Ilia Topuria saw his dream of becoming UFC champion come true last Saturday (17) when he knocked out Alexander Volkanovski in Anaheim (USA) and
Ilia Topuria saw his dream of becoming UFC champion come true last Saturday (17) when he knocked out Alexander Volkanovski in Anaheim (USA) and took home the organization’s featherweight title. And now the Georgian is already thinking about his future as holder of the belt.
And it will not adopt the current idea of giving defeated champions rematches, as has often happened in various categories in recent years. In the post-UFC 289 press conference, Topuria ruled out giving the Australian the chance to face a new fight against him, preferring to give chances to new challengers.
– To tell the truth, I would also give the revenge to Alex because he is a good guy. But at the same time, it’s time to move on. It’s time to “clean up” this division. It’s time for the new generation to have new challenges, new blood and I want it. But my job is to fight. Whoever they want to put me in front of to fight, I will fight – said the Georgian.
For now, the UFC has not yet indicated what the future of the new featherweight champion will be. Recently, the fighter declared that he has a very unusual dream: to fight Conor McGregor in Spain, where he lives and trains, a desire that perhaps will not be fulfilled by Dana White.
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But for Ilia Topuria the time has come to celebrate the most important victory of her career. A result that he had already predicted in previous statements, especially the knockout in the first rounds, and that he had to ‘sweat’ a little to obtain.
– I don’t need judges. When they are in trouble, they can go and rest. Alex is a very fast guy with his strikes, movements and kicks. He surprised me a little and it took me a while to study him. So much so that I eliminated him in the second round and not the first – said Topuria.
Source: Terra
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