Topuria rips Makhachev: 'Most boring thing in this game'

UFC lightweight champion Ilia Topuria is letting it be known he wasn't impressed with newly crowned welterweight champ Islam Makhachev's performance at UFC 322.

Topuria tore into Makhachev on social media after the latter dominated Jack Della Maddalena on Saturday at Madison Square Garden in New York, earning a unanimous decision win to become the 11th two-division champion in UFC history.

"Islam, you need something you can't train: emotion," Topuria wrote on X. "You're the most boring thing in this game. Every day I'm more certain I put you to sleep."

Makhachev suffocated Della Maddalena on the ground for almost the entire fight, completing four takedowns and amassing over 19 minutes of control time.

With the victory, Makhachev tied Anderson Silva for the longest winning streak in UFC history (16).

Makhachev is only below Topuria in the promotion's pound-for-pound rankings. The UFC targeted a superfight between Makhachev and Topuria earlier this year, but it didn't come to fruition because Makhachev decided to move up in weight. Makhachev vacated the lightweight title in May and then Topuria captured the vacant belt a month later with a knockout win over Charles Oliveira.

Topuria said in June he planned to lobby for a welterweight title shot if Makhachev won the belt.

Topuria also slammed Della Maddalena, who suffered his first UFC loss in what was his first title defense.

"Jack needs an entire camp dedicated just to wrestling," Topuria wrote. "What a disappointment of a champion. You should go to Georgia to learn something."