he’s made excuses anytime he gets to fight a ranked opponent and been on the outskirts of the division for years now.
Sola been in the ufc for only a year and managed to generate more hype than he did his entire career.

I'm Georgian-Estonian myself. Merab is an American. He came from nothing, grew up in rural Georgia, moved to the US at a very young age on his own to make a living and pursue his MMA dream, and had to work his ass off as a construction worker while simultaneously training in MMA.

He became a UFC champion, became a US citizen, and made a fortune. Does the American Dream get any better than this?

It's a great thing that he never forgets his roots and represents Georgia at the highest level, but even if he decided to represent the US tomorrow, I wouldn't get mad even a bit, because the US has given him everything, much like what Spain has given the Topuria brothers.

Ok I'm not a conspiracy thinker in general but I watched this video and I seriously think this is important. It's a pattern recognition of Gaethje's opponents and the unusual damage they display on their face. It's more akin to bare knuckle boxing. Well known 'power' punchers have had fights where they landed more shots than Gaethe landed on Ilia and their opponents faces have shown far less visible damage. Before the comments of 'cope', give this a watch. It suggests Justin has manipulated his hand wraps in some way to harden them and gain an unfair advantage and the photo evidence of his gloves as shown in this video is really compelling. A side note, the fact the UFC bypassed the state athletic commission for UFC white house is crazy on its own.

It’s been 79 days, and this guy still can't update his record. 🥀🥀

Paddy Pimblett vs Charles Oliveira. Both are big lightweights and excellent grapplers. This could possibly be a very entertaining fight, and there is a possibility it will happen.

Michael Bisping was talking about this matchup a while ago almost as if he knew it was next. Paddy also recently said he has a fight announcement coming soon. It could be Ilia too, but i dont know if he is ready to come back just yet. He took hell of a lot damage against Justin.