Ilia Topuria ‘I See Myself Knocking Him Out in the First Round’ | UFC 298
UFC featherweight Ilia Topuria takes questions from the media ahead of his title short against Alexander Volkanovski on Saturday at UFC 298.
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How hard is it for a multi billion dollar corporation to have some good sound for their press conference? It happens all the time.
😂 yo was thinking the same thing
Bang on...this is so stupid
They don't care bro big corporations just want ur money the details aren't important also ...yea that audio was pure shit
Agree!
Go play with your Barbie’s lil bro
The translator is masterclass, what he is doing is not easy at all.
Exactly what i was thinking, he said everything perfect without missing a phrase and even added what he said about the other contenders at the end
@@vincentw3566he did miss some of Ilias personality when he said, im not the crooked nose of max holloway, im not the packed up bryce mitchell, etc but really good job regardless
@@Emilianolokocho123ahaha i really wanted him to translate that line! It was cold! But tbh i think he did it on purpose to not offend the fighters
@@Emilianolokocho123 no he actually did great you were just not a smart person
@@josiffexplosiff1 “you were” does that mean im smart now? 🥹
So the sound is trash?? C'mon UFC wtf are we doing these days
Buying yachts
Danas gambling fund
Slap fighters get better audio than this
PPV are not expensive enough
Have a cry 😂
paddy been real silent since ilia got his title shot
Paddy deserves a title shot
😂 he will always be hand sanitizer boy
lmaooo no he doesn't@@LXLMXTCHELLX
Nobody remembers him like that@@jrockaz548
would love to see a Paddy vs Topuria fight. The only way this fight can happen is if Topuria loses against Volkanovski. Right now Topuria is on his high horse. He dismissed any possibility of a Paddy fight for now.
Say what you want but Ilia has done an amazing job in hyping up this fight without any malicious trash talk. Yair was maybe too respectful to Volk. Even if Ilia loses, the UFC still loves him.
No we won't!
@@evwhizz'cause you're bunch of casuals huh
Lo this guy is really good man, is on fire, his speech is insane 11:50
Looooool
Pity the translator edited the English version slightly.
@@TheDomLouisits almost the same and he corrected at the end
He's gonna lose.
Hi americans! As a long-time mma fan from spain, so happy that thanks to Ilia, you put as in the map now. Never imagine Spain would get so far and appear in the headlines. We have historical ties, thanks to modern things like these we can meet again. Love from here.
i love he's confidence, well see
In Spanish Ilia sounds very confident, matter of fact, he praises Volk but also says he knows everything he's going to do. In English he just sounds annoying and cocky. It's weird. Now I wish I knew what Anderson Silva sounded like in Portuguese.
No he doesn’t, he sounds confident in English.
He has improved but that is still a fact.
I wonder what guys like khabib and islam sound like in russian
@@xxxxxxx82736 khabib sounds a lot more serious in Russian, however he has been able to show his personality in English quite well, he is not so different. But Islam, despite doing well to learn English has not been able to translate his personality as well, he sounds more serious and a bit less confident in English, despite his personality being quite boyish and playful, he is more of a entertaining and jovial character than most people think
Spanish speaker here, he sounds exactly the same regardless of his language, imo.
Man's dressed like Niko Belik
This man hits with his hands and with words he seems like a philosopher. It is the best thing that can happen to sport and to the company
He's got a brain a things to say unlike other fighters, which is great news to the sport bc it opens it up to a broader public, rather than the image of brainless dudes punching their heads. Saludos
He should be a boxer. He would kill it
He will test it at some point no doubts
Incoming Topuria haters for no reason. Better be cocky and entertaining than a snooze fest
ong! Topuria fan here. crazy how much hate this guy is getting. and for no reason...
You're exaggerating pretty hard yourself. Your use of the cliche " haters " is proof. He isn't hated. Just needs to remember he isn't the only badass around
@@Chino56751 we'll see you eat those words saturday night. you volk fangirls seem to forget volk just lost his 2 last fights. dude is washed up. just accept the facts already.
Eating nothing but pizza by then ( probably ). Your COD lobby level of vocabulary ( fangirl ? Really ? ) aside, I didn't say Topuria isn't dangerous, because he absolutely is. So is Volk. Confidence is all well and good, but the fight has yet to happen
lol @ no reason lolololololol
Who's after here after he won the fight. Thinking back on it, he referred Volkanovski in the past tense, he mentally won already.
This guy is really good and for Alex to downplay his skills makes me think he is actually worried. This is not average boxing definitely high-level stuff
Yep especially in the pocket and combos
. Na he is a very very good boxer, incredible fast twitch muscles. Very fast... But I played Rugby against Alex, he is sooo strong. Not as fast, not as good a boxer. His team cost him that Shit gameplan.... Volk can beat him. He nearly out wrestled Islam? They had a world class wrestler and not using that skill they have???? Stupidity! Plus illia has a small neck. He could choke him out. Practice jujitsu all camp with CJ. Take one yr off and just Khabib this guy.... Why make him try and kickbox this guy??? Hold him down? I guarentee hes stronger than Illia, not as fast but he doesn't get subbmitted... New Team Asap Volk. Except Craig
A mi no me queda la menor duda que eres un campion Topuria!!! “El trapo de Yair”😂😂😂
Me dió risa también esa parte 😂
No te preocupes volkanovski lo dejara peor 25 minutos o menos de lecciones de humildad grande ilia otra victima de volkanovski
@@nestorbatista893 El sábado después de la pelea voy a venir a este comentario. Sé con toda seguridad que si volka pierde vas a sacar la excusa de la pelea pasada con Islam. Si Ilia pierde pero no le dan una paliza tampoco valen tus argumentos porque de esa manera no habrán “lecciones de humildad ".
En Espanol es mas chistoso Topuria que en Ingles. Cuando habla en Ingles se pierde todo eso.
Campió o Campeón?
THE PRESS CONFERENCE BUZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ IS UNDEFEATED!!1
This dudes confidence is above the moon man, hope he walks d talk too...
I like how he hype up this fight ‼️‼️‼️‼️
Hey UFC If you hire me I promise the Livestream Sound will be perfect... Sound team always has issues in fixing hum in most of your press conference
This is mma so it could go either way but what Ilia did to Josh Emmett was just brutal.
yea but come on the dude is in his mid forties. I would have loved to see Emmet fighting in his early 20's. Yoel Romero and Josh Emmett got a late start in life. Both are amazing fighters at that age though. I can't take that away from them . Age gets the best out of most people. There are a few genetic freaks as an exception though.
Josh Emmett is no tomato can. He is still ranked #7 in the featherweight division. You are right that he is past his prime but he is still a really good fighter.@@ma-bx1oy
I like josh but he is limited in skill
Anyone remembers Yair fight with Emmet? 😂
No I get what you are saying because Yair beat Josh and than lost to Volk. Yes that could happen to Illa too. We will find out on saturday night.@@jaleelakram2232
How is UFC still messing up on audio lol
"He WAS a great champion" Jajajajajaj Vamos Ilia que te lo comes!!!!!
If he can catch vollanowski with a good punch he can win otherwise its going to be a long night for him
Meh he has a good jab..it’s not like he just wings overhands and hooks. He also has great grappling..he started in grappling and has over twice as many submission wins as Volk.
@@curtf9813people forget about his grappling all of the time. It’s crazy that people think he just a good boxer (including volk) it’s gonna be a great fight.
volk will lose and retire
Ilia IS the best on the ground. You Will see his jui jit siu 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
If you think Illia’s grappling is better than Islam then be delusional. Volk is like a small dense ball with strength to go five rounds.
MMAFighting's KZhead channel has this interview in full with perfect sound
And mma crazy too
You could legit run the video/audio through premiere pro and add some remove noise etc
Vamos Ilia!!!! 🇪🇸
translator did a superb job!!!!! didn't miss a word except for the direct disrespect to other fighters.
You know Spanish?
NO.. At 9:55 the translator did horrible.. Ilia said "this has not really been the hardest I've trained because I always train super hard but it's the most professional.. In the past fights we did a phenomenal job preparing, but this camp was more professional".. Translator said " this is not the hardest camp because the hardest was the Josh Emmett 🤦♂️
@@igorz3551apart from that one, they were accurate af and yeah, my native language is spanish
Ilia will win this fight, no disrespect to the reigning champ. Illia has the mindset, chin, power and the skills set to dethrone the champion
How does mac life have better sound quality then espn?
Horrendous audio buzz. Please UFC, get your tech right.
UFC increases PPV price, and tickets to events are insanely overpriced. Yet they can't spend money to make sure the audio on these interviews are at least decent quality. Fuck slap league, fix the damn audio Dana.
Vamos campion
Bro ground that power. The audio every time. 😂
It’s not that simple on a production this large but you ain’t lying lol
*isolate that ground lol
Bad sound output in this press conference. Shame
5:30 que grandes palabras ilia! Un crack
Rooting for him because everyone hating.
Great translation!
Topuria better back up all this talk this weekend. What a good fight nonetheless.
Crap audio, but also it looks like it was recorded off a late 90's camcorder. Horrible work.
THEY MUST’VE FORGOT 🇦🇺
Vamoos Ilia!! A por él!!
Vamos Ilia, dale. And new... 💪👊
Cabrón qué tranquilo está, es increíble...
we dont give a fuck to hear journalists and they have better mic settings than the fighters wtf!!
Illia is a good fighter better than other contenders but volk is on another level. Hyped up for the fight
Great audio…
His english has improved significantly. Really something to admire!
Vamos ilia empieza una nueva era❤️🌹
As long as drake bets on topuria things will be good for the 6times champ...FACT!
Naw he betting on volk
Volk is on the ufc 5 cover
@@DCshandleHe already lost tho
Topuria couldn't even put Emmett away fought nobody good luck
@@stevenak7209 to Islam in a higher weight class
ვოლკანოვსკი კარგი ადამიანია, მაგარი მებრძოლი და ღირსეული ჩემპიონი.... იმედია ღირსეულად გააგრძელებ ილია მის გზას. ღმერთმა დაგლოცოს და აბა შენ იცი.... წინ გამარჯვებისკენ ქართველო.
Fix your static. It’s always like this. Awful.
TELL HIM HES DREAMIN 🇦🇺
He said "volk was a great champion"..he's implying volk is already defeated & he visualizes himself as champ 😅 either he's hyping up with the media or he's so damn confident he can k.o. the champ. But I feel volk will teach him a lesson..either a k.o., t.k.o. 3rd or 4th round or domination for 4 rounds, if not more.
He was dreaming. And new.
"Yo lo soñe Yo lo soñe"
*Beuna Suerte* 💪
vaya exámen de listening y speaking que se ha marcado el colega
UFC creating the buzz for this fight, even their sound quality is buzzing🐝
Finally a good translator
As much as I can't stand him I also see this happening 😢😢. I feel like they're going to get into an exchange and topuria is going to flatten him.
Why cant you stand him?
@@vincentw3566 just needs to be humbled a little imo. But can't deny his talent. But ye it's his arrogance. Just not a fan.
@@adamtimson8046 if you listen to his interviews in spanish you can see that he is very humble, is nothing personal against Volk, its just that he brings another type of mentality, he just cant see himself losing, he believes in manifestation and the power in faith
Rubbish, Volk is gonna destroy this fake Matador
@@adamtimson8046fuck Humble. Heat and arrogance is what makes you popular, rich and the best. Conor knew best
Soy Fan de Volk. Pero creo que España merece un campeón. Es una pelea que seal cual sea el resultado estaré contento.
press conferences would be allright if you could actually here the fighters
What’s with the constant buzzing?
volk gonna do ilia like chute box with layla
What a humbling he is going to get.
Will see
Hope not its so boring to see Grandpas' fighting I always wonder if the do have a Wheelchair at home
And new.
Fabiano is on fire 🔥
Great audio..
Grande KOlme representando
El vikingo representando a don jorge ebro de serebro los deportes
why r they all calling me out maybe cuz u told them to retire before u even got the belt lol
Que gozada escuchar al kolme aqui jajajaja jefazo
Will be sad to see volk humble ilia, his very early Conor like gonna be one of the next big fighters for sure 💯
Conor mccoverrated not a single title defense 🤡
I back that
@@440-fishermandrock8 saying conor is overrated is crazy 🤪
UFC minus Conor IS NOT where it is today and that’s a fact, end of.
@@LXLMXTCHELLXcare to elaborate? A part from him being Irish and his Irish fans spending all of their allowance money on him
Volk by headkick round 4
You said what😂
Volk 49-46
Possible!
Poor guy is delusional if he thinks he's lnocking out volk in the 1st round 😂
Man, you were right! He knocked him out in the 2nd lol And new!
Take that L boi 💀😂
@@MilkoOfficialChannel Facts! Dudes the real deal!
@@niix0173 u good son? tf 😂
Lets go ilia♥️🇬🇪
this translator is so good, word for word
he didn’t talk about ilia not being ortega’s cameltoe
fire the sound guy
🇪🇸🇪🇸🇪🇸vamos ilia
The Ilia 1st rd KO/TKO is juiced
Ilia's like every other 14-0 fighter, they think they're the best in the world.. He's going to get DOMINATED!!!
They are the best in the world. When you're one UFC it means you're a part of the best fighters in the world
Looks like the weight cut is taking it's toll.
Tjeez tjeez, i see your self not talking about it when you dont ko him in 1 round. No talking about it when you lose. But also not talking about it when you win a decision ( which i think is impossible)
He better because if not his going to get absolutely ragged dolled
s/o to mac life they are the real professionals when it comes to this😂😂
" He isn't a finisher " Volk has 2 finishes across last 5 fights . Confidence is good; cockiness is grating.
I think he means he has not knockout power. Volk has great volume of punches and the stoppage use to be tko not ko.
@@Gabe-hg5ft Tell that to Yair.
@@joel.248 Volk hasn't lasted this kong without power as well. This has everything it needs for a good long fight
Esa botella de 🍷 el viernes para dentro 🎉🎉🎉🎉
Me voy a hartar a reír cuando pierda
@@quentinbeatino9576 y yo cuando me forre a pasta!! Gracias a tu mensaje 😊
No jod-s! El jueves!! El viernes a dormir tranquilito y sin alcohol hahahaha!
@@lionpinkman3815 después del pesaje para recuperar 💪🤜🤛👑
@@miguelthehacker9594 noooooooo!! Es antes del pesaje!!! Después del pesaje, la noche del viernes no tiene que beber alcohol! Que la puede liar!!! JAJajjaja!
I got to get this video a thunbs down bc the audio id be ashamed of posting this video if i was the ufc
ILIA, de va Ha dar estopa, vamos, campeon.❤🖐️👍👏💪🇪🇦
❤Volk
Venga illia me he apostao mi salario a que ganas 😭😭😭
😂😂En serio?
Ian Topuria have the same accent voice and speaking as Rafa Nadal...
I'm incredibly interested to know the % of people who say they'll ko their opponent in the first round and then don't, because they never do
Mind games really isn’t it, can trick your opponent into expecting an explosive 1st round and being to defensive not establishing an offensive rhythm and reacting to every movement, but na it never seems to work haha McGregor got it 2-3 times maybe
You know, when Topuria faced Ryan Hall he said he will ko him in the first and that was exactly what he did
What jacket is that?
It's a french brand called Celine. The jacket is available on their website but it's very expensive : 1500 $ 🥶
@@JeanCulepfizer 👍🏻👊🏻
Volk win by 3-4 round TKO
chance 0
Volk isn't a hard hitter.
Note a thing!
Nope again zero!
ANDDDD NEWWWWW-Bruce
Keep words short and sweet just in case you have to eat them later.
Why doesn’t the ufc ever have big press conferences anymore? It’s always individual now
Tomorrow
ილია თოფურია 🇬🇪🇬🇪🇬🇪 ILIA TOPURIA 🇬🇪🇬🇪🇬🇪
HOLY SHIT MY EARS. Hire me Dana I’m a sound expert.
All the pressure is already on him,it’s time to go hard or go home.
Ilia 😎
I'm confused on how he got a title shot after a decision win against Emmett?
He's undefeated, simple.
@emansfvera yeah haven't checked at the division for awhile looks like he kinda the only option I think volk just needs to move up to lightweight
Who else would get it ???
Because you don't understand fighting
@damian7509 no one I had to go look at rankings and all the recent featherweight fights he's the only option
Here's his personal emoji 🤪
I got money on him...I believe it's the best value of the card
Kiss that money goodbye
@@GD14859 ilia is faster better all around fighter
Its gonna be a good fight@@joshuahmcintosh1939
@@joshuahmcintosh1939 ya and based on what? Going 5 rounds with Emmett and beating a farmer? Please elaborate what specifically he does better then volk other than boxing
@@GD14859 quicker better take down defense better striking better distance and never been knocked out better fight IQ never lost in any promotion younger and more confident