Aleksandre Topuria is ready to continue climbing positions towards important positions within the UFC. This was demonstrated last Saturday in Doha (Qatar), where he competed in a very intelligent and technical way and managed to take the victory against a very tough rival. … like the Kazakh Bekzat Almakhan. It was only his second fight within the UFC, but from his fighting style it is already clear that he has come to do great things within mixed martial arts (MMA). In his corner, as usual, was his brother, Ilia Topuria, who gave ABC an exclusive interview after the triumph of El Conquistador.
«I am very happy and very proud of my brother, of the work he has done, We have seen him very calm and mature, with a lot of knowing how to be inside the octagon.“Today he has once again demonstrated that he deserves the last name he has,” he says, laughing, in conversation with ABC. The first round was quite even and the Kazakh took his best shots. «Aleksandre started with his covered shield, with his guard up, moving his head, finding the timing, when you know that better than your rival, why risk it in the initial moments, which is where the danger can be found, Aleks did not have to take any risks in this fight, and that is what he did, a very high level fight», comments Ilia.
If Aleksandre stood out in anything during his fight, it was his ability to keep a cool head when playing, but also his mastery in mixing all the skills that mixed martial arts include, that is, the ground, hand-to-hand fighting and striking in vertical combat. “Aleks has not forced anything, when you want to carry out the fight specifically in a place, you can see that he forces himself a lot, my brother knocked him down and let him get up without forcing him to keep him on the ground, which he would have achieved if he had wanted to, that is what I like about his style, which always gives the spectacle that everyone expects,” says El Matador.
For the moment, it will be time to rest, but there is a very hopeful horizon for the interests of Aleksandre, who has given a coup of authority in the division and will be able to begin to receive the most important or media names in the bantamweight. «Aleksandre is aiming for the top, he will follow what the UFC tells us, but obviously it has to be someone who helps his advancement, who is not behind him, just as we did in my career, my brother will look, without being in a hurry, for opponents who are ahead of him to continue climbing the rankings. I think there could be a top 15», says Ilia Topuria in this newspaper.
