{"id":39835,"date":"2026-08-11T06:31:55","date_gmt":"2026-08-11T06:31:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/news\/news\/Ilia-Topurias-manager-has-words-for-Ali-Abdelaziz-202313"},"modified":"2026-08-11T06:31:55","modified_gmt":"2026-08-11T06:31:55","slug":"ilia-topurias-manager-has-words-for-ali-abdelaziz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/ilia-topurias-manager-has-words-for-ali-abdelaziz\/","title":{"rendered":"Ilia Topuria’s manager has words for Ali Abdelaziz"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Malki Kawa has fired back at Ali Abdelaziz over his assessment of
\nIlia
\nTopuria<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Abdelaziz recently suggested that Usman
\nNurmagomedov<\/a>, who is currently a free agent, would force
\nTopuria to quit if the two were to fight. The comments came after
\nNurmagomedov defended his
\nProfessional Fighters League<\/a> title against Archie
\nColgan<\/a> and are clearly a dig at Topuria\u2019s loss to Justin
\nGaethje<\/a> at
\nUFC Freedom 250<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Ilia Topuria\u2019s manager slams Ali Abdelaziz, hypes up former
\ndouble champ\u2019s comeback<\/h2>\n

Nurmagomedov extended his perfect record to 22-0 with his
\nfirst-round knockout victory at
\nPFL New York<\/a>. Abdelaziz subsequently claimed that the unbeaten
\nRussian would beat Topuria during his appearance on the \u201cPound 4
\nPound\u201d podcast. Kawa responded by claiming that Topuria could
\n\u201cannihilate\u201d Abdelaziz\u2019s entire roster.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou’ve got this guy, he’s sitting there with two of his clients,
\nand one of them happens to be Usman,\u201d Kawa said in a social media
\npost. \u201cThey’re sitting there talking about his next opponent: \u2018Oh
\nyeah, he would beat this guy, he would beat that guy,\u2019 and, \u2018He
\nwill do this and he will do that.\u2019 Guy, shut the f*ck up. Ilia
\nTopuria would f**king annihilate 100% of your roster, including if
\nhe fought Gaethje again.\u201d<\/p>\n

Kawa then reiterated that Topuria would beat Gaethje in a
\nrematch.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe would f**king beat the sh*t out of him,\u201d he added. \u201cWe all know
\nthat Ilia was better. He had a bad night. Your boy did good.
\nCongratulations. Stop hyping up the other sh*t. You sound like a
\nf**king clown. Ilia Topuria is still, in my book, the No. 1 fighter
\nin the world.\u201d<\/p>\n

Topuria suffered his first career loss to Gaethje at the historic
\nWhite House event, but Kawa believes the Georgian-Spaniard will
\nbounce back with a \u201cmasterclass\u201d performance.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen the comeback happens, you will see what happens,\u201d Kawa
\nconcluded. \u201cPaddy
\nPimblett<\/a>, Islam
\nMakhachev<\/a>, Usman Nurmagomedov, Justin Gaethje, it doesn’t
\nmatter. It doesn’t matter. When you guys see it, you’ll witness a
\nmasterclass.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\n

Ilia
\nTopuria<\/a>‘s manager fires back at Ali Abdelaziz after he claimed
\nUsman
\nNurmagomedov<\/a> would head kick Ilia and make him quit. \ud83d\udc40\ud83e\udd2c<\/p>\n

“Ilia
\nTopuria<\/a> would annihilate 100% of your roster. If he fights
\nGaethje again, Ilia will beat the shit out of him. We all know Ilia
\nhad a bad\u2026 pic.twitter.com\/dwtcHnKR57<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 FREAK.MMA (@FREAKMMA1)
\nAugust 8, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Malki Kawa has fired back at Ali Abdelaziz over his assessment of Ilia Topuria. Abdelaziz recently suggested that Usman Nurmagomedov, who is currently a free agent, would force Topuria to quit if the two were to fight. The comments came after Nurmagomedov defended his Professional Fighters League title against Archie Colgan and are clearly a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":39836,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[150],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-39835","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-martial-arts-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39835","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=39835"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39835\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/39836"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39835"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=39835"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=39835"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}