Holly Holm's championship win is not as important now because she only beat Rousey, and Rousey never won that belt. She was GIVEN the belt for free, and using your logic, she only ever beat number 1 contenders RIGHT? You flat out said that it is not legitimate unless YOU BEAT THE CURRENT CHAMP. Which UFC champion did Rousey beat for the belt? Oh, none? Therefore none of her defenses mattered, because she never won the belt, and everyone she fought while holding it were #1 contenders. So logically, Holm never beat a legitimate champion who won the belt. So no title holder in that division actually ever beat anyone who won the belt from someone who won the belt right?

As long as he has the belt, Spain will disown him once he loses. 😂

Already is mainstream. Came out with Real Madrid recently and has been all over the news over there

@@milojayjay this right here. He could loose the belt next fight and than be at point where he needs to fight 2 more times before title shot

He was already well off before the fight game

The man has a Jordan flag, reps Spain, and lives in America lmao. He should make up his mind

Especially for a 145er. Prime ages are earlier. Smart move for Ilia.

That's your peak, they should then move into boxing, that's where the money is. Francis just earned about 15 million in his latest fight, 5million in his first... that's where the money is.

Your DP says it all🧂

Khabib was smart and even he admitted that he would've lost eventually.

Gsp, khabib

@@rjesh2062it didn’t exactly work out for Muhammad Ali like he token so many hits he gotten Parkinsons disease. So it’s smart to have a short lived fight career

Conor mccoverrated not a single title defense

I lived when khabib retired! But because he was fkn boring and was absolutely stinking up the 155 division with shitty ass fights and fighting once a fkn year, best thing ever when he fucked off

Khabib also barely fought so him leaving finally made it that belt can be defended twice per year

It was time for Khabib, he did everything he had to and retired undefeated. Not bad :P.

Especially in the small man weight classes.

​@@termsofusepolice but they gonna said Glover texeira still do it in 40 years old when bigger weight division don't rely too much on speed and reaction time ..They always compare age with Glover when average in heavyweight 35-40

​@@mrboast2826glover won the belt when division was at its weakest Still legit champion but there is a reason why he, when he was undefeated and in his prime with 20 wins in a row, got absolutely dismantled by Jones

True, but even more reason to do it in fighting. A single injury in training could decide when a fighter is "done" whether they accept it or not. Athletes just don't get to decide, it's silly that we pretend that they do.

Very good point. He hasn't taken a load of damage yet compared to some of his peers, but the training camps are grueling.

19 +14 is not 32

​@@squuid15you have to count 19 as a year where he was fighting. You are counting 20 as year 1.

@@dirkvanvelden8378bud 19+14=33

​@@dirkvanvelden8378mma fans smh

And you are?

@@kill.z0n3😂😂😂

@@kill.z0n3 fr lol

I was not able to find the study you were talking about. If you could send me the name that would be awesome because it sounds interesting. Even aside from the study, 33 years old was calculated to be the dropping off point for MMA athletes (analysis by MMAonPoin) so it's not a bad idea to retire just before your body is out of its prime regardless of anything

@@kglou8870bro say I’m wrong lmao

honestly somewhat similar situation to volk, volk used to eat big shots but that chin got cracked

exactly

You know that the combo he threw on Alex wasn’t a Harry marry right? That was clean combo that open for the left to be expose for breakfast

he thinks he can fight with canelo in boxing how smart can he be. he’s got undefeated fighter syndrome where thinks he’s literally invincible

@@KeCasgrimolathat would be his biggest pay check ever even if he lost

@@russellwestbrook462Also the biggest brain damage

@@KeCasgrimola it’s one match he’ll be alright

Khabib had the blind support of his 🕋☪️ fanbase. And a lot of people hate Ilia because of his confidence and how he ran through Volk.

Well Khabib defended the belt against Contenders but this guy without defending the belt for once and wants to fight retired fighters like Conor and wants double champ status without Title defenses so his main plan is to retire soon as becomes a multimillionaire and trust me is gonna lose badly 😂

@@goat7728 you think he will not fight in those 5 years and retire without having another figvt ? Comon now

@niconicoo5661 no mate am saying if he gets a big money fight he will retire

Who?

They love free money imagine fighting for 25 minutes at most and making several hundred thousands which would otherwise take years to earn.

@@DarkWarrior_1 That’s not how the game typically works. “Free money” Only burglars get that.

​@@DarkWarrior_1What "free money"? These fighters are risking their health and years off their lives every time they get in the cage or on the mat. That ain't free!

@@DarkWarrior_1It’s not that. It’s becuz they lost they’re trying to get back what they had. If they had a perfect career. they would’ve accomplished that retirement goal.

​@@MrSFblacktell that to Angela Hill

I agree but you do need to understand your worth or you'll end up in Cejudo's position.

Interesting analysis. I think you might be on to something.

That literally applies to every prospect. What fiighter doesnt want to retire undefeated

What if volk beats him in the re match at the end of the year? He might just retire then

didnt this guy d-ride volk before and predict that ilia would get humbled? lol now hes d-riding ilia because hes the popular fighter now

Relax bro

Tony Ferguson is currently killing himself chasing that comeback story.

​@@MrSFblackNick Diaz style. He's champ because he threw a water bottle at them. Tony was always overrated.

Champion is Charles Daddy 💀😂

@@Polar-pencil good one

He's 27 years old just slept arguably the featherweight goat in Volk who hasn't had a difficult fight in the featherweight division since the second Max fight. The young, top contenders that haven't fought for the belt at featherweight are Evloev, Allen, Chikadze, Mitchell, and Murphy. All of these are extremely winnable opponents for Topuria after seeing how he's performed in his career. Wouldn't be surprised if he gets over 5 title defenses and retires undefeated at 32.

@@humzachudhary2056 1 fight a yr. that's crazy my dude

trust you based on what? Your expertise in Illia’s mentality and personal life?

just trust him bro

I think based on how many fighters said the same thing then changed thier mind

Making beaucoup bucks