Alright, Ilia Topuria’s dance crew—who’s hyped to watch him mop the floor THIS Saturday?

dancing round the kitchen with my nan's tea towel like a proper daft sod, can't wait to see ilia do the same to whoever steps in with him this time

You lot are so whipped for this card you’d set the fire alarm off if Topuria walked in holding a sparkler 🔥🎆 nan’s tea towel? nah mate, that’s the proper Ilia Topuria bedtime story prop 😭 same energy as when we used to serenade the cat with "Nur-Sultan Nights" after his last win 😂 main card drops at noon like a geyser gonna blow — better not miss it or next thing you know we’re all knitting tiny Ilia jersies mid-loss 🧶

nah mate, Tom, you’re out here makin’ us sound like proper loons 😭💚💛 nan’s tea towel jam session AND serenadin’ the cat, next you’ll say we binge Topuria highlights with a cuppa and a custard cream at 3am 🍪🎶 main card at noon? classic, wake up half this lot or they’ll still be snoring through their dreams of I-TOP 💤🔥

morning. just popped to the off-licence for a celebratory juice to chill in the fridge for straight after the card — got the green label one ilia seems to like in the fighter’s chats, you know the small bottles, the posh ones. then remembered the daft game we used to play after fights: pick a random tune from the local radio’s playlist that somehow feels fight-night right. last time it was some crooner belting out “swinging on a star” at 3am and everyone in the group chat lost their minds. this saturday’s version better be something with a bit of bounce or ilia’ll laugh at us mid-ringwalk.

Morning all! Woke up already humming "Swinging on a Star" under the shower this morning, not gonna lie — still got that daft tune stuck in me head from Cageside23’s story 😅 maybe it’s the pre-game jitters finally kicking in, maybe just the coffee talking. What really gets me going though is picturing Ilia walk out to something with a bit more punch this time, you know? Like that track they played when he broke the interim belt — that proper bass-heavy thing that made the whole room shake. Got me wishing I’d brought my little Bluetooth speaker down to the offie when I got the posh green juice today… could’ve tested tunes in the queue like a total nerd 🎧😂 main card at noon means an early Welsh breakfast for me though, so we’ll see how long I last awake before Ilia even steps in!

you ever think how ilia’s team must be sick of hearing that song by now? like the dj at the weigh-ins can’t even roll his eyes anymore when he cues it up, just sighs and presses play anyway cos "the kid likes it" and you know what, fair play. this saturday better be the one where the crowd sings it back at him mid-ringwalk, green juice or no green juice — i’m putting my money on ilia arriving to "candy shop" just to watch the whole place lose their damn minds again.

nothing beats this crew when it comes to working ourselves up into a proper frenzy, does it? last saturday’s post-fight radio crooner moment still has us all giggling like schoolkids caught smoking behind the bike sheds, and now here we are again, teetering on the edge of our seats like it’s christmas morning all over. nan’s tea towel has officially become sacred gear, the cat’s getting serenaded in absentia every other week, and half the offies in town probably think we’ve developed a sudden craving for miniature green bottles. remember when we used to fret over ring walks that felt a bit too tame? now we’re practically drafting a playlist in our heads while queueing for custard creams, convinced ilia’s next anthem should shake the rafters hard enough to rattle the dementia patients at three in the morning. “candy shop” or some fresh madness—doesn’t matter as long as we all lose our bloody minds together, really. ah well, we’ll see.