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Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) Featherweight champion, Ilia Topuria, will clash with former division roost-ruler, Max Holloway, TODAY (Sat., Oct. 26, 2024) at UFC 308 from inside Etihad Arena in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.
Topuria enters his first title defense with an outright annoying amount of self-confidence, but can anyone blame the 27-year-old “Matador” for feeling atop the world? His UFC career couldn’t be going any more smoothly. The undefeated champion is handing out knockouts with regularity and has utterly dominated all of his opponents — he’s earned a bit of swagger. On the flip side, Holloway has been the young champion, seen rises and falls, and still emerged as one of the best in the world. Really, who has suffered more painful title defeats and blown away expectations at the highest level more than Holloway? His career is one-of-a-kind, and the Hawaiian can build on his legacy further by dethroning the first standout champion of the next generation.
Topuria is much more of a bull than matador. He’s not sloppy — with the exception of the Bryce Mitchell fight, in which it was clear Topuria had ZERO regard for his opponent — but Topuria excels at inching toward his opponents, backing them to the fence, then unleashing heinously powerful combinations. Despite Topuria’s wrestling and grappling expertise, this feels like a striking match, because nobody has ever been able to ground Holloway consistently. It would probably be a waste of energy to really try, though a takedown feint or two is never a bad idea to keep the Hawaiian honest.
For Topuria, this bout is all about closing through Holloway’s varied range offense of jabs, teeps, and side kicks. Holloway is very, very good at stranding opponents on the edge of his feints and distance strikes. Topuria just had to deal with a similar challenge in Alexander Volkanovski, but Holloway has a lot more tools at his disposal. Getting inside means taking away Holloway’s weapons. Topuria’s calf kick should return with a vengeance, both as a counter to the jab and return off Holloway’s kicks. The Spanish athlete has to be mindful in identifying the real jabs from the fakes — jabbing with Holloway could help here — and then fire when he gets his timing.
Holloway is great and still has plenty left in the tank. He has more tools on the feet and could win the fight in a variety of ways. The head kick knockout shouldn’t be discounted. Unfortunately, it’s just too hard to overlook the fact that Holloway has never been impossible to hit, and Topuria has nuclear bombs in his fists. If any combination is going to put Holloway cold, I would bet on that Topuria 2-3-2. Bottom line: Holloway gives a good account of himself, but the speed and power of the younger champion generally lets him dictate exchanges and win the fight.
UFC 308 Topuria vs. Holloway PPV Pay Per View October 26th 2024 Match Card.
Prelims – 10.00PM ET
- Light Heavyweight Ibo Aslan vs. Raffael Cerqueira
- Welterweight Geoff Neal vs. Rafael dos Anjos
- Catchweight (160 lb) Mateusz Rębecki vs. Myktybek Orolbai
- Middleweight Abusupiyan Magomedov vs. Brunno Ferreira
- Heavyweight Kennedy Nzechukwu vs. Chris Barnett
- Featherweight Farid Basharat vs. Victor Hugo
- Middleweight Ismail Naurdiev vs. Bruno Silva
- Welterweight Rinat Fakhretdinov vs. Carlos Leal
Maincard – 2.00PM ET
- Featherweight Ilia Topuria (c) vs. Max Holloway
- Middleweight Robert Whittaker vs. Khamzat Chimaev
- Light Heavyweight Magomed Ankalaev vs. Aleksandar Rakić
- Featherweight Lerone Murphy vs. Dan Ige
- Middleweight Sharabutdin Magomedov vs. Armen Petrosyan
