On the eve of the UFC event 298, Ilia Topuria's personal Instagram page recorded 2.5 million followers. But up to the present time, after defeating Alexander Volkanovski and became the new owner of the Featherweight UFC championship belt, Topuria recorded 3.1 million fans.
That also means that, within 2 days after defeating the “The Great”, Topuria has an additional 600,000 fans. This is a significant number for an emerging boxer, thereby making Topuria one of the most notable faces of UFC in the eyes of the public.
Ilia Topuria was born in 1997, a boxer with two Georgian and Spanish nationality. He owns a record of 15 matches (5 no, 8 submission). With the foundation of a martial artist, Topuria advanced very quickly after signing a contract with UFC and competed in October 2020.
In the match against Volkanovski, who has dominated UFC's Featherweight weight from 2019, Topuria has been completely overwhelming. This boxer did not impatiently blow, but waited for the opponent to open the blow. The winning of knock-out is also what Topuria confirmed before the match.
In fact, Topuria has recently been compared to the new UFC Conor McGregor, when he constantly has impressive matches. 4/7 of Topuria's victory in UFC, including the Volkanovski victory, came from the opponent's knockout attacks, even though he had strengths that were locks.