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April 6, 2024 49 mins

Ilia Topuria is the Georgian and Spanish UFC Fighter Who Became UFC Featherweight Champion by knocking out Alexander Volkanovski at UFC 298. Ilia Topuria, nicknamed “El Matador,” is primed to become one of the biggest stars in UFC history, skin to Conor McGregor and Israel Adesanya. Topuria’s exciting fighting style and mixed martial arts career began in 2015 and over the next 8 MMA fights, he gathered 7 submissions and 1 knockout in professional MMA before earning his UFC debut in 2020. At UFC Fight Night: Moraes vs Sandhagen, Ilia Topuria defeated Youssef Zalal via unanimous decision.  2 months later, Ilia Topuria defeated Damon Jackson via knockout. In the performance that put Ilia Topuria on UFC fans’ radar, Topuria knocked out Ryan Hall at UFC 264. The following year, Ilia Topuria had a rocky start to his bout against Jai Herbert before knocking out Jai Herbert in round 2. In perhaps, Ilia Topuria’s 2 most impressive performances before his title shot, Topuria submitted Bryce Mitchell at UFC 282 and then absolutely dominated Josh Emmett to earn a unanimous decision and a UFC featherweight title shot against Alexander Volkanovski. As we all know, Topuria knocked out Volkanovski to begin his title reign. This is the Ilia Topuria Documentary.

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