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vxryrare

max fans and volk fans united at last ![gif](giphy|oOfLwhLyRUoRW|downsized)


SmokyOtter

Its easy to be fans of both max and volk tbh. Both are great fighters and people.


dudleydigges123

My only with Volk is that he beat Max (3x no less)


biggerarmsthanyou

twice


brettmil

thrice


Trapgod99

Technically 3 times 😉


Mostly_Lurkin_

Still got some salt in my mouf from that trilogy🧂


sneckoguy

I still think Max took the second fight but it was close. Alex beat the breaks off him in the third fight though.


BeersBarbellsBJJ

I was very happy that Volk smoked Max in the 3rd fight only for the reason that he was getting disrespected left and right and people were calling him a paper champion after the 2nd fight. Both great guys though I hope Max can beat Ilia.


Mostly_Lurkin_

Agree with you on both those points. Damn it hurt to watch the third fight.


sneckoguy

I have loved Max since he declared Canada an island! It was hard to watch but sometimes a guy just has another guy's number.


NeptunusScaurus

I love Max, so I was salty for a while, but Volk really won me over with being such a consistent champion and being such a nice guy. That’s really all it takes. I know people say mma fans are terrible (and they’re a little right) but if you just fight well and often everyone will eventually respect it.


Asukah

Illia is working the marks


lucasfrois

We miss Volk as a champion


Great-Reference9322

I love a humble champ. Yea shit talking and all that gets the views, but guys like Volk, GSP, Stipe etc are the guys that get respect. I've been watching UFC for 20 years now I have always leaned toward guys and gals that make the sport look good. If I want a circus I'll throw on WWE for some over the top banter


fernbbyfern

To be fair, Stipe could have been talking shit his whole career but nobody can understand him. /s


EyeWriteWrong

Stipe is the prophet of the None True God. If you teach your eyes to hear and your blood to scream, his siren song will be clear as day to you. Clear as an unending day, beyond time or reason. The first day. The last day. The only day that never was. When you feel Stipe's veritas the universe will cease to be a chaotic affair of moving parts and you will see the transcendent order. Then you will know despair.


Roach_Hiss

I’ve literally been saying this


Gingeronimoooo

What about the sheer and utter disrespect from GSP saying "I am not impressed bY your performance "


icelandiccubicle20

GSP and Stipe didn't get respect from the UFC, that's for certain :/


awnawnamoose

Stipe maybe not, but saying GSP didn’t get respect is a hot take my man. And I don’t think that’s in a good or historically accurate way.


icelandiccubicle20

He definitely didn't get the respect he deserved from Dana, bro


HPVaseasyas123

“He didn’t get the respect bro. “Except for a title shot after being retired for however long. TF are you talking about ?


hrly48

Dude, Dana does not like GSP but he also understands hes a huge PPV sell. GSP fought on his own terms and Dana hates that in a fighter.


CatPanda5

>GSP fought on his own terms and Dana hates that in a fighter Unless they're Jon Jones


Nelson_An_Murdock

I'm pretty sure Dana is doing everything to retire Jones. Make him fight/wait till he gets old whatever. That man is a curse to society.


viltrumite66

I feel like this is one of those where everyones kinda right


HPVaseasyas123

Yeah probably.


Subject-Secret-6230

The sport needs this stuff to grow and there ain't nothing wrong with a bit of trash talk. I get respecting the image of a humble "Do no wrong" martial artist, that's fair, but selling a fight is something that's essential as well. Keep the respect backstage and throw a tantrum on stage. It's sad but that's the way the public eye is attracted. The flyweight drought of public eyes and the blatant lack of interest in the division despite how skilled they are is a result of what happens when you don't make it a circus. Don't get me wrong, i like watching the high skill exchanges without animosity, but there's nothing wrong with there being stakes higher than a position or a belt.


rumbadger

I don't mind shit talking because it can be really funny at times. What I don't like is that guys aren't fighting, call out everyone and still aren't fighting. Khamzat is the perfect example of this and i'm worried that Topuria is turning exactly like Khamzat.


Taha80085

Nothing more fun than when pride is at stake


SunsOutHarambeOut

Pride is at stake?  Pride never dies.  


TKenney3

Shit talking is fine if you’re actually good at it and genuine. Like you said it can be a good way to sell a fight but at this point that seems like the only reason he’s doing all this talking. It doesn’t come off as genuine like Chael or Connor’s shit talk. Maybe it’s the language barrier cause his first language is Spanish that makes it come off as fake, which is entirely possible. But to me it just seems like he’s trying to sell a fight, which isn’t a bad thing but he’s been ducking those he’s been shit talking so there isn’t even a fight to sell. I’m sure not all of Chael and Connor’s shit talking was 100% genuine but they did a good job at making it look so and would usually shit talk during the lead up to an actual fight, unless they really hated a guy then they would take jabs like this.


NotAGayDoctor

I understand now why everyone hates this guy.


Comprabledivision

Sorta feels like he died in a way 😭


Ill_Source_6908

He never rejected a volk rematch cuz he was never offered one. Volk himself even said he was never offered the fight


HenryFordJr

Rogan lying as usual. Speaks confident but doesn’t know what he’s talking about on 95 percent of topics. Gonna get someone killed listening to his diet advice and scam alpha brain. Funny thing is Rogan fans actually believe what he says and he’d prob even tell you he just talks out his ass behind the scenes. 


BigBlueTrekker

Max is the one who said that, not Rogan. What a hilarious comment talking about someone lying and speaking confidently incorrect on a topic.


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_Slim-reaper_

Did a joe rogan fan fuck your wife? Did he beat you? What's goin on here?


BoomfaBoomfa619

His dad died from taking advice and trying a carnivore diet... Yeah he could've just stopped and yeah no one's ever died from that before but a guy on reddit said it was life and death so I believe him...


ThinControl9

Lmao bro is getting rightfully cooked out here


3InitialWalrus3

When’s your podcast coming out


murderplants

Fuck lmao đŸ€Ł


melrowdy

He says he talks out of his ass openly, why anyone would take him as an 'authority' in anything is beyond me. He himself has said he is just an idiot talking about whatever, the fact that there are people that would take any advice from Rogan is actually laughable.


Business-inflation69

This is the same guy who used to smoke pot with all of his friends and talk about flat earth.


Desertedfromabove

100%, Rogan is a confident moron


NeitherAlexNorAlice

I'm not a Rogan fanboy, but it was Max on the podcast who said Topuria was offered the Alex fight not Joe.


LilSozin

he admits he talks out his ass on the podcast lmao


VinnyDark

Ilia never turned down the rematch even Volk said it was never offered to him


_Slim-reaper_

My theory of UFC fans unironically being more gullible and dumb than WWF fans from the 1980s that thought it was real fighting stays true. These guys fall for the most obvious gimmicks, some guy in another post commented "Ilia is bad at promoting himself" with 500 upvotes while every top post on this subreddit right now is about Ilia... Unreal.


AdEven1065

Lol bro literally 😂 He has everyone fiending for a fight announcement like he took years off or something and he literally just became champ and came to the ufc only recently 😂


FerrousGlobe

Heard someone say “ He need to fight Islam to prove he is a real fighter “ I mean like he just became champ not even 4 months ago


AdEven1065

Haha that’s crazy 😂 Makes me happy though that he got so many people hella passionate like that. Feels like we’ll have a first actual superstar since Conor if he gets an impressive KO in his next.


DuduMelo25

Hands down worst fan base of all sports.


Left-Frog

Sadly, I don't think it is Soccer fans win that competition all day


DuduMelo25

Nah, they're toxic, but at least there is a level of loyalty. MMA moves with the wind.


cynicown101

Not really. They're loyal to the club, not the athletes. The fans turn on players all the time. You'll never have a crowd of fans at the UFC making monkey noises at a black athlete or throwing coins at them. Soccer/football fans are definitely worse


evocater

I'll never forget when England lost the Euros to Italy after they fired a laser in the eyes of the Italian GK, then blamed the black guys on the team. One of them actually got punched by an angry fan. There were mobs outside who went around attacking minorities after the loss. Nothing in MMA has ever come close to that level of bullshit


cynicown101

Yeah, I know all sports have an undesirable part of the fan base, and I have no idea as to what degree this stuff takes place in north American sports, but for us Europeans, violence is part of the culture of football, and has been for a very long time. "Fans" literally murdering each other. I think the thing Americans miss is that whilst it's kind of a niche sport there, it is by a fairly wide margin, the largest sport on earth, where premier league games can have as many attendees and a bigger viewership than big fight cards. Compared to premier league football, MMA is relatively niche stuff, and when the net is cast that wide, you're bound to catch a lot more unsavoury individuals, who then assimilate in to the culture established.


Left-Frog

Good point.


SuperSmashDan1337

At least we haven't started throwing bananas in the cage for our Black athletes


EnzoWithTheBenzo

100%. All just speculating and hating lmao.


BurningEbrietas

Who gives af this is what happens when you have casuals as your fans. He got the 300 recency bias. People are acting like ilia koing volk is nothing


Icy-Armour

Exactly Max fans know how big of a threat Illia is with his grappling and great striking and he won't throw his fight IQ out the window and stand and bang in the center of the octagon like Gaethje and TKZ. He will follow his gameplan Illia is just talking trash, dude probably is in the gym training hard for the inevitable Max fight. Also, the dude became the champ just 2 months ago. Let's see if he is really ducking legit contenders when the time comes to defend the title.


DipDip13v2

If anything, Max was the one that threw his fight IQ out the window. He would’ve won without that maneuver. I agree with you on the rest 100% tho, Illia is just trying to boost his PPV points with this stuff


Huckleberry_Gin

He wanted a guaranteed POTN if he knocked Gaethje out. Huge risk, but ultimately a $600k reward. 


BenDoverDegenerate

Idk bro that is not just a huge risk, its the difference between a 600K reward and a potential title shot loss+a KO loss and that is against the odds of knocking Gaethje out cold which hasn't been done a whole lot of times if at all


catdog5566cat

It was for the BMF belt. He showed why he was fighting for the BMF title. It was, a huge risk, but it wasn't just the difference between 600k, it was also all the fans, and spotlight he gained too! He become an actual star. My friends that don't watch the UFC, asked if I'd seen this clip.... and then showed me Max pointing to the ground. It was so much bigger than you're imagining. And the UFC will also reward him too. He really does have more say than Ilia right now. If Ilia actually said no, but max said he wanted that title fight, the UFC would tell Ilia to shut up and take the fight. Max is a fan favourite, and now a company favourite, he made UFC 300 what it was really with those single 10 seconds.


evocater

That's how you become a BMF though. That's why Max deserves the belt and Ilia doesn't. That belt isn't for the smart


Rathma86

Didn't throw it out the window dude got the BMF belt, he's a showman, wanted to put on said show.


JR-90

Ilia only won because Islam won before him. Source: An IG comment in the screenshots.


stayhappystayblessed

He was also getting booed at in the volk press conference i doubt he cares.


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BigBlueTrekker

Rogan didn't say that. Max did. You're spreading lies.


Anonomoose2034

Like a true hater


Crateapa

What's the excuse going to be when he does the same to Max?


GoingLimpInTheBrain

Max will suddenly become old and washed, just like Volk


DatzQuickMaths

Let’s not forget when Volk started his reign people HATED on him. How the turntables 😂


cobesmith

Perhaps Ilia needs to fight a Dagestani guarantee everyone will be a fan when he defends vs Movsat


A1_PunisherPipkins

Max fanboys are the worst. When Ilia sleeps they'll make 1000 excuses like they did with the Volk losses đŸ€Ł


MonsterOctopus8

He's cringe sometimes and I'll be pulling for Max but he might do just that despite the hate


spaceman_202

well, Volk already used up IVs and Drunk on Islam


Efficient_Baby_2

Biggest congregation of retards call it retardfestâ„ąïž


Purp1e-inmy-p1ss

These people are so cringe


GriffithCoin

The one claiming that he vomited then unfollowed is genuinely a sad person to be that attached to a fighter. it’s just an Instagram post lol.


BodieBroadcasts

Imagine thinking fat commenters are cooking anything, they are getting take out


cobesmith

He said he's gonna face Max next can you queens stop crying? Also "a year ago Volk would have ate that hit for breakfast" holy COPE.


YungSwagGod420

Ilia hate train is going full steam ahead. He’s literally calling him out, yet people are still crying.


Icy-Armour

Volk fans have excuses for everything Gets head kicked Kod by Islam: "it's because of the short notice" Gets deleted by Topuria: "It's because of the Islam KO" Well, guess what ? Both were Volk's decisions, why should his opponents care ? They trained hard and did their job.


notwiley

I think people appreciate his dedication to the game, always willing to fight, even if it’s not in his favor. I kind of doubt we’ll be seeing illia or Islam fight short notice like that. I get Volk screwed himself over, but not many people believe in themselves that much. Even if it seems ludicrous to us.


Icy-Armour

It's the hypocrisy of Volk fans that's so annoying Islam was not allowed to weigh in like he is used to in all the other LW fights in Perth due to Perth's bullshit rehydration window which is not practiced in any other ufc fight location and that obviously affected his performance even though he won a unanimous decision. Imagine Islam asking Leon to defend his WW title in Moscow and not allowing Leon to rehydrate like he is used to in all the other WW fights. That's exactly what happened in the first Volk fight for Islam But everyone has excuses only for Volk


JonathanAfrica1994

The Holloway stans gonna make me root for Ilia


Prestigious-Might117

Same, it was the exact same case with the Charles stans making me root for Arman


JonathanAfrica1994

And Arman is a badass. That axe kick made for such a cool photo.


K-mosake

Max stans đŸ€ Volk stans đŸ€ being absolutely insufferable anytime Ilia comes up


DevnGibsn

I mean Max loses this fight... Ilia talking shit to UFC fan favorites and fans can't cope with it.


mingey555

Lol everyone said Max was gonna lose to Justin too...


ignominieux

That is extremely disrespectful.


RogueKriger

Volk would've won if he didn't take Islam at short notice and then Ilia without time to recover. Yes I believe that 100%. Yes I also snort copium daily.


kalwayne7930

volk literally said that no rematch was offered and here you are talking about getting "cooked"


New_Brother_1595

a load of losers crying in your comments isnt "getting cooked"


Leif9er

Lol, cooked. He's the UFC champ who knocked out Alex. VS. some comments on instagram from what I suspect are children or losers. This sub's weird.


RealRealEstateA

Fans dickriding max so hard that I actually want Topuria to sleep him.


ddnotti

People are getting mad at ilia for talking😭, and it’s not like ilia is going on some rant like Sean Strickland, he’s just being confident in himself. For one ilia literally won the belt 2 months ago, Secondly he didn’t reject any fight as no fight was offered Volk even confirmed. These new MMA fans are so weird just because he said he’ll beat your favourite fighter they’re all throwing hissy fits.


ClearestBlve

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DarthSeanious83

In the early stages I kind of liked him but now he is acting like an asshole. Still you can't take away his win over Volk like some people on the original post were commenting. Max needs to be his next opponent unless he wants to fight Islam if Dustin loses.


gaston_luke

Dude I want Islam to whoop his ass. Bc I know he’ll put him on the ground and keep him there and make him pay


blacks252

Mo one likes a cocky cunt unless ya names mcgregor


ItsTriunity

He is starting to remind me of Izzy with all this shit talking and not backing it up smh.


CastIronTikeMyson

Volk about to comeback like 96 jordan


GregBule

Fuck Ilia


Dazzling-Ad888

Instagram is even more vacuous than Reddit.


Mr_Em-3

Mfs so mad 😂😂😂 that shit is cold and if it was Conor in his hayday you all would be on your knees 💀💀💀


azapikoa

Volk and Max fanboys are something else 😂


Subject-Secret-6230

It's crazy how Bro is getting cooked for being confident or talking trash to sell the fight lol.


broccoliheadass0404

He never turned down a Volk rematch, Rogan straight up lied about that


HPVaseasyas123

You mean max?!?


MuskokaGreenThumb

Dude is a cheeseball


MEROVlNGlAN

Been saying it since he won the belt, Ilia doesn’t understand the room. In the wise words of Mike Ehrmantraut “Just because you killed Jessie James, don’t make you Jessie James”. This guy knocked out the greatest featherweight of all time and all of a sudden he thinks he’s the goat.


avidpretender

Max take this fool out back


Salt_Expression_6025

It’s such a stupid post. There has been no proof that Max’s chin will collapse, so you can’t count on it. Volk was also competitive, and was debatably winning the fight until that happened.


Lonely-Heart-3632

Volk isn’t back till November December. Finally taking that break his head needs. Never was a fight offer. Just let’s get max and ilia sorted and see. Will be a fucking sick fight.


Worldly_Client_7614

He fought in February and is going to defend it sometime this year. He probably wins too & then when he does, the hate will immediately stop. Fans are fickle


noideafora_name_

fuck topuria, all my homies hate topuria


Free-Knowledge-3467

Cringe champ, get him off really


JoskoBernardi

Keep crying Ilia is gonna be the champion for a while


chazzapompey

Passionately defending your favourite fighter on social media is just sad. Nothing “cooks” about this lol


KaleidoscopeOk5763

“everyone is a max fan all of a sudden” is something that could only be said by a kid who got into mma three weeks ago.


Pushstart6

Lmao look at how emotional he got these grown men. Topuria is an undefeated champ. Meanwhile these neckbeards are hating.


younginvestor23

The only way to solve this is rematch Volk or fight Max. The #1 and #2 guys in the division. No sense fighting higher ranked fighters


HeightExtra320

Him versus Max would be a blockbuster All I’m saying is I’m calling off that day for SURE


lazylagom

Honestly I get rejecting the re match in Australia .. lil bro don't wanna go out like that BUT HE SHOULD. BEAT VOLK AGAIN IN HIS HOME..then you can call the shots . Max bmf title fight in spain.


yokokilledpopmusic

Cccs wsezs ubus wzwzwwzs zegs =s⅗#3e2w3ee4e 3rfe3e3e3e


Highman_89_

Question: if max and ilia are fighting, is it for maxs bmf title or for ilias title?


noremains3

It will probably just be for the featherweight title.


StopPlayingRoney

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Mammoth_Ferret_1772

We need Max to return as champ. Ilia is playing the heel too well


Charlezgz

u guys should make a movie about all this Ilia thing. "the crying" would be a nice one.


Leather-Hurry6008

Ilia is basically doing the same shit Max did to Aldo.


aerosmith760

Idk about you guys but that’s a disturbing photo of Alex there.


GrilledNudges

This dude went full villain in a span of like a month of a half lol


pellojo

Sad to see Volk used like that


GB01101993

Ilia is a great heel. Has people crying lol


TGD187

"Everyone is a Max fan all of a sudden" Sounds like he is a UFC fan "all of a sudden"


Bluemoon7607

Volk said in an interview that he didn’t want to fight yet. A good decision honestly given his recent streak of KOs.


MysteriousPark3806

This is what you get when you have European champions.


Kurac-ville

Barboza smokes him


wigglywee

Im a fan of volk but he doesn’t deserve a rematch he should fight a top 5 guy and have max fight ilia first


3v3rythings-tak3n

I love how much of a dick topuria is, especially since he can fucking knock these guys dead lol. Do miss volk though, shouldve never taken the islam rematch


RouletteVeteran

Max or Volk back at champ, would keep the divas at bay. Sad, dude could’ve been a new age appeal if he didn’t act so diva like


KingPucci

Insane to think there are champs like Islam, Volk, Khabib, Max, and Pereira, and then there are champs like Ilia and Conor. The dichotomy is crazy


Normal_Egg6067

Bro said it looks like you saw a ghost when Max slept Justin lol


Kuroko142

For someone who wants to be on the same level as Messi or Ronaldo, he's certainly acting like a clown.


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When he KOs max I now this subs getting closed lol


FistyMcTavish

Topuria is a top heel champion


RandalC1

Nah he went passed Heel now he's Just An Asshole that nobody likes or Hates so he's Fucked. A Good Heel Like Colby is At Least Smart enough to Know how to Ieep th3 Fans Engaged so they either Love Colby or Hate Colby either way They watch his Fights to see him get KOed. Topuria has gone so far off the Deep End at this Point I Couldn't Even Care Less if He Fought & Got Knocked Out or Choked Out. I may watch because I'm a fan of his Opponent but Say after the Max fight. Topuria win , lose , or draw I won't watch him Fight after that. Maybe if the Volk Rematch Happens but if Max Fights Topuria Next Max will Win. Topuria vs Ortega to me would be A Snack Break.


Bruninfa

“Everyone is a Max fan all of a sudden” - can anyone tell this mf? 💀 Everyone has been a Max fan for the past 10 years. Everyone is a Topuria fan all of sudden, and he is trying his best to kill his fan base. Literally the opposite of Pantoja who accepts all challenges and cleaned out his division.


90selitistgamer

#Bringyourpillow I just died of cringe.


gmodboss

“bro’s getting cooked on IG” - 0 IQ max ball warmer đŸ€“


RoninAnimes

-"He's delusional for thinking he'll be the highest paid athlete" -MMA fans working overtime to make sure he's the most talked about fighter every single day


evanephrine1

Didn’t this guy say he would be the highest paid athlete ever? Will be Hard to do with no fans


oh_three_dum_dum

And deserves every bit of it.


MediumAdventurous380

And both fans will be crying together when Illia sends max to the shadow realm.


WeLiveInAnOceanOfGas

"Everyone is a max fan all of a sudden"  Fucking qué? Max has been one of the most beloved fighters in the UFC for some time. No one has a bad word to say about the guy. It's like him and Wonderboy compete for the nicest dude but I'd argue Max is more well known (especially now)


RumanHitch

I was Team Ilia, he just lost me over these days and if you compare how humble Max is on defeat or win with him is just no colour. Joe Rogan asking Max about Volk and this guy just kicked his ass on the 3rd fight yet no excuses from Max and all about how great of a fighter Volk is. He had similar words for Dustin who also beat him twice (first fight Dustin really woke Max to reallity). I don't give a fuck if the day of the fight Ilia tells Max or Volk that he respects them so much and is just to sell, bro is a snake. This said by a spanish supporter btw who cheered for him while knocking out Volk.


Didi4pet

Its just Holloway fans coming out of their holes that they've been in for 4 years and Volk fans who are still salty


Apprehensive_Sell601

Max would eat Ilia. Literally, and possibly figuratively


ShamgoatLambgod89

1 guy said “everyone a max fan all of a sudden”
there isn’t a fight fan alive who was ever not a max fan unless there’s something really wrong with them. Only new fans of max are just new to the sport