The dream of Ilia Topuria (Halle, Germany, 1997) of becoming UFC champion has been fulfilled, but at the same time also that of so many people who have accompanied him during this difficult journey to the top of mixed martial arts. Despite having born in germany‘El Matador’ is Hispanic-Georgian and He has lived in Alicante since he was 15 years oldthe city where his parents settled and where a twist of fate led him towards the sport in which he now reigns.
This is how Topuria was proclaimed champion: he beats ‘Volk’ in the second round
It all started with judo classes in Germany at the age of four, but when Zaza and Igna Topuria returned to their home country of Georgia, both Ilia and Aleksandre – the older brother – started in Greco-Roman wrestling. In fact, it was Alex who, as always, pulled his brother and enrolled him in this new modality for them. Aleksandre’s physical education teacher saw him fighting at school with another boy who was much bigger than him and told him that he should attend the Greco-Roman wrestling classes that he offered. He promised him that he would make him an Olympic champion and the next day both Ilia – seven years old at the time – and he began a new adventure in what is actually the brothers’ great specialty.
Historic Topuria: world champion after a KO of ‘Volk’
Both continued with their training and, with the youngest of the brothers being 15 years old, They settled in Spain. It was then when MMA crossed their path, since they did not have as many options to continue fighting. When they were going to return to judo classes, Igna Topuria came across a person who had the “cauliflower ears, broken ears”. The guy, Jorge Climent, told him that practiceba jiu jitsu and that he told him to send his children to the Clement Club, your training center. There the two brothers were amazed by a new world of possibilities that combined various arts. The Climents became his family.
‘El Matador’ made his MMA debut in 2015 and he forged himself fighting for various promoters. His actions did not go unnoticed and finally In 2020, in the middle of the pandemic, he fulfilled his dream of debuting in the UFC, specifically at the UFC Fight Island 5 event.. They called him eight days in advance to face Youssef Zalal, and Ilia of course was not going to say no. And it was not easy, because from that first test Topuria felt that the level of the rivals rose a lot.
Topuria’s concentration before the fight@UFCEspanol
From the first day the Hispanic-Georgian said he was going to become champion and today, under the watchful eye of an unleashed Mark Zuckerberg, this is a reality. Along the way to reach Volkanovski he had six fights and in the seventh he reached Olympus against a legend who had been at the top of the featherweight for four years. It won’t be easy to stay, but Ilia has already made history for Spain. He became one of Dana White’s favorites a long time ago and now the UFC boss will be happy that one of his most popular fighters has won a championship belt.
2024-02-18 06:51:02
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