Jean
Silva is taking his study of Ilia
Topuria seriously.
Advertisement
After Topuria recently dismissed Silva’s offer to help prepare
Charles
Oliveira for his lightweight title fight against “El Matador”
at UFC
317, the Fighting Nerds product took to YouTube to show some
mistakes the Georgian-Spaniard made in fights against Bryce
Mitchell and Jai
Herbert.
“Actually, I did better than you. Look at my fight against Bryce
Mitchell and see how many punches he landed on me. You got hit
and rocked,” Silva said.
Both Silva and Topuria submitted Mitchell in the second round of
their respective fights.
Silva also highlighted a moment when Topuria was knocked down by
Herbert in his fourth UFC fight. The Brazilian was quick to note
that he hasn’t been dropped yet in five Octagon appearances.
“You got knocked down, I didn’t,” Silva said. “By the way, compare
the dominant way I beat my first five oponents. It’s not because
they are bad. It’s because I study a lot. And concerning
the imitation, it’s something I personally like to do in my
training while studying different styles.”
Silva also analyzed some of the flaws he sees in Topuria’s
game.
“I know He has a lot of power in his hips, but when he misses his
cross he normally gives the back, like he did here against
Mitchell,” Silva said.