The 'palazo' of Ilia Topuria to Cristiano Ronaldo and that involved Leo Messi

Ilia Topuria has returned to the spotlight with some quite 'hot' statements. This time, the current UFC featherweight world champion gave testimonies on the program 'El Partidazo' on Cadena COPE that left no one indifferent. Why? Beyond 'dropping a bomb' about his career, he has ventured to talk about another sport like football, mentioning a couple of specific names: Leo Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo.

The Hispanic-Georgian, as a scoop, has expressed his decision to move up to lightweight to face a couple of opponents, first the Brazilian Charles Oliveira and then with the intention of facing the world champion, the Russian Islam Makhachev. However, Topuria has made another statement that, while not overshadowing his big announcement, has caused a certain 'boom' in the world of football.

The first criticism of 'CR7' to Ilia Topuria

Ilia has spoken again about Cristiano Ronaldo, this time not for any positive achievement in the sports field that the Portuguese star has achieved either with his beloved Real Madrid or internationally, but rather responding once again to a criticism that 'CR7' made some time ago, asserting that "Topuria talks too much", in an informal conversation among friends. A matter that apparently did not sit well with the 'Matador'.

Cristiano Ronaldo was picking Max Holloway to beat Ilia Topuria:

"[Topuria] speaks too much... I think when he [beat] Volk, Volk wasn't [ready] because of that kick...

[Topuria] didn't fight with the top guys. If he beats Max, I will respect."

— Championship Rounds (@ChampRDS) November 1, 2024

At the time, Topuria used his social media to express: "I didn't expect someone like you to be unable to distinguish between confidence and arrogance...". Now, Ilia has issued a new statement in which he made it clear that he did not understand the reason behind Cristiano Ronaldo's criticisms: "I didn't understand anything. I saw the clip where he said I talk too much. But for Cristiano to say that is something that doesn't make sense to me. He who always talks and precisely accuses me of talking!," he commented.

I didn't expect someone like you to be unable to distinguish between confidence and arrogance. But, at the end of the day, we all reflect our own reality onto others. I wish you the best for what remains of your career, and God bless your family. https://t.co/cGWYvCs2tr

— Ilia Topuria (@Topuriailia) November 2, 2024

Ilia Topuria's 'jab' at Cristiano Ronaldo

Now, with everything indicating that his next fight will be in Miami, Topuria, mentioning one of the current icons of that American city and the sports world, Leo Messi, whom he hopes to invite to his fight. "The one I'm going to invite personally is Messi, who lives there, So as long as Messi exists, Cristiano can go to hell," taking the opportunity to land a new 'blow' to Cristiano Ronaldo. Will the Portuguese respond? We'll have to wait and see.