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As the latest UFC Featherweight Title contender and one of the hottest prospects in the sport of MMA, we decided to take a deep dive into the career of Ilia Topuria. Read on to find out more about his MMA record, his UFC record and how many finishes he has on his resumé.
Ilia Topuria Record
Ilia Topuria turned professional back in April 2015 with a debut victory against Francisco Javier Asprilla in Valencia, Spain. Since then, Topuria has had another 13 professional MMA fights, winning each and every one of them.
Despite only having had 14 fights, Topuria’s career has been nothing short of magnificent to date. The Spanish MMA phenom boasts a perfect record of 14-0. Of these 14 victories, he has won 12 of them inside the distance. ‘El Matador’ has eight submission wins under his belt, as well as four big knockouts.
His career up to now has been sensational, and he has barely even got started. Now, ‘El matador’ aims to be come UFC Featherweight Champion at the first time of asking as he challenged long-reigning king Alexander Volkanovski for his 145-pound strap at UFC 298.
Topuria is understandably the marginal underdog with the best UFC betting sites to become UFC champion at the first time of asking. He is priced at +105 to become UFC king at the first attempt and become the first man to ever defeat ‘The Great’ at featherweight in the UFC.
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As previously mentioned, Ilia Topuria made his professional MMA debut around nine years ago. He was on a West Coast Warriors card where he made the perfect start to his career by winning via submission in the very first round of the contest. Topuria then had seven more fights as a pro MMA fighter before signing a deal with the UFC.
‘El Matador’ came into the UFC with quite the reputation. He was signed as an 8-0 upcoming star, with all eight of his wins coming via stoppage. The Spanish MMA star made his UFC debut back in…
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Author : Paul Kelly
Publish date : 2024-02-12 16:49:56
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