Ilia is safer from a sponsor perspective but no one will ever be as big as McGregor, he was like the Beatles of MMA
3 months ago | 217
Bro prime Conor was like the Micheal Jackson of the UFC
3 months ago | 156
Love him or hate him, no one will ever match Conor’s pure charisma.
3 months ago | 291
Topuria can break every record in the book but he’ll never replicate the energy of Conor’s ascendency. Ilia is a far more sophisticated fighter but people love watching the rise and fall of a mercurial personality like McGregor, who was much better on the mic than in the cage later in his career.
3 months ago | 135
No one has even come close to Conors level of marketability yet…
3 months ago | 131
Until my mom and grandma know who Ilia topuria is, it's not even close
3 months ago | 110
Yes simply because Ilia will keep winning. Win and the rest takes care of itself.
3 months ago | 1
There will never be a fighter in the UFC ever again that captured the fans like McGregor did at one point
3 months ago | 43
They are not even in the same universe as each other when it comes to charisma, personality, wit and trash talk. Too be honest I find Ilia quite boring as a person. Great fighter and seems like a good family man, but I just can’t get on board as a fan. Something is missing for me.
3 months ago | 17
Honestly it's not even close, skillwise I can see why they're being compared, but Conor was a Showman, he knew how to keep something going
3 months ago | 3
@markusstevensakabiginfinit9523
Better than Conor, without question... Marketable, unfortunately not
3 months ago | 10
Conor hasn’t fought in 4 years and he’s still the biggest name in MMA. Ilia might be a better fighter but he doesn’t have half the charisma that Conor did
3 months ago | 24
Chael Sonnen
Is Ilia Topuria more marketable than Conor McGregor?
3 months ago | [YT] | 412