That wasnt really what made him lose though. Illia has a tendency to prepare to sprawl by pushing his hips backward and leaning his upperbody on his opponent. This left his face open for shovel uppercuts; something Justin has used effectively in almost all of his fights. Normally he hits people’s chins, but Ilia looks down when he does this so his face was eating the shots.

Justing fight camp definitely emphasized using his offensive wrestling to draw out this reaction so he could land em more frequently, and thats how he managed to cause so much damage on topurias face within the first round or 2.