His Volk KO wasn't the only good one lol. The KOs of Jackson and Herbert were both amazing as well.
Ilia was only up at LW because he decided to take a short notice fight. It wasn't some big plan he had to go up and be a LW properly.
Pretty sure Ilia already knew who Max was lol. He didn't need to see him fight Justin to realize he wasn't going to be a push over. You make it out like this guy is new to the sport or something.
Seeing Max stand with a bar brawler isn't going to worry Ilia haha. And that's what Justin is. He's not that good, bro.
For sure Max will come hard for 25 mins, but so will Ilia. And yeh, anyone can finish anyone at any time, but let's not pretend that Max is some killer. His last 10 fights have been 5 rounders and he went to decisions in 8 of those. The only two he finished were a past it Zombie that just decided to go out on his shield, and a bar brawler who with no eyes who he goaded into recklessly slugging it out in the last 10 seconds hahaha.
Way more likely that a better, striker in Topuria finishes Max than the other way around.