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Eric Nicksick recently addressed Ilia Topuria lashing out at Cristiano Ronaldo for picking Mac Holloway to beat him before their showdown at UFC 308 last October. The veteran coach apologized to Topuria and pointed out that he simply "leaned" toward Holloway.
For context, Ronaldo and Nicksick were discussing the Topuria-Holloway fight with Francis Ngannou during a meet-up when the Xtreme Couture frontman stated that he backed 'Blessed' to beat the Georgian-Spanish fighter. Ronaldo agreed with Nicksick and pointed out that Holloway hadn't been knocked out before.
At UFC 308, Topuria secured a spectacular KO victory over Holloway. However, he wasn't going to let Ronaldo get away with picking his opponent over him and slammed the football legend in interviews and on social media.
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During a recent episode of the Verse Us podcast, Nicksick addressed Topuria losing his cool on Ronaldo due to his comments and backed down on his former prediction. He said:
"Ilia, I'm sorry that I picked Max in front of Ronaldo. Poor Ronaldo's taking heat from Ilia. That was my fault, my bad, bro... I leaned toward Max... Sorry, bro."
Catch Eric Nicksick's comments below (57:42):
When Ilia Topuria picked Lionel Messi over Cristiano Ronaldo with explicit diss at 'CR7'
Ilia Topuria wasn't going to let Cristiano Ronaldo get away with picking Max Holloway over him before UFC 308. After beating Holloway, 'El Matador' found his opportunity to fire some shots at 'CR7' during an interview.
During one segment of his interview with El Partidazo de COPE, Topuria lashed out at Ronaldo and explicitly picked Messi over the Portuguese star. He said:
"F**k Ronaldo as long as Messi exists."
Check out Ilia Topuria's statement below:
After winning the featherweight title against Alexander Volkanovski at UFC 298 last year, Topuria defended the 145-pound title against Holloway. The Georgian-Spanish fighter notably secured statement knockout wins over both former champions.
