Ilia Topuria's manager has words for Ali Abdelaziz

Malki Kawa has fired back at Ali Abdelaziz over his assessment ofIliaTopuria.Abdelaziz recently suggested that UsmanNurmagomedov, who is currently a free agent, would forceTopuria to quit if the two were to fight. The comments came afterNurmagomedov defended his Professional Fighters League title against ArchieColgan and are clearly a dig at Topuria's loss to JustinGaethje at UFC Freedom 250.

Ilia Topuria's manager slams Ali Abdelaziz, hypes up formerdouble champ's comeback

Nurmagomedov extended his perfect record to 22-0 with hisfirst-round knockout victory at PFL New York. Abdelaziz subsequently claimed that the unbeatenRussian would beat Topuria during his appearance on the "Pound 4Pound" podcast. Kawa responded by claiming that Topuria could"annihilate" Abdelaziz's entire roster."You've got this guy, he's sitting there with two of his clients,and one of them happens to be Usman," Kawa said in a social mediapost. "They're sitting there talking about his next opponent: 'Ohyeah, he would beat this guy, he would beat that guy,' and, 'Hewill do this and he will do that.' Guy, shut the f*ck up. IliaTopuria would f**king annihilate 100% of your roster, including ifhe fought Gaethje again."Kawa then reiterated that Topuria would beat Gaethje in arematch."He would f**king beat the sh*t out of him," he added. "We all knowthat Ilia was better. He had a bad night. Your boy did good.Congratulations. Stop hyping up the other sh*t. You sound like af**king clown. Ilia Topuria is still, in my book, the No. 1 fighterin the world."Topuria suffered his first career loss to Gaethje at the historicWhite House event, but Kawa believes the Georgian-Spaniard willbounce back with a "masterclass" performance."When the comeback happens, you will see what happens," Kawaconcluded. "PaddyPimblett, IslamMakhachev, Usman Nurmagomedov, Justin Gaethje, it doesn'tmatter. It doesn't matter. When you guys see it, you'll witness amasterclass."