Backfire! UFC 308’s Max Holloway Mocks Ilia Topuira’s Decent English, Gets Cooked Instead In Heated Interview (Video)

UFC 308 is heating up.

Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) Featherweight champion Ilia Topuria vs. former Featherweight kingpin and Baddest Motherf—ker (BMF) Max Holloway is going down later this month (Sat., Oct. 26, 2024) at UFC 308 inside Etihad Arena on “Fight Island” in Abu Dhabi, UAE, and it’s going to be awesome.

The Featherweight studs finally came face-to-face (virtually) recently, and it got heated. Towards the end of their ESPN interview, in which the two verbally sparred for 18 minutes, Holloway mocked Topuria for his English, and it backfired.

“I don’t need to say anything new; I only need to tell you the truth. I say, say, say,” Topuria said, and then Holloway mocked him for stuttering. “Bro, shut the f—k up. I’m speaking in your language. Let’s talk in Spanish, let’s talk in Georgian, let’s talk in Russian, let’s talk in German. What the f—k are you talking about, man? [Topuria speaks in Spanish]. If you wanna talk in English, whatever you want to do, boy…October 26, bring the same energy. In the first 10 seconds, you’re going to realize.”

Holloway seemed speechless after Topuria informed him of the languages he speaks. Topuria speaks fluent Spanish, German, and Georgian. English is his fourth language, and he speaks it surprisingly well.

Rightfully, “Blessed” was criticized on social media for making fun of Topuria’s English.

If this virtual face-to-face was anything, the trash talk will only intensify.

The good thing is the mixed martial arts (MMA) world only has to wait two more weeks for the two Featherweights to collide for the title.