“I’m next in line for a title fight,” Topuria said, answering journalists’ questions. “Who is more worthy than me to fight for the title? Nobody. So I’m next”
“I don’t look behind anyone’s back, ever, I just have confidence in the hard work that I put in at all training camps. Confidence doesn’t come out of thin air. I work really hard and I know that I’m the best”
“I’m going to finish off Volkanovski in the first round. Of course, it will be a little more difficult to beat whoever is the best fighter regardless of weight. It will be a bigger fight than if Yair beats Alex and I beat Yair. Because Yair lost a lot of fights – Max Holloway, Frankie Edgar, he has a lot of defeats. That’s why I prefer to fight Alex and take the title from him.”
Recall that the fight between Ilia Topuria and Josh Emmett on June 24 will headline the UFC on ABC 5 tournament in Jacksonville, and Alex Volkanovski and Yair Rodriguez will unify the titles on July 8 at UFC 290 in Las Vegas.