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“Speaks Too Much”: Cristiano Ronaldo’s Issue With Ilia Topuria Had Him Back Max Holloway, but Prediction Backfired

Allan Binoy
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Cristiano Ronaldo and Ilia Topuria.

Cristiano Ronaldo is not a big fan of Ilia Topuria. The Spaniard fighter is the UFC flyweight champion and as champ, he’s been participating in a lot of trash-talk. He’s also known for predicting the outcome of his fights, which oftentimes appear to be correct. However, the Portuguese phenom doesn’t seem to appreciate the malarkey.

PFL MMA dropped some unreleased footage of Francis Ngannou and Cristiano Ronaldo spending time backstage before his PFL debut.

While they were sitting together, the topic of UFC 306 came up and Ronaldo asked Eric Nicksick who he thinks will win. He then shared his prediction saying,

“I like Max, tough guy.”

Nicksick then praised Ilia Topuria for being a good fighter and ‘CR7’ retorted,

“He speak too much.”

The Al-Nassr forward is not a big fan of the Spaniard’s trash-talking, but his prediction of Holloway winning did not go well.

Ronaldo also discussed the fight between ‘El Matador‘ and Volkanovski. The Portuguese star didn’t think ‘The Great’ was in shape to fight after his KO loss to Islam Makhachev.

The former Real Madrid striker wasn’t the only Football player talking about the fight. Sergio Ramos was seen at the event supporting his fellow Spaniard.

Ramos called Holloway ‘scared’ ahead of Topuria’s fight

Cristiano Ronaldo’s former Real Madrid teammate, Ramos, is an avid MMA fan and given the opportunity, he flew out to support Ilia Topuria.

Following their first face-off before the fight, the defender spoke to Topuria about the energy he felt during the face-off,

“He doesn’t talk does he (Holloway)? He seems scared already”

Topuria being his usual confident self told Ramos how he is the best fighter in the world at the moment and even Holloway knew that.

‘El Matador’ then went and proved himself right with a striking masterclass against ‘Blessed’. He knocked out a man who had never been knocked out before, and that too with his weaker hand.

The Spaniard has now definitely added some legitimacy to his title reign after taking out the last two champions of the division via KO. Moving forward we’ll get to see if he continues his undefeated streak or if there’ll be someone to bring an end to his reign.

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Allan Binoy

Allan Binoy

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Allan Binoy is a MMA journalist at The SportsRush. Taken to the sport in 2015, thanks to a certain Conor McGregor, Allan has himself dabbled in the martial arts. And having graduated from Loyola College, Chennai, with a degree in English Literature, he has learnt to use his love for language to have a voice in the MMA community. Allan has been writing about the gladiatorial stories for more than three years now and has pursued excellence at a number of reputable media organizations, covering every UFC PPV in the last couple of years. In addition to this, the southpaw is also a semi-professional soccer player for Diego Juniors FC in Pune, playing in the Pune Super Division League.

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