There have been 17 fighters who tried to beat Ilia Topuria, but all failed, and now he is the lightweight champion. While he has cleared out the featherweight division by knocking out Max Holloway, Alexander Volkanovski, and others, Benoit Saint Denis isn’t impressed yet. Instead, he thinks Topuria got lucky with his matchups at featherweight and sees openings in how the champion has been tested so far.

The Frenchman pointed out that certain fighting approaches haven’t been thrown at Topuria, who is ready to take on the next challenge. Different profiles with specific skill sets could expose weaknesses that his previous opponents had not targeted. Saint Denis believes those matchups are out there, waiting, not at the lightweight level.

Saint Denis acknowledged Topuria’s talent but made i

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