One of the coaches of the Spanish-Georgian star, Jorge Climent Tommasiconfirmed in Submission RadioAustralian media specialized in MMA and UFC, which The Matador He will not fight Alexander Volkanovski and he will not defend the belt either: “He will not defend the title”a category that is already too small for Ilia Topuria after defeating the biggest in the division.“He will only fight Alex if he gains weight.”
Jorge also spoke about the fighter’s new challenge, following the words of the octagon star, who will look for new rivals to knock out at lightweight. Since the announcement, several possible rivals have raised their hands to face the current champion. featherweight. The last one was Dustin Poirier, who shared a message from a follower demanding this fight against Dana White.
And Ilia wants to continue taking steps to be considered the best fighter in the history of the companyso he asked to debut in this division against the Brazilian Charles Oliveira to climb positions and be able to compete against the Russian in the future Islam Makhachev.
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