We see artists, athletes, and celebrities thanking others when they get an award or achievement. But have you seen anyone thank themselves on camera? Have you ever thanked yourself in front of everyone? If not, then Ilia Topuria will change that for you because he recently thanked himself for all his achievements. The ‘El Matador’ who was crowned the featherweight champ complimented himself on his prowess.

In a new Instagram post, the fighter with a record of 15-0-0 decided to thank himself, which astonished the fans. Posting his picture, the fighter wrote, “Today I want to express my gratitude to this person for providing me with everything I have, for supporting me to withstand any circumstance and for never losing faith in God and the attraction of all good things to me. Always relying on me and giving me the life I now enjoy. Today I want to thank myself for all the times I’ve respected myself, loved myself, and forgiven myself.”

‘El Matador’ scored a KO victory over Alexander Volkanovski at UFC 298 and this win propelled him to the forefront. Not only that but now he is confident and more ambitious as well. He even stated that he would become the highest-paid athlete in 2025 and surpass Cristiano Ronaldo who is the highest-paid athlete at the moment. “I can tell you I do not doubt that in 2025, I will be the highest-paid athlete in the world,” Topuria claimed.

He had faced backlash from fans for this comment. A fighter’s pay is an extremely serious issue in MMA and many fighters have complained because they do not get paid their dues. Meanwhile, Topuria’s confidence is still soaring high and has not been deterred at all. Now his new post where he is thanking himself has taken the internet by storm.

Fans comment on Ilia Topuria thanking himself

Ilia Topuria became an easy target for social media users all over the internet as his latest Instagram post quickly went viral. Even though he showed self-love and gratitude, which is truly missing from the world right now, fans called him out. One fan wrote, “@Topuriailia why are you thanking yourself? You weirdo.” Meanwhile, another said, “Glazing yourself is wild.”

This is not the first time that Topuria has shown his immense belief in his abilities. Before elaborating on his plans of being the highest-paid athlete, the fighter had confidently claimed that he would defeat the former reigning champ Volk before the fight. Taking a diss at Topuria’s habit of self-praise, a fan wrote, “He has no fans so he has to glaze himself.” Meanwhile, Conor McGregor also made an entry to the entire fiasco as a social media user compared Topuria with the 35-year-old by writing, “Ilia is like Conor without any charisma.”

One fan even compared him to a famous footballer Zlatan Ibrahimović who speaks in the third person when he addresses himself and thinks that he is the GOAT footballer. The fan wrote, “The Zlatan of fight game.” A netizen decided to cheer him and said, “Gotta be your own biggest fan!” while another follower wrote, “Imagine if he was 6 feet. His ego would be over the stars.” One UFC bus even dubbed the Spanish MMA fighter as a narcissist and said, “Bro fr has gotta be a narcissist. I haven’t seen this level of narcissism since Jon Jones.”

Do you agree with them or do you think Topuria was just showing some self-love? Share your views in the comments below.