It’s UFC 298 battle week and we’ve bought a really thrilling PPV occasion this Saturday. A really strong undercard with a few prospects attempting to make statements and attain some new heights, we’ve bought the information that one other prospect signed with the group.
Ilia Topuria stole Alexander Volkanovski’s belt at #UFC298 media day and the 2 exchanged some phrases 👀🏆 #UFC298 #UFC #MMA
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— MMA Orbit (@mma_orbit) February 14, 2024
The information got here from his youthful brother, who’s one half of this Saturday’s important occasion – Ilia Topuria, confirming that his brother Alexsandre had formally signed with the premier MMA promotion and can quickly step into the cage.
Ilia Topuria’s Brother Inks Take care of UFC
‘El Matador’ is getting ready for the battle of his life. He appears primed for greatness, with some spectacular performances to this point within the UFC. Though, he isn’t solely displaying expertise contained in the Octagon, but additionally exterior of it, by garnering plenty of consideration along with his brash character and nearly dismissive evaluation of his opponents.
Some folks adore it and a few folks completely don’t. One factor is for sure: Ilia is a well-liked identify who’s beginning to polarize the followers and when folks take sides – the cash goes up. El Matador appears to be following in Conor McGregor’s footsteps, with many followers drawing comparisons of the 2 fighters, proper earlier than the second they’ve bought their first championship alternatives.
With Topuria having extra Instagram followers than the champ and one of many best possible pound-for-pound fighters on the earth Alexander Volkanovski, we are able to say that the Spanish-Georgian has clear celebrity potential. Now, his brother is becoming a member of him within the UFC and that needs to be one other nice uplift for Ilia, with the battle simply across the nook.
Will Alexsandre Topuria be Profitable within the UFC?
Judging by his brother’s ability, power and athletic means – we are able to say that Alexsandre has bought the most effective featherweight fighters on the earth as a coaching and a sparring accomplice. Lately, in an interview with Jon Anik, Ilia confirmed that his brother will battle shortly after his bout towards Volkanovski, within the upcoming months.
Labeling his older brother a ‘very thrilling fighter’ with a whole ability set, El Matador assures these watching that they’ll love what’s in retailer with Alexsandre. ‘El Cazador’ (interprets to the ‘Hunter’) could have plenty of expertise to hunt, as a result of he’ll compete in one of the stacked divisions in all of MMA – the bantamweight division.
Light-weight and welterweight are in most followers’ eyes essentially the most expertise stacked divisions previously a number of years, however bantamweights have an excellent argument and this division is getting more and more stronger, previously couple of weeks.
Bekzat Almakhan, a brand new signing from Kazakhstan, is already scheduled to battle one of the harmful bantamweights on the earth (Umar Nurmagomedov) and now we could have one other high-profile expertise in that pool.
Alexsandre Topuria has an expert MMA report of 5-1, with all of his victories coming inside the gap (3 KO/TKOs, 2 SUBs). His solely loss was towards Ivo Ivanov in 2015. It was an especially grueling and aggressive bout, which noticed two opponents wrestle and grapple rather a lot, with Topuria nearly getting a correct armbar locked in, in that third deciding spherical.
His final battle was in Could of final 12 months, the place he achieved victory through floor and pound towards Johan Segas, on the Spanish regional scene. All that we all know is that the older brother comes from the identical background as Ilia, so we are able to for positive anticipate some aggressive and thrilling matches from him, within the UFC.
How far can he go? With six skilled fights and a shark tank that’s UFC’s Bantamweight division – it’s actually troublesome to say proper now, however we’re excited to see El Cazador make his UFC debut!
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