At the UFC event 298, Ilia Topuria suddenly defeated the monument at the Featherweight weight class, Alexander Volkanovski. The unbeaten boxer of UFC even won the second half with a very heavy punch, causing The Great to quickly collapse. He is currently the youngest champion in the tournament.
With the UFC belt, Ilia Topuria was welcomed as a hero when he returned to Spain. This boxer was invited to become the player opening the match of the Real Madrid royal team at Santiago Bernabeu. He also has the honor to face the current Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez.
“Today, I met Ilia Topuria. The effort, the effort and determination of Topuria helped him complete one of the big dreams.
Ilia Topuria was born in 1997 in Germany. His parents are Georgia. They repatriated when Topuria was 7 years old, then moved to Spain in 2012. Since then, Topuria has often brought 2 national flags Georgia and Spain to the stage, although he has not been granted Spanish nationality.
After becoming the new UFC king, Topuria has not found the opponent later. Most likely he will protect the belt for the first time this year, in a major event taking place around October or November 2024.