The month of February 2024 is marked in the calendar of mixed martial arts (MMA) in Spain. The Hispanogeorgian Ulli topuria He broke all the barriers of the niche by conquering the UFC pen weight belt, which I was in the hands of Alexander Volkanovski. The killer, as he is known in the sports field, came to combat with the ‘non -favorite’ poster, and hit the final table by knocking out the Australian star in the second assault.
That milestone marked a new course in regard to the evolution of this sport in our country, becoming ilia topuria into a huge sporting figure within our borders. Since then, numerous fans joined the Mixed Martial Arts ship, closely following all the next steps that the Hispanogeogeorgiano has been taking, which meant defending their title against Max Holloway and conquering the light weight against Charles Oliveira this year.
Now, in an interview with The Unscripted Show podcast, Volkanovski recalled that fight against Topuria. The first, he has recognized that he hastened on his return to the octagon to face El Matador, as he had been knocked out shortly before by Islam Makhachev when trying to take the light weight belt. However, the Australian acknowledged that they had never connected a blow like the one who landed Topuria that night.
«Obviously Ilyia can paste very hard, we have proven it. I’ve never been completely disconnected in that way, I was off for a couple of minutes. A clean connection … let me snoring »‘Volk’ has pointed out during the talk. Regarding whether Topuria is the biggest pegator he has faced, his response was blunt: “I don’t remember.” A few months ago, Volkanovski recovered its pen belt, after leaving it vacancy to topuria to climb to light weight.
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